Hello Amir, Hello fellow members
I bought the Zen Dac several months ago, the purpose is for streaming/Playback Apple Music from my Mac Mini or iPhone/iPod, I need a headphone amp though my headphones are not hard to drive ones .... I am pleased with the performance of the Zen Dac but it is not good enough, it is not expensive in Hongkong, so price-wise it did the job well, I do not use a power transformer for the additional 5V power but a power bank instead, supposed it is clean enough and strong enough ....
I also own the Yamaha WXA-50 which has a DAC inside (which Amir recommended), sometimes I use Musiccast sometimes I use the AUX input to get the signal from Zen Dac, all good. The combination is not perfect at all, some will say it is cheap, but it is for my music ..... only music ...
How it sounds? I cannot tell, I do not know how to describe the sound, but I am fine with the performance of the Yamaha-Zen Dac combination, Ar ... I forget to tell, the Yamaha WXA-50 drive a pair of DALI Spektor 1, I enjoy small system, fit my desk top for near field listening, and few months ago I add a Yamaha NS-SW050 subwoofer to the system.
Headphone(s) .... I have Sennheiser PXC 550 II, for noise cancelling while travelling inflight, wired while at home, seldom use bluetooth unless watching TV. another wired headphone is Austrian Audio Hi-X55 which I enjoy it so much ..... I also own a few cheap IEMs ......
Recently I want a better DAC, which can fullfill more needs from me, so I ordered the RME ADI-2 DAC Fs ... crazy right? it cost more than the whole AMP/Speaker system ....
But I think it worth the price if I need a better stereo system in future ....
The only thing I am not enjoy is, when playback from Mac Mini, the Audio Midi setup is a pain .....