iFi Audio ZEN Stream

The iFi Audio Zen Stream is a high performance streamer, and is intended to stream music directly to the DAC without loss of quality.

With a sleek exterior, this iFi Audio novelty guarantees true high-resolution PCM384 / DSD256 performance over WiFi / LAN.

Its optimized open source architecture allows the use of multiple dedicated platforms, complete and perfectly future-proof with constant updates.

Its ease of use and all audiophile implementation make Zen Stream a superb device for your team.

The Zen Stream features iFi's truly innovative design. Its hardware and software implementation is quite exceptional:

• Two USB3.0 SuperSpeed ports with active noise cancellation II
  
• S/PDIF output with built-in iPurifier
  
• Power supply with Silent Power technology
  
• iFi software developed with open source Volumio as a starting point, and coded and optimized by iFi to achieve a more pure streaming device.

Zen Stream achieves state-of-the-art PCM384 / DSD256 in LAN and WiFi (802.11n, with 100Mbps at 5Ghz).

From the device drivers to the kernel (the heart of the operating system), the shell (which interacts with the kernel), the applications and the user interface, everything is fully optimized for seamless operation and excellent sound performance.

An ingenious part of the ZEN Stream design is the ability to select from 'exclusive' modes: individual settings dedicated to specific operating modes to deliver the purest possible performance.

Fresh from the factory, the ZEN Stream has the following connectivity options:

• Stream directly from Spotify / Tidal apps with Spotify Connect and Tidal Connect.
  
• Works with any DLNA certified streaming app.
  
• Built-in Airplay and Chromecast*: easy streaming from Apple and Android devices.
  
• Roon compatible: basically, add Roon to any DAC.
  
• NAA operation in conjunction with Sygnalist HQPlayer software.

Inside the device, there are a lot of premium components, arranged with the best technologies.

• Powerful 64-bit quad-core ARM Cortex quad-core microprocessor.
  
• Femtoprecision GMT clock-regulated USB and S/PDIF interfaces to eradicate jitter.
  
• Active Noise Cancellation II and iPurifier technologies for USB and S/PDIF interfaces respectively.
  
• Intelligent Ethernet switch controller.
  
• High PSRR, low quiescent current and low dropout voltage regulators with soft start.
  
• 1.6 MHz high-speed synchronous precision power supply controller.
  
• C0G capacitors and Taiyo Yuden and Murata low ESR inductors.

This is a true high-resolution device. It uniquely supports up to 32-bit / 384 kHz PCM over Wi-Fi and Ethernet cable, plus DSD up to 11.2 MHz (DSD256). Highly unusual for a Wi-Fi transmitter.

The circuit design has been painstakingly engineered to deliver excellent sound, with processing power supplied by a 64-bit quad-core ARM Cortex microprocessor.

The device uses a high-performance Ethernet switch with an integrated low-power 5-port Giga-PHY.

The USB ports, both input and output, support the SuperSpeed USB3.0 standard and benefit from iFi's Active Noise Cancelling technology to eliminate audio signal distortion. Similarly, the S/PDIF coaxial output incorporates iFi's iPurifier signal purification technology.

Carefully selected circuit components, including high quality discrete surface mount devices such as TDK C0G multilayer ceramic inductors and capacitors from Taiyo Yuden and Murata, add to the build quality of this product.