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- Condition
- New
- Color
- Dark Gray
- Model
- Zen Phono 3
- Material
- Metal
- Style
- Modern
- Signal Format
- line-level
- Signal-to-Noise Ratio
- 91 db
- In the box
- Quick Start Guidepower adapterrca cable
- Warranty
- 1 Year Warranty
- Works with
- Headphone, Speaker
Features 5
- Versatile Cartridge Compatibility: With MM/MC, high/low and very low settings, the ZEN Phono is able to handle just about any cartridge. From 36dB all the way up to 72dB. So as your vinyl system grows over time, the ZEN Phono will always keep up
- Premium RIAA EQ Circuitry: ZEN Phono 3's RIAA EQ circuitry uses multiple TDK C0G capacitors in parallel for best stability and the least distortion
- Independent Gain and Loading Control: Mix and match gain and loading settings independently of each other with the all-new loading button, ensuring optimum compatibility with a wide range of cartridges and allowing you to get the sound just right
- Custom Operational Amplifier Technology: Incorporates a custom OV Series operational-amplifier, a top-notch component that contributes to the extremely low noise, low distortion (0.0001%) and wide bandwidth
- Intelligent Subsonic Filter: Features an intelligent subsonic filter that removes unwanted low-frequency rumble and vibrations, protecting your speakers and improving overall sound clarity without affecting the audible frequency range
Description
About iFi You love music, so that’s why we create products that improve sound quality and eradicate noise, distortion and hiss. With our vast catalogue of devices, you can bring the live experience into your home. Or if you prefer your music on-the-go, we deliver every cymbal crash and pluck of a string in clear isolation straight to your ears. Our products are known for their high-quality sound, unique features, and innovative technology. They use proprietary technologies, high-quality materials, and offer a wide range of products, including portable options. Our company uses high-quality components and advanced circuitry in their products, which results in clean and accurate sound reproduction. We have a dedicated team of experienced engineers and designers who are passionate about producing the best possible audio products. The ZEN Phono 3 redefines what your turntable can do. Its intelligent subsonic filter corrects warped LPs, while an ultra-quiet noise floor and adaptable loading options unlock a new level of clarity from your cartridge. Since 2012, our in-house Subsonic Filter removes record warp without cutting low bass or adding group delay by analyzing LP cutting and playback. With MM/MC and gain from 36dB to 72dB, the ZEN Phono handles nearly any cartridge, adapting as your vinyl system evolves. 36-72dB gain range and load impedance adjustment button to support a range of cartridges -151dBV measured Equivalent Input Noise. 20dBV quieter than some Stereophile Class A+ The ZEN Phono 3 supports four MM/MC gain selections from 36 to 72dB and four input impedance settings. Mix and match gain and loading settings independently of each other with the all-new loading button, ensuring optimum compatibility with a wide range of cartridges and allowing you to get the sound ‘just right’. At the vinyl mastering stage, records are pressed with an inverse RIAA equalisation curve applied. This needs to be undone on playback by the phono stage to reveal the magic of the music. ZEN Phono 3’s RIAA EQ circuitry uses multiple TDK C0G capacitors in parallel. This is for best stability and the least distortion. This allows for ZEN Phono 3’s RIAA playback equalisation curve to be within +/- 0.15dB tolerance from 20-20kHz, allowing you to hear your records more accurately than ever before. Clean Power Supply: The ZEN Phono 3 features an isolated high-tech clean power supply, ensuring only audio is amplified with a whisper-quiet noise floor. Ultra-Low Noise: With an EIN of -151dBV, it’s 20dBV quieter than some Stereophile Class A+ phonos. Enhanced Performance with iPower2: Pair with the SilentPower iPower2 for ultra-quiet, audiophile-grade power, thanks to Active Noise Cancellation II technology. Zen Phono 3 boasts futuristic features unlike any other entry-level stage:
Specs 19
| Brand | iFi |
|---|---|
| Special Feature | MM/MC Support, Adjustable Gain & Loading, Intelligent Subsonic Filter, Precise RIAA Equalization |
| Material | Metal |
| Style | Modern |
| Color | Dark Gray |
| Model Name | ZEN Phono 3 |
| Signal Format | line-level |
| Signal-to-Noise Ratio | 91 db |
| Built-In Media | Quick Start Guide, power adapter, rca cable |
| Unit Count | 1 Count |
| Manufacturer | Abbingdon Music Research |
| Number of Packs | 1 |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Item Highlight | Adjustable Loading, Intelligent Subsonic Filter |
| Model Number | Zen Phono 3 |
| Mfr Part Number | 0311019 |
| Additional Features | MM/MC Support, Adjustable Gain & Loading, Intelligent Subsonic Filter, Precise RIAA Equalization |
| Style Name | Modern |
| Enclosure Material | Metal |
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Top Amazon Reviews
A big upgrade in the right circumstances for a nominal price
Color: Dark Gray
Simple installation, small footprint. compatible with my McIntosh MX-122 that is great for home theater and even two channel listening but the MX-122 phono stage is a poor afterthought. The iFi Phone 3 is unobtrusive, and intuitive to set up and use if you're an experienced audio head. It's important to know your cartridge type (MM or MC) and the brand name/model. I'm not a huge vinyl aficionado but I have a lot of vinyl going back to the late 60's and probably have about 500 LPs but I knew they didn't sound right pushed through the MX-122 phono stage. Setup is simple but my wiring from the turntable to my audio rack was already in place. I simply had to connect the two-turntable RCA plugs to "input" on the iFi Phone 3 and then use a separate Tributaries RCA cable from the iFi output to my MX-122. The ground wire from the turntable to the iFi is mandatory to avoid hum and ground loops so don't forget to connect it. My MX-122 has a dedicate phono ground to I joined two ground cables from the turntable and iFi phono 3 to the MX-122 ground and that worked great because the MX-122 is fully grounded. It's easy to dump insane $$ on separates and phono stages are no exception. Balancing my vinyl use with common sense, $265 plus the low-end sound from the MX-122 phono stage made the iFi Phono 3 a necessity, not an extravagance for me. The audio improvement from the onboard MX-122 phono stage to the iFi Phono 3 was surprisingly dramatic. The separation, soundstage, clarity, depth was all better. The iFi Phono 3 brought new and old vinyl to life. IFi gear in general is surprisingly well built, and I've owned a starter iFi headphone amp in the past. For $265 with tax, this was a big improvement for my vinyl collection that I will likely use more often now it doesn't sound like the turntable is underwater. Cheers!
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Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2026 by Rolidnot
Five stars. Much to commend it. High-er Fidelity. Rewarding!
Color: Dark Gray
Just now, I finished auditioning this Zen 3 carefully, alongside a new FOSI X5 and my home-built EAR834 clone. Definitely give it time to break in: I found that the Zen began to "open up" incredibly well after about 10 hours of playing time, pulling far ahead of its startup conditions, and beyond what I anticipated and expected. The Zen won my auditions by a significant margin. For the sound experience and level of enjoyment it gives me, I love the thing. It accurately recaptures the many fine distinctions that make up LP playback of instruments and vocals, which altogether form a realistic and satisfying recreation of the dense information in an LP. I've found that too many phonostages alter the sound, and filter out essential musical information and character, to the point of sounding comical, dull, or just sad in comparison. In visual comparison, they're 20/40 vision. Meanwhile, the Zen Phono 3 sounds "alive" and does an amazing job of preserving the essential artistic information embedded in your vinyl's grooves. It can handle wild, complex passages as well as quiet, simple ones. It is full bodied, and on my bass-shy 300B system, its been the best phonostage I've found at projecting a full and rich audio spectrum. A musician's full artistry gets faithfully recovered and portrayed; I've discovered new musical surprises from everything I've thrown at it. Full fledged enjoyment and engagement. 20/20 vision. Air and shimmer. On the technical side, this runs on a wall-adapter 5VDC power source; luckily I have some cleaner 5VDC sources of my own, and it makes a lovely enhancement. My preference is a 12V lithium battery powering a 5VDC linear stepdown board: with it, backgrounds get blacker, tonal registers grows richer, and voices gain finer nuance. Alternatively, you can get a finished 5VDC linear power supply from many vendors these days. In addition, Zen includes a set of RCA cables that do a great job, offering excellent fullrange rich sound. The Zen notably pairs exceptionally well electronically with my MM cartridge and tube preamp. I appreciate its inherently quiet noise floor and, if needed, its user-selectable smart rumble filter. So at ~$239, this phonostage succeeds into very nice musical territory. I kept pulling out my old LP favorites to re-experience them anew in the realm of Zen's higher fidelity. There are better phonostages for more $$$, but this Zen comfortably puts you in the 95%+ range. Update August 24, 2026: Yes! Highly involving, envelopes you in soundscapes and musical colors, eight miles high.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2026 by R. Widebrook
Fantastic Upgrade to the Original Zen Phono
Color: Dark Gray
I have the original Zen Phono that I purchased in 2022 and for the last three years it has given me solid performance and excellent fidelity. I saw that that the Zen Phono 3 was under $200, so I decided to give it a try-out. Wow! There is a difference! After playing a few of my favorite LPs through my Original Zen Phono, I swapped out the phono amps, correctly set the switches on the Zen Phono 3 and played the same LPs. The immediate difference was in the soundstage. It was much wider and three dimensional. The sonics were also clearer and more detailed. The Phono 1 was no slouch, I enjoyed many LPs hearing wonderful clarity and beautiful separation, but the Phono 3 just took it several notches higher. There was a lushness that gave my system a sound many times its cost. This was right when I connected the Phono 3 and started playing the music right away, no break-in! I can imagine after I play this baby for another 50-60 hours. This is a highly recommended upgrade if you own the original Zen Phono Preamp. For $200? It's a no-brainer.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2025 by fotoram
Best value in HiFi
Color: Dark Gray
Wow this thing really leveled-up the sound of my Pro-ject customized record player. The brain of my system is a Yammy A8A (usually in direct mode for 2 channel pure sound with records) which apparently has a dismal phono preamp. This Zen 3 brings incredible detail and presence to the sound. It is a singular value, maybe the best value in all of HiFi things. If you have good speakers, or even mere okay speakers, this, this I tell you, is what all affordable systems need. Is it better than super expensive ones? I don’t know. This one sounds great to me. If you have any magnetic gremlin in your connections, this unit also has a button to kill that noise. I was able to find my gremlin (power the phono player, the Zen 3, and your pre-amp or receiver all on the same circuit). Until I sorted it, the button was handy. If you cannot sort out line interference, this may be a no-brainer purchase for you, since it has a button for it.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2025 by cheezburgrmania
I can see why this one gets good grade
I brought this to tame a high output MC cartridge and it did not disapointed. I hooked up the Ifi, set it to hi MC and it does tamed the Denon DL-110 a lot more and amplified it a bit louder without edgy sound than using the MM port. The low is rounder also. I am declaring a victory on this one and very happy with the result. Before the Ifi, I tweaked the VTA and also the compliance using the stock plate that came with it for a medium compliance tone arm and the result was good but incremental. The high had an hint of edgy but not as bad without the stock plate tweaking. With the iFi, I say I completed my tweak and tamed that cartridge. The iFi is indeed a pretty good phono pre and very easy to use instead of fiddling lots of dip switches to get the combo correct.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2026 by Henry C
Disappointing sounds digital
Color: Dark Gray
Not a very good photo preamp sounds digital to me. If you have a cart that doesn't give out much trouble maybe this is the preamp for you. Sent it back still waiting on my return. It's been 3 weeks already????
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2026 by Fred
Clean preamp for your analog chain.
Color: Dark Gray
I run mine between an Audio Technica AT-LP5x and Denon PNA-600NE. The design esthetic is not my style, but it is hidden in my system. The 4 gain options on the back panel and several load options on the front panel make it a versatile component. I future-proofed my move from MM to MC when I bought this a while ago and I just made the switch this week. I’m really happy I didn’t need to buy a new preamp along with the cartridge. Now that I’ve seen it perform with MM (Ortofon 2M Bronze, Nagaoka MP-200, AT-VM610MONO) and MC (Sumiko Blue Point no. 3), I have to say it really cut loose with the Sumiko. It’s pushing a lot of power for that low output cartridge and it fills the entire room exactly like I’d hoped. Definitely worth it.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2026 by Joseph S Morris
Excellent value and sound for the spend.
Color: Dark Gray
The iFi Audio Zen Phono 3 is the latest iteration of iFi's popular entry-level phono preamplifier, aiming to bring high-fidelity vinyl playback to a wider audience. Building upon the success of its predecessors, the Zen Phono 3 promises improved performance and features at an attractive price point. Does it deliver? Let's find out. Build and Features: The Zen Phono 3 retains the compact and sturdy design of the Zen series. The aluminum enclosure feels solid and well-built, giving a sense of quality that belies its price. The front panel is clean and straightforward, featuring a single power button and indicator LED. The rear panel houses the RCA inputs and outputs, a grounding post, and a gain switch offering settings for MM (Moving Magnet) and MC (Moving Coil) cartridges, including a dedicated setting for low-output MC cartridges. This versatility is a significant plus, allowing it to accommodate a wide range of turntables and cartridges. Sound Quality: This is where the Zen Phono 3 truly shines. Compared to previous versions, the 3rd generation offers a noticeable step up in sonic performance. The sound is clean, detailed, and dynamic, with a wider soundstage and improved clarity. Bass is tight and well-defined, midrange is smooth and natural, and treble is crisp without being harsh. The noise floor is impressively low, even with sensitive MC cartridges, allowing for greater detail retrieval and a more immersive listening experience. MM Performance: With MM cartridges, the Zen Phono 3 provides a lively and engaging sound. It brings out the best in classic MM designs, offering a balanced and enjoyable listening experience. MC Performance: The dedicated MC settings, especially the low-output option, are a standout feature. The Zen Phono 3 handles the delicate signals from MC cartridges with impressive finesse, delivering a detailed and nuanced presentation. Pros: Excellent sound quality for the price. Versatile MM and MC compatibility, including low-output MC support. Solid build quality. Low noise floor. Compact and attractive design. Cons: No adjustable loading options for fine-tuning MC cartridge performance (though the provided loading generally works well). External power supply (though it's a small and unobtrusive unit).
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Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2025 by Bob