FOLLOW-UP

THIS ISSUE: An iFi mystery; the Pro-Ject Phono Box RS2 phono preamplifier; Canton’s Reference 7K loudspeakers.

iFi ZEN DAC Signature V2 and ZEN CAN Signature

When she reviewed two iFi ZEN Signature combos for our January 2021 issue—the ZEN DAC Signature V2 with two versions of the ZEN CAN Signature headphone amplifier, which include a custom-EQ curve for particular headphones1—Julie Mullins was impressed by their performance. She wrote, “the ZEN Signature sets delivered highly resolved, clean, pristine, dynamic sound. The amplifiers are powerful. Backgrounds black as a new-moon night-time sky brought musical details to the foreground.” But there was an issue with the volume—the gain—that I wanted to check on,