iFi Audio Zen CAN Signature HFM Headphone Amplifier

Your own personal Signature Finely Tuned. The original ZEN CAN, our all-analog headphone amplifier, had the ability to drive tough headphone loads with a balanced circuit design, vanishingly low levels of distortion, and exceptional sonics. The ZEN CAN Signature 6XX pushed this design even further with sonic tailoring specific to the ‘MassDrop x Sennheiser HD 6XX headphone’. This custom ActivEQ setting is expertly tuned across the entire frequency response curve to bring out the best in these already remarkable headphones. Take a look at what’s in the box. iFi's Active EQ Our ActivEQ feature combines active and passive components to create a specific EQ curve to suit a particular pair of headphones. This is performed in the analog domain without adding any additional noise or distortion. Gain, Gain, and more Gain. The ZEN CAN Signature HFM has four gain settings in six dB steps – 0dB, 6dB, 12dB, and 18db. We’ve called this PowerMatch. This enables the amp to precisely suit the connected headphones. Unity gain (0dB) is useful to ensure low noise with sensitive in-ear monitors, while the higher gain settings make the most of tougher headphone loads, delivering excellent dynamic headroom. Nothing beats Balanced. The ZEN CAN Signature HFM’s circuitry is a balanced, symmetrical dual-mono design – a topology usually reserved for high-end headphone amps – with a number of key elements trickled down from the discrete Class-A circuitry developed for iFi’s flagship headphone amplifier, the Pro iCAN. Key components have been upgraded to enhance performance in line with the improvements made to the ZEN CAN Signature HFM, including the use of Panasonic OS-CON and Elna Silmic II capacitors.