iFi Zen Stream

There’s a new firmware version - 3.01.4 - that can be installed via APP (iFi Nexis). I believe it can do Spotify Lossless now.

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I may have been critical of this device and iFi over the course of the last 5 years. But credit where it’s due, giving a proper update to a product this old has reduced that. Should it have been better on the software and features from the start? Yes. Has it always sounded really good? Also yes. It’s now the product it probably always should have been.

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I think Many of us said that it was released a year too early, not sure we were genuinely thinking it was released 5 years too early though :grin:.

I have kept mine in the man cave driving a headphone system and I have to say it has really improved, with the reason 3 release. Especially if you don’t need to use the interface at all and use Roon, HQPlayer and the Connect services

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Is there any information yet on when iFi will make the new .NET 10 Roon Bridge available?

It shouldn’t need it as it became Roon Ready (originally Roon Bridge) a few years ago

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Exactly. @iDomiJi, Roon Ready and Bridge are entirely different things and implementations. No update is necessary for Roon Ready, as it’s a design principle of Roon Ready that updating RR devices is not necessarily possible/easy.

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@Michael_Harris @Suedkiez
Thank you very much for your help and explanation. I didn’t know that :grinning_face: :+1:

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No problem at all.

It started out life being a Roon Bridge device and I imagine many people don’t know that eventually it gained Roon Ready status.

If you haven’t updated it to the latest V3 firmware (need to request it from iFi support), that’s well worth doing as it brings it into line with the latest models on sale now

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