iFi Audio ZEN Air DAC

With the ZEN Air DAC from iFi Audio, you get a superb D/A converter and headphone amplifier. This ZEN Air has been developed using technology from the popular ZEN DAC series and has been adapted to make this DAC accessible to an even wider group of music lovers. The most important thing here is that there is no compromise on ease of use and sound quality.

Why ZEN Air?

In this price range, digital volume control is usually used, which means that a large part of the resolution is lost, especially at lower volumes. Because this loss is very audible, iFi Audio has equipped the audio circuit with a relatively expensive analog volume control that allows the ZEN Air DAC to always play your music in the maximum high-resolution quality.

Unlike the more expensive ZEN DAC, the ZEN Air DAC has a plastic housing, but it shares the iconic ZEN design. In addition, iFi Audio has opted for a high-quality single-ended audio circuit for the ZEN Air because many music lovers do not use the relatively expensive fully balanced technology. iFi Audio uses the same high-quality semiconductors as those used in its top series. With this ZEN Air, you never pay too much for technology you don't use anyway.

ZEN Air, the DAC of your dreams

iFi Audio has equipped the ZEN Air DAC with a high-quality bit-perfect DAC from Burr-Brown. These DACs are very popular because of their extremely musical sound quality. The maximum resolution is 32bit-384kHz in PCM. DSD is natively supported up to DSD256. What's more, the ZEN Air DAC is suitable for playing MQA files. So get the most out of the Tidal Master collection with a Tidal Hi-Fi subscription using this DAC.

Simply connect the ZEN Air DAC via the USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 port on your PC, laptop, or mobile device. Then connect the DAC to an analog amplifier or a set of active speakers using the RCA line output, or plug your headphones into the 6.35mm headphone jack and enjoy music in significantly better sound quality than before. Totally ZEN, right?