High-resolution wireless streamer.
This ultra-affordable hi-res Bluetooth® streamer enables you to chillax in style. Just add smartphone, tablet, PC or Mac.
Whether you’re a Spotify, Amazon or Apple Music lover or totally prefer Tidal, the ZEN Blue will deliver fabulously flawless music to suit your mood via breathtaking hi-res Bluetooth®.

Balanced design is special indeed.
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…

FEATURES

Bluetooth5.0®, the very latest version, plus the newest Qualcomm 5100 chip to process all incoming Bluetooth® data.
ESS Sabre DAC chip to ensure an extremely smooth digital to analogue conversion.
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.
TI (Texas Instruments) low-noise ICs offer great unity gain bandwidth, very low noise and distortion, high output drive capability, Common-mode and Power Supply Rejection Ratios of over 100 dB, wide maximum-output-swing bandwidths and high slew rates.
OV series operational amplifier to get extremely low noise, low distortion (0.0001%) and wide bandwidth.
TDK C0G (Class 1 ceramic) capacitors offer high stability and low losses for resonant circuit applications. They are pricey but are a perfect addition to our products.

TECHNICAL SPECS

• 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:
• 20Hz – 20kHz <+0/-0.5dB (44.1kHz)
• 1Hz – 44khz <+0/-3.0dB (>= 88.2kHz)
• Output Voltage @ 0dBFS: 2.05V (+/-0.05V)
• Dynamic Range: 109dB (A)
• Signal/Noise ratio: 109dB (A) @ 0dBFS
• THD & N @ 0dBFS: < 0.0015% 10k Load
• Output Impedance: < 50Ω
• Power Consumption: < 2.5W
• Dimensions: 158 (l) x 100 (w) x 35 (h) mm
• Weight (Gross): 0.8 kg (1.8 lbs)
• In the Box: RCA cable, antenna, DC power supply