Anyone using the IFI Blue Zen?

CH46E
CH46E Posts: 3,591
edited November 2020 in 2 Channel Audio
This looks very interesting as it would alow me to stream music to the new to me Anthem pre 2L.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07W5RB5GN/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_lBERFb3ZAC362
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    9fql3sw5re8m.jpg
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    Looks cool! Never heard one. I do love my iFi nano iDSD DAC.

    You could also just get a squeezebox touch used for about the same price. It’s not Bluetooth but you can stream all your own flac files and tidal and Spotify and internet radio...
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
    Game Room 5.1.4:     Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
    Bedroom 2.1     Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,143
    I second this idea for a SBT instead, or something similar.

    I originally started off with some entry level type Bluetooth receivers, the IOGEAR TuneTap. I thought them the greatest thing at first, and they're still pretty good. It was the coolest thing back then getting my phone streaming to my stereo without wires, but then I got a Squeezebox and it was a lot nicer to just control the device over the mobile app instead of streaming media from it.
    I disabled signatures.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • dpowell
    dpowell Posts: 3,068
    edited November 2020
    I use the Audioengine B1. https://www.amazon.com/Audioengine-B1-Premium-Bluetooth-Receiver/dp/B00MHTGZR4/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=audioengine+b1&qid=1605664548&sr=8-3

    Solid piece of gear with great range and consistent connections. A B comparison with the original source CD on my Sony ES player reveals the limitations of bluetooth but the Audioengine is a close runner up great for casual listening.
    ____________________________________________________________

    polkaudio Fully Modded SDA SRS 1.2TLs + Dreadnaught, LSiM706c, 4 X Polk Surrounds + 4 X ATMOS, SVS PB13 Ultra X 2, Pass Labs X1, Marantz 7704, Bob Carver Crimson Beauty 350 Tube Mono Blocks, Carver Sunfire Signature Cinema Grande 400x5, ADCOM GFA 7807, Panasonic UB420, Moon 380D DAC, EPSON Pro Cinema 6050
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,502
    edited November 2020
    Both of my SBT's stopped working with TIDAL but still work fine with Qobuz. I'm wondering if they did something to stop SBT's from working when they partnered with certain companies (not Logitech) devices with the Connect rollout. I want to look into Audirvana and see if that might be a workaround instead of Logitech Media Server.
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,502
    Gardenstater wrote: »
    Both of my SBT's stopped working with TIDAL but still work fine with Qobuz. I'm wondering if they did something to stop SBT's from working when they partnered with certain companies (not Logitech) devices with the Connect rollout. I want to look into Audirvana and see if that might be a workaround instead of Logitech Media Server.

    Just to update in case anyone else was in the same boat, there is a new version of LMS (Logitech Media Server) that fixes the TIDAL problem, meaning that the music now plays again! As far as the issue of Hi Rez MQA selections not playing in higher resolutions than Redbook, that appears to still be the case, at least with my DAC which I have not updated the firmware in, to decode MQA. I will try that, but I think it must not be passing thru the MQA, and it is also not doing the initial partial unfold that the TIDAL desktop app does for us.
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter