IFI Zen Blue 3 Bluetooth 5.4 Lossless HiFi Transmitter and Receiver

Muy buena marca y buenas prestaciones , le falta una buena guia de conexiones para personas no tan profesionales, creo que el equipo da más de lo que uno supone

Behold, wireless CD-quality sound, devoid of any compression artifacts. This is the purest, most authentic form of CD-quality sound in its original 16-bit @ 44.1 kHz format, transmitted wirelessly in aptX Lossless codec. The photograph clearly documents the evidence of 16-bit @ 44.1 kHz aptX Lossless transmission (TX) and reception (RX), the color of the lights on the iFi Zen Blue 3 confirms this, as well does the receiver with the actual read out. This transceiver, the iFi Zen Blue 3, is the pinnacle of technological achievement, employing the Qualcomm QCC5181 chipset and the Sabre ESS Premier 9023 stereo digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The latter boasts a dynamic range of 112 dB and jitter-free sound quality due to its patented Hyperstream architecture. This device is the gold standard for Bluetooth wireless technology. It is a testament to the adage that one should never settle for anything less than the pinnacle of excellence. Pairing was straightforward, fast, easy and nearly automatic, rest assured that this is the real deal, why settle for anything less. I found the iFi Zen Blue 3 to be rock solid in transmitting (TX) the aptX Lossless codec and rock-solid receiving (RX) the aptX Lossless codec, 10 stars for rock-solid signal strength and signal stability. Just go ahead and pull the trigger on this and buy it, you know you want it, and in the end, you won’t be sorry that you did. Its backwards compatible with all bluetooth codecs, so this leaves you plenty of time for upgrading at your own pace, toward aptX lossless on all your devices, making them all of audiophile quality.

Buen receptor de Bluetooth. Para los que sean perfeccionistas del audio, vale la pena el dinero empleado. Yo solo la uso para la reproducción en streaming y se nota la diferencia de calidad del sonido.

The WiiM Ultra will pair with Bluetooth headphones. However equalizer settings in the WiiM Ultra are not applied to Bluetooth output. The Zen Blue 3 provides a way to have equalizer settings in the WiiM Ultra applied to a Bluetooth signal output, for use with Sony WH-1000XM4 and Sennheiser Momentum 4 Wireless headphones I own. As well it supports high definition codecs for use with both of these headphones, which the WiiM Ultra doesn't offer. The headphones needed to be setup first with their respective apps on a smartphone, and then disconnected and forgotten on the phone, as the Zen Blue 3 won't connect to the headphones if another device is already connected. The SPDIF outputs of the WiiM Ultra can be adjusted to match the requirements of the Zen Blue 3 and Bluetooth headphones. Both bit depth and sample rate to the SPIDF optical or coax outputs can be adjusted, which is ideal for connecting to the optical or coax input on the Zen Blue 3. The bit depth can be set to 24, but for the Momentum 4 headphones the sample rate needs to be set to a maximum or 48Khz, as that is the max sample rate for aptX Adaptive codec. For LDAC the max sample rate is 96Khz. The max supported sample rate on the USB input is 96Khz but no adjustment is required and not possible on the WiiM Ultra. Volume control on Bluetooth headphones and ANC still function normally. However, next song using the touchpad on the headphones doesn't work. You must use the WiiM Home app or remote control to skip to the next song, pause or stop playback. Removing the headphones from your head won't pause playback. The Zen Blue 3 will function as a DAC, providing a balanced analogue audio signal to the Zen Can headphone amp, for high quality sound on wired headphones. Equalizer settings in the WiiM Ultra are applied. In the WiiM Ultra the max sample rate can be set to 192Khz for SPDIF optical or coax output, when in DAC operation mode of the Zen Blue 3. However, as one reviewer has already noted, when using the DAC function, the first half to full second of a music track is often cut off. I did upgrade the firmware to the latest at the time of writing this review, V1.61, but this issue wasn't fixed. Also, in the time between tracks there is sometimes, (infrequently), a ping sound from the left channel which hopefully won't get so loud that it would have the potential to cause hearing damage. Overall I'm happy with the Zen Blue 3. I'm happy that it supports high definition audio for use with my Bluetooth headphones. I'm happy that settings are saved between uses, so that I don't have to reselect the codec I want to use each time. Until the issues mentioned above are fixed, I'll use the DAC output from the WiiM Ultra to drive the Zen Can amp, instead of using the DAC output of the Zen Blue 3. Printing the user manual was a big help in setting it up. You can find that manual on the ifi-audio product information page. Scroll to the bottom and click on Support.

Very nice look design, easy pairing and almost very good sound for a compact unit Very happy with it