Key Features
As with many other iFi audio products, we’ve incorporated a custom OV Series operational-amplifier. This top-notch component contributes to the extremely low noise, low distortion (0.0001%) and wide bandwidth.
Panasonic ECPU capacitors. Each ECPU capacitor is constructed from some 3,500 layers of ultra-thin dielectrics less than 0.5μm thickness. It offers class-leading Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR), low impedance and frequency stability and vanishingly low distortion.
Since the very first iPhono launched in 2012, we have used our own in-house Subsonic Filter. As there is only minimal vertical modulation remaining at very low frequencies with an actual cut LP that is playable, we know that “vertical modulation” at low frequencies must be warp. By understanding fully how LP’s are cut and replayed, it is possible to filter record warp strongly without at the same time attenuating low bass or adding group delay.
TDK C0G (Class 1 ceramic) capacitors offer high stability and low losses for resonant circuit applications. Getting ever closer to the theoretical ideal of pure, frequency-constant capacitance, these capacitors reduce capacitor-induced distortion to vanishingly low levels.
They are pricey but are a perfect addition to our products.
Purer still...
Listening to music on vinyl is good for the soul. It sounds purer than listening to a track via your phone or computer. Make this experience purer still by reducing hiss, noise and rumble on your records with the ZEN Air Phono.
MC and MM
There are two kinds of turntable cartridge – Moving Magnet and Moving Coil – and the ZEN Air Phono works with both of them. The MM setting is for cartridges with an output voltage of 2mV and higher. The MC setting for outputs less than 2mV. You use the gain switch on the rear to change this setting.
Engage warp drive
As we all know, records can become warped with age. With the ZEN Air Phono any warp on your records will be driven away by our ‘subsonic filter’. Normal subsonic filters remove ‘rumble’ AND bass and cause phase issues. Our unique AI phono sub-sonic filter removes ‘rumble’ only.
Specifications
| CHANNEL SEPARATION | > 75dB (1kHz all modes) |
| DIMENSIONS | 158 x 117 x 35 mm 6.2" x 4.6" x 1.4" |
| EIN EQUIVALENT INPUT NOISE | 0.6nV | /Hz (unweighted) 6.5nV | /Hz (unweighted) MC: -151dBV (A-weighted) MM: -130dBV (A-weighted) |
| FREQUENCY RESPONSE | 20Hz -20kHz (±0.15dB) |
| GAIN | MM 40dB / MC 64dB |
| INPUT IMPEDANCE | MM 47k / MC 1k |
| MAXIMUM OUTPUT VOLTAGE | RMS6.5V RMS 600Ω(<1% THD & N) |
What's in the Box
1x Zen Air Phono
1x Power Cable
1x Quick Start Guide
