iFi Premium ZEN Blue V2 - Bluetooth Receiver

The Zen Blue V2 is a receiver that will pick up a Bluetooth signal from a suitable Phone, Laptop, Tablet or PC and provide an Analogue or Digital wired connection ready to plug into your hi-fi system (or any device with a line level analogue or coaxial/optical digital input). Allowing you to stream your music from your favourite apps easily and in high quality without having to buy a whole new hi-fi system.

This is the latest V2 version, the second generation of the Ifi Bluetooth receiver with improvements in performance and bluetooth signal reception over the its already impressive predecessor.

It uses 'Hi Res' Bluetooth 5.0, the very latest version, and the newest Qualcomm 5100 chip to process all incoming Bluetooth® data and will process all current and future Bluetooth® audio formats. This includes Qualcomm’s aptX and aptX HD, aptX Low Latency, aptX Adaptive, LDAC and HWA/LHDC, hi-res Bluetooth® codecs created by Sony and Huawei respectively, AAC, Apple’s favoured format and SBC, the standard Bluetooth® codec.

Premium parts from Texas Instruments and TDK are used to ensure high levels of reliability and performance.

The Digital to Analogue conversion is done via an ESS Sabre DAC chip to ensure an extremely smooth digital to analogue conversion. To connect to your hi-fi system it features standard RCA (phono socket) analogue outputs as well as a 4.4mm socket for balanced audio output. It also offers digital outputs via coaxial and toslink optical s/pdif connections.

Technical specifications:

Universal plug top power supply included, which powers the unit with 5V DC
Input: Bluetooth 5.0TM with AAC, aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Low-Latency, LDAC, HWA/LHDC Codec
Output: Optical/Coaxial, Audio RCA L/R, 4.4 Balanced Line out
Chipsets: Qualcomm QCC 5100 Series (Bluetooth) ESS Sabre (DAC)
Input: Bluetooth 5.1™ with AAC, SBC, aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX LL, LDAC, HWA Codec
Output: 4.4mm Balanced 3.5mm S-Balanced (SE)
Frequency Response: 10-48K (-2DB) under LDAC
Output Voltage: @ OdBFS 2.05V (+/-0.05V)
Dynamic Range: 109dB (A)
Signal/Noise ratio: 111dBA/106.5dBA (BAL/S-BAL) THD & N @ OdBFS <0.009% (BAL 6.5mW/2.0V @ 600Ω) <0.03% (SE 100mW/1.27V @ 16Ω)
Output Impedance: <50Ω
Power Consumption: <2.5W
Dimensions: 158 (I) x 100 (w) x 35 (h) mm
Weight: 476g (1.05 Ibs)