Yes, I agree with this... a hard push is needed to securely attach the 4.4mm. Anyways if @Popscene has problems with left channel, perhaps he got a defective unit. I have no problems with the Zen Can and so far no noise. I connect mine to Ifi Zen Dac via 4.4mm male to 4.4mm male cord and uses 4.4mm headphone out.What do you mean by No volume on left channel ? Maybe it's the 4.4 jack problem. did you put it in till the end. 4.4mm is a tricky thing, Sometimes you need to push it in really strong. Anyway I don't have volume problem with Zen Can. Hiss noise is a ground loop issue(solved easy)
You mean, you like to listen at low volume but the amp won't let you? Next time I will try listening mine at low volume but mostly I like to listen mine loud if not at normal level.Sorry, it was a mistake, i meaned no sound at low volume, a typical problem on low end products with potentiometers.
I got the same problem with 3.5mm output.
I got my Ifi Zen Can with Ipower but I use cheap 5V power supply with the Ifi Zen Dac.Bytheway lately I tried cheap 5v power supply from aliexpress(3$) with Zen Can and result was very bad- strong noise like squeak even on mute. So never try cheap power supply . I think Ifi must sell Zen Can with ipower.
I have not notice this but I only have 1 input, just the ifi zen dac.Thanks for the advice but I tried with other rca cables and on the 3.5mm input : same result.
Did anyone notice the problem of input isolation ? You can hear first input playing when second input is selected.
I dont recommend it for sensitive headphones and iems.
Just wondering....I think that this amp is unbelievable...and is only $169. I compared it to a Topping L30 and that seemed like a toy in comparison. It actually runs even with my Monolith 788 that is now going back as well as that Topping. The Topping is very good on it's own but for close to the same price not even. The only problem with the Zen Can is it's unstackability. Just wish they put a Dac in it and made it a pre-amp.
Yeah, volume knob starts at 7 o'clockI got it in the end. I'm very happy. It drives the Aeon loudly enough that the 100% volume on 0db gain is not something I could listen to. I keep the knob at around 3 with the 50% volume in the system normally and for music I may go up to 100% system volume but I do not touch the knob!
XBass goes well with Aeons as I feel their bass doesn't have as much "oomph" as I'd like normally. At least this way the choice is on the user side and it's a cool toggle.
There is channel imbalance at very low volume, I don't think that is avoidable without shelling out a lot of money.
The image shows the absolute minimum vs a point at which I 100% cannot perceive imbalance. Maybe I could push it lower but I'm too lazy to make an effort.
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I run it Balanced and it drives HD600+Sundara so well. (11.0V / 1890 mW @ 64 Ohm)Quick question. Do you think ifi clams about how powerful the Zen Can is can be believed? 1600 mW at 32 Ohms single ended is a heck of a lot off a 5V 2.5A power supply.
Fresh off a ban on another forum for talking back to iFi(sponsored there) because they refused to honor warranty for their product and the forum rep also was useless but doing damage control by commenting smug smiley faces with "how can I help" crap everywhere I even mentioned the amp was bad.... Had something rattling around in the Zen CAN and when I went over 12 O'Clock it instantly switched to huge channel imbalance in my right side being much louder... brb they wanted me to operate with the knob between 10 and 12 only.... bunch of clowns IMOI`d agree to that. Why? My unit has the channel imbalance issue too. I you have to operate headphones with the volume knob low, this will be an issue. But obviously not every unit (i.e. vins555) has this problem. So maybe bad luck.