Comments on: iFi Audio ZEN Air DAC Review https://headfonics.com/ifi-audio-zen-air-dac-review/ Independent Portable and Desktop Audio Reviews Sun, 16 Jul 2023 14:20:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Louis Gonzalez https://headfonics.com/ifi-audio-zen-air-dac-review/#comment-16949 Sun, 16 Jul 2023 14:20:49 +0000 https://headfonics.com/?p=58457#comment-16949 In reply to Vandir Neto.

Hi Vandir, are you talking about the Zen Air DAC? Yes, that will work although the 400se is notoriously power hungry.

]]> By: Louis Gonzalez https://headfonics.com/ifi-audio-zen-air-dac-review/#comment-16948 Sun, 16 Jul 2023 14:18:05 +0000 https://headfonics.com/?p=58457#comment-16948 In reply to Kamyar.

The Q11 is available at Amazon now and so are the others.

]]> By: Vandir Neto https://headfonics.com/ifi-audio-zen-air-dac-review/#comment-16947 Sun, 16 Jul 2023 06:16:02 +0000 https://headfonics.com/?p=58457#comment-16947 Does it play the hifiman HE400se?

]]> By: Kamyar https://headfonics.com/ifi-audio-zen-air-dac-review/#comment-16946 Sat, 15 Jul 2023 18:43:22 +0000 https://headfonics.com/?p=58457#comment-16946 In reply to Louis Gonzalez.

Thanks a lot, of course, your answer helped me greatly.
just a quick question, if I can’t find the Q11 in local stores (I don’t have the patience to buy from china), which one of those three do you think I should get? because I know that they are available in local stores.

]]> By: Louis Gonzalez https://headfonics.com/ifi-audio-zen-air-dac-review/#comment-16945 Sat, 15 Jul 2023 15:14:01 +0000 https://headfonics.com/?p=58457#comment-16945 In reply to Kamyar.

Hi Kamyar and thanks for the compliment. I have 2 of the 3 you mentioned, the KA3 and the Zen Air DAC. I’ve also heard the K3. I’m gonna throw a curb ball at you and tell you to look at the FiiO Q11 instead which is in the same price range. It has a cs43198 DAC section and a higher power output than the others you mentioned. Hope that helps out.

]]> By: Kamyar https://headfonics.com/ifi-audio-zen-air-dac-review/#comment-16944 Sat, 15 Jul 2023 09:43:29 +0000 https://headfonics.com/?p=58457#comment-16944 Hello there, first I wanted to thank you for your reviews they help a lot.

And I have a sony mdr mv1 headphone, and was using it with fiio e07-k amp, this amp is old, very old. So most people told me to change it to get better sound quality.
Currently I am stuck between zen air dac, Fiio ka3 and fiio new k3, can you help me which one to choose?

Which one is an upgarde? And which one has better sound staging and overall quality?

Thank you

]]> By: Louis Gonzalez https://headfonics.com/ifi-audio-zen-air-dac-review/#comment-16473 Tue, 02 Aug 2022 16:00:22 +0000 https://headfonics.com/?p=58457#comment-16473 Hello Sharif. If you can and are planning on getting one of those I would suggest the regular ZEN DAC. Better construction and better sound does it for me. Far as the FiiO I had the E10 a while back and have not heard the TC in particular which is the E10K with a USB-C port so nothing much changed there. But again since the E10 and the AIR DAC have roughly the same power the FiiO might edge out far as being smaller but the DAC section on the ZEN AIR DAC is better since it can do the same PCM bitrates but it can also do DSD plus it has an MQA decoder so it might be the better value if you plan o using those formats.

]]> By: Sharifi https://headfonics.com/ifi-audio-zen-air-dac-review/#comment-16471 Mon, 01 Aug 2022 22:01:48 +0000 https://headfonics.com/?p=58457#comment-16471 Hi, would you please rank ifi zen dac, ifi zen air dac and fiio e10k TC in terms of sound quality and natural sound presentation? Thanks.

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