iFi Zen Air Blue - High Resolution Bluetooth Streamer - Update Your System with high res Audio Streaming

excellent one at this price point.Got it for 5k in amazon sale.sound clarity is fantastic.overall a pleasant experience.

Between 6k price. Decent product good sound quality

Very nice DAC 👌.this device Boosting both sound clearly and quality.comparatively than other bluetooth device.

Realmente exelente, la configuración es muy rápida e intuitiva, calidad de sonido ,sin ruidos 100% hi fi

Permette di usare cuffie cablate con bassa sensibilità collegandole allo smartphone. La qualità e il volume del suono migliorano notevolmente. Si possono collegare anche le cuffie planari, spesso molto dure da pilotare. Le connessioni sono di facile utilizzo, manca però una uscita ottica.

Works perfect, good sound

First off this is not a streamer as so many reviewers claim. It’s sort of frustrating to read reviews about how happy they are with this streamer. Not a streamer. A true streamer (WiiM, Bluesound, Sonos etc) will connect directly to your wifi or through a Ethernet cable and without Bluetooth. In the case of a true streamer you might only use your phones Bluetooth as a remote control to control what your listening to but that’s it’s only function since you will be pulling down the highest quality sound directly from the internet and accessing directly Spotify or tidal etc. from the internet and not from a more inferior Bluetooth compression sent from your phone. From the streamer next you would then amplify the signal and lastly to the speakers. I have this same set up with WiiM mini pro to Yamaha amp and it’s phenomenal. Truly is. Now what this iFi ZenBlue is and how well it works. This device is a Bluetooth receiver. No amp, no direct pulling down data from tidal etc. on the net. you must send it a Bluetooth signal, most commonly I would think and in my case as well from your phone. Or iPad, computer etc. After your Bluetooth signal has been received by the zen blue it must be amplified. Here is my set up in room 2 and it’s very very affordable. Before I had the iFi Zen I only used the very good Fosi BT20 pro, it serves both as a blue tooth receiver and an amp and fed my speakers from there with really great results. Simple as pie and I did not this iFi Zen at all. The Fosi by itself serves 3 functions. Receives Bluetooth, has a DAC and an amp on board. Small convenient and powerful. I paired it with a set of mid range bookshelf speakers (soon to be replaced) with high end bookshelfs and the sound was awesome. Zero regrets. Again this was just from my phone via Bluetooth to the Fosi receiver/amp But….Bluetooth compression does leave a lot to be desired and the DAC in the Fosi bt20 Pro is just ok. Good, passable but I wanted to try to tweak some more out of it. On to where it’s at now. I simply added the iFi Zen Blue receiver (it’s not a streamer) to the chain before the Fosi. The zen blue has a much much better Bluetooth chipset that supports Bluetooth 5.0 and better codecs like apt, aptx hd, and LDAC The codecs transmit much higher Quality audio. Resulting in clearer sound, wider soundstage and less compression artifacts. Plus the DAC in the zen blue is much higher quality and you can bypass the DAC in the fossi by using rca cables. From the zen output using rca cables I plug directly into the Fosi bt20 pro eliminating its need for the Bluetooth since the iFi zen blue has that part covered and improved as well as is it’s DAC since the iFi Zen is superior in that regard too and I just use the Fosi now as an amp which it is phenomenal at. Note: use any amplifier you choose. The Fosi BT20 Pro was the one I already had and was happy with it as a standalone. Make sure to turn off the Bluetooth receiver on the Fosi though if you go this route Simply hold volume button in 2 seconds. You won’t be using its Bluetooth anymore only the amp portion and also without its DAC either. Hook up speakers and bam your set. I couldn't wait to see if the hype was true on the iFi Zen Blue and I can report it is. It’s an amazing difference although you will most likely need a good mid to high range speaker to truly appreciate it otherwise like in this case the Fosi would get the job done. I only mention the Fosi BT20 Pro since I have one and it Performs very well given it size and price. I think k this whole setup without speakers was under $250!

Perfect