iFi ZEN Stream

[Confused]

Hi Confused,
I would be interested to know if the ifi Zen Streamer has an advantage over the Devialet CI board if you use it with Roon RAAT.
So is Roon -> RAAT -> Zen->Devialet better then Roon -> RAAT -> CI ?
I also noticed that with the latest Roon updates the AIR protocol sounds better than RAAT, at least to my ears.
As the Zen does of course not support AIR the question is can the ZEN with RAAT beat the CI board with AIR...

Hi Vivialet
I tried RAAT CI versus RAAT Zen a while ago, see post 15 of this thread. The short version of all this would be "not much in it".

https://devialetchat.com/Thread-iFi-ZEN-...#pid103392

A couple of points to note. This was a very quick test, I was trying a number of different things at the time, so no extended listening was involved.

Also, I only ever tried the Zen direct to the Devialet via S/PDIF. USB direct to the Devialet would be an obvious thing to try, but I have never done this. 

Currently I am running the Zen via USB to the Mutec MC3+USB, which I think I marginally prefer over Zen S/PDIF to the Mutec. So running the Zen direct to the Devialet via USB might be an interesting experiment.