iFi ZEN Air Phono
Rediscover the soul of vinyl.
Engineered to reveal the true sound of records, this entry-level phono stage upgrades any record player by eliminating hiss, noise, and rumble – letting the music take centre stage.
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) |
| NET WEIGHT | 320g 0.71 lbs |
| OUTPUT IMPEDANCE | 100Ω |
| POWER CONSUMPTION | <1.8W |
| SNR | MM (40dB ±1dB): 86dB (A-weighted) re 1V MC (64dB ±1dB): 82dB (A-weighted) re 1V |
| TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION | MC: <-80dB / 0.01% re 1V MM: <-90dB / 0.005% re 1V |
| POWER SUPPLY REQUIREMENT | DC 5V/1.0A (centre +ve) |