iFi Audio Zen Blue Bluetooth DAC

Here we have a Bluetooth DAC from ifi Audio. The company have gone from strength to strength in this area of the audio world, with many of their products becoming award winning items. Our example of the Blue Bluetooth DAC comes in very good condition, is supplied in original packaging along with PSU, Bluetooth antenna, manual and our regular three month warranty.
ifi Audio Say….
You only achieve true ZEN when totally chilled. We’ve given you peace of mind (and pocket) with the ZEN Blue.
Whether you’re a Spotify, Amazon, Apple Music or Qobuz lover or totally prefer Tidal, the ZEN Blue will deliver fabulously flawless music to suit your mood via breathtaking hi-res Bluetooth®.
All current and future Bluetooth® audio formats are supported.
This includes Qualcomm’s aptX and aptX HD, aptX Low Latency, aptX Adaptive, LDAC and HWA/LHDC, hi-res Bluetooth® codecs created by Sony and Huawei respectively, AAC, Apple’s favoured format and SBC, the standard Bluetooth® codec.
Phew! This means every possible source device is covered, at the highest resolution Bluetooth® specification.
Have utter confidence in the sound quality of the ZEN Blue.
It uses Bluetooth5.0®, the very latest version, and the newest Qualcomm 5100 chip to process all incoming Bluetooth® data.
There ESS Sabre DAC chip is there to ensure an extremely smooth digital to analogue conversion.
Banish standard ‘Bluetooth Blues’ with the ifi hi-res implementation.
Chill with the best of both worlds.
Analogue – connect via RCA to amps or active speakers or via the 4.4mm output to amps/speakers with a balanced input.
Digital – use the optical and coaxial connections to connect to anything with a built-in DAC and corresponding digital input, your TV, an AV amp or an external DAC in your hi-fi set-up.
The analogue output stage is balanced, not normally seen in DACs at this price point. Balanced means less noise interference/crosstalk. This equals more ZEN in our book.
It has RCA and balanced outputs at HiFi standard level; 2V SE and 4V BAL and thus is compatible with both HiFi and Pro systems.
All underpinned by high-quality circuit components such as C0G capacitors from TDK. All fed by a precision low-noise power supply from Texas Instruments to make this a rare entry-priced beastie.
Go and grab yourself one today. And ZEN out…
Specifications:
Power: DC 5V
Input: Bluetooth 5.0TM with AAC, aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Low-Latency, LDAC, HWA/LHDC Codec
Output: Optical/Coaxial, Audio RCA L/R, 4.4 Balanced Line out
Frequency Response: 20 Hz – 20 kHz <+0/-0.5 dB (44.1 kHz); 1 Hz – 44 kHz <+0/- 3.0 dB (>= 88.2 kHz)
Output Voltage @ 0 dB F: 2.05V (+/-0.05 V)
Dynamic Range: 109 dB (A)
Signal/Noise ratio: 109 dB (A) @ 0 dB FS
THD & N @ 0 dB FS: < 0.0015% 10 k Load
Output Impedance: < 50 Ω
Power Consumption: < 2.5 W
Dimensions: 160 (W) x 107 (D) x 35 (H) mm
Weight: 0.8 kg