May I share my Zen 4

[tanwa]

Hello,

I have just finished my Zen4 amplifier and just wanna share it here. 😀

It work with 2 tyrannies as dual mono amplifier, force cooling by low noise fan with tunnel heatsink.

Sound great. It can push my ATC scm11 with the good tonal in mid and high, bass is acceptable. of course I cannot play it very loud, but at my listening level it perform quite good.

Now, I looking for matching preamp. Any suggestion? Should I go for Aleph P? or BZLS? to be not over kill for the power amp.

Big thank to Nelson for his great sharing.

 

[HeyBill]

Not to your question, but I really like the tunnel cooling arrangement.

 

[Nelson Pass]

Exquisite.

🙂

 

[Zen Mod]

Fugly!

 

[Dennis Hui]

It's a lovely build. Congratulations!

I'm going to suggest the ACP+ as a nice preamp and headphone to consider:

Amp Camp Pre+Headphone Amp - ACP+

 

[2 picoDumbs]

B1 R2 or Whammy as preamp in order to preserve the intended sound of the Zen V4

 

[tanwa]

It's a lovely build. Congratulations!

I'm going to suggest the ACP+ as a nice preamp and headphone to consider:

Amp Camp Pre+Headphone Amp - ACP+

That interesting. I have just notice this one. Thank you😛

 

[tanwa]

B1 R2 or Whammy as preamp in order to preserve the intended sound of the Zen V4

I have tried matching Zen4 with my Whammy before and it was great. Everything was better than my Krell kav300i except the lower end. But what id the disadvantage to use headphone amp to preamp?

 

[tanwa]

Not to your question, but I really like the tunnel cooling arrangement.

Thank you 😎

Exquisite.

🙂

My honor to get the comment from the original designer of this amp.😛

Fugly!

Alway put in the top cover to hide the messing stuff inside. haha 😀

 

[2 picoDumbs]

But what id the disadvantage to use headphone amp to preamp?

Don't quite understand your question.
Maybe rephrase it differently or rewrite it as intended.

 

[2 picoDumbs]

But what id the disadvantage to use headphone amp to preamp?

Ok reread it a few more times - Looks like you meant to say IS where you wrote id. That threw me off completely for some reason.

There is no disadvantage, provided the circuit is low noise and low distortion - which is the case. This is why I feel it is a perfect match for Zen 4. It lets Zen 4 do all the singing without getting in the way.

 

[tanwa]

Don't quite understand your question.
Maybe rephrase it differently or rewrite it as intended.

Sorry my mistyping. I mean, Are there some disadvantages of using headphones amp as a preamp?

Thank you

 

[tanwa]

Ok reread it a few more times - Looks like you meant to say IS where you wrote id. That threw me off completely for some reason.

There is no disadvantage, provided the circuit is low noise and low distortion - which is the case. This is why I feel it is a perfect match for Zen 4. It lets Zen 4 do all the singing without getting in the way.

Now, it is clear. Thank you very much.