fully balanced headphone amplifier | ||
discrete class A circuit | ||
fully symmetrical dual mono design | ||
XBass® and 3D Holographic® |
ifi Audio ZEN CAN – fully balanced headphone amplifier 1600 mW
Laptops, tablets or smartphones have a low power output of only around 1V. With good headphones you lack the power here. You will never hear what your headphones can do. If you feed the analog result of the laptop, tablet or smartphone into the ZEN CAN, you can get 52 times the performance. You will now hear what you missed.
The ZEN CAN has a discrete, symmetrical class-A amplifier circuit that comes from the expensive flagship iFi PRO iCAN. With 15.1 volts at 300 ohms, it has a power that makes even hard-to-drive headphones play.
Extremely low distortion and noise from a circuit design inspired by ifi Audio's flagship headphone amp that uses a dedicated input stage that's level matched to your source, allowing the signal to flow freely through the Class A output stage, literally music in yours ears.
Maximize the power of your headphones to go beyond just getting loud, realizing the full dynamic range of the drivers and experiencing smooth vocals and heart-pounding drums without missing a beat. Delivers up to 1600mW of power into 16 ohms.
Enhanced with signature analog signal processing to deliver more accurate and natural bass frequencies through XBass and present a wider soundstage bringing out the music in front of you through the 3D matrix that replicates listening to speakers without the hassle of setup
Features both a balanced 4.4mm Pentacon and an unbalanced 6.3mm (1/4") front panel headphone output and three rear panel inputs including a 3.5mm line Outs, left and right RCA jacks and a balanced 4.4mm Pentacon connector. In addition, there is a balanced 4.4 output for connection to a power amplifier or active loudspeaker for use as a preamp.
Inputs | 4.4mm Pentacon BAL RCA L/R Socket SE 3.5mm Jack SE |
4.0V nominal @ 0dBFS, 24 kOhm Zin 2.0V nominal @ 0dBFS, 1 MegOhm Zin 1.0V nominal @ 0dBFS, 1 MegOhm Zin |
Max Output | Balanced | >15.1V/385 mW (@ 600 Ohms) >11.0V/1890 mW (@ 64 Ohms) |
S-E | >7.6V/196 mW (@ 300 Ohms) >7.2V/1600 mW (@ 32 Ohms) |
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Output Impedance (HP) | BAL SE |
<2 Ohms <1 Ohm |
Z Out | Line out | <200 Ohms |
THD & N | Balanced S-E |
< 0.0007% (4V out, 600 Ohms, 1kHz) <0.006% (@ 100 mW/1.27V 16 Ohm) |
SNR | Balanced S-E |
>120dBA (@ 15.2V) >118dBA (@ 7.6V) |
Max. Input | Balanced RCA 3.5mm |
7.4V RMS 3.8V RMS 1.92V RMS |
Gain | 0dB, 6dB, 12dB and 18dB | |
Frequency Response | 20Hz - 20kHz (+0dB / -0.03dB) | |
Power consumption | No Signal Max Signal |
~5W ~13W |
Input voltage | DC 5V/2.4A AC 100 -240V 50/60Hz |
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Dimensions | 160(w) x 117(d) x 35(h) mm 6.3" x 4.6" x 1.4" |
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Net weight | 515 g (1.14 Ibs) |