iFi Studio ZEN One Studio

iFi Studio is the professional side of iFi Audio, built for musicians and engineers rather than home listeners. The ZEN One Studio is the digital half of that lineup, a dedicated DAC and audio interface with no headphone amp and no volume knob to get in the way, so it can sit at the front of a monitoring chain and just convert. Paired with its companion ZEN CAN Studio, it becomes a complete interface and monitor controller for a project studio or a desk setup.

Type & Technology

• Universal DAC and audio interface, purpose-built for studio and monitoring use
• Burr-Brown True Native D/A chipset for bit-perfect conversion, driven by a 16-core XMOS processor
• Decodes PCM up to 32-bit/384kHz and native DSD up to DSD256, with full MQA decoding
• Global Master Timing clock with a jitter-eradicating buffer to keep timing accurate across every input

Sound Character

• Built to be transparent rather than colored, so whatever character your monitors or headphone amp add is the only coloration in the chain
• Frequency response rated at 5Hz to 80kHz, with SNR of 105dBA and THD+N under 0.002%
• No volume control or headphone amp by design, keeping the digital-to-analog stage as clean and unopinionated as possible

Build & Design

• Compact desktop chassis at 6.2 x 3.9 x 1.4 inches and about 1.1 lb
• Bluetooth 5.1, USB-C, and RCA coaxial S/PDIF on the input side
• Balanced XLR line outputs plus a 4.4mm balanced output, so it can feed studio monitors or a downstream balanced amp directly
• Ships with its own AC/DC power supply rather than running on bus power

Best For

Musicians, mixing and mastering engineers, or anyone who wants a clean, opinion-free DAC ahead of their own monitors or amp. Pairs directly with the ZEN CAN Studio for a complete interface and monitor controller, but works just as well feeding any external amp on its own.

What's in the Box

ZEN One Studio, AC/DC power adapter, and Bluetooth antenna.

Specifications