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[COLOR=FF00AA]Introduction[/COLOR]
This is a busy year in Cayin. The success of N6 has opened up a lot of opportunities to this 20 plus years prestige audio company. After the launch of C5DAC, Cayin R&D team has been busy in further integrating their amplifier expertise with latest DAP experience, and their effort will pay off when the new N5 is released. This is the second DAP from Cayin and is tentatively priced at US$349 (subject to local tax and logistic charges) and yet maintain the overall sound signature and capability of N6, so It is a compact and powerful, low cost and professional DAP that every headfier should looking forwards to.

Cayin values the user experience and constructive feedback from HeadFi, we learned a lot from this community and we sure hope to get connected with as many dedicated and diversified DAP enthusiast as possible. In view of this, Cayin will set aside FIVE N5 and organize a world tour as follow:
Tour Schedule:
28 August 2015: World Tour Application Starts
14 September 2015: World Tour Application Ended
18 September 2015: World Tour Participants announced
19 September 2015: Confirm mailing arrangement of all participants
21 September 2015: Sending out World Tour Sample
For those who are interested in trying out the N5, you can apply to join the tour by replying to this thread and including the following information either in your message or through PM to me. Please also read the Tour Rules and Guideline before you jump on-board.

[COLOR=FF00AA]Shipping arrangement[/COLOR]
Cayin will organise reviewers into groups according to their geographical location, and sending out N5 as per required. Since China (PRC) and Hong Kong (HKG) will organise their own tour, reviewers from these areas can PM me and I’ll put you in touch with the organiser of these tours. In our past experience, we are expecting tour groups from North America, Europe, South East Asia and Australia respectively but we shall keep the option open until we receive all the application as dated. Cayin will pay for shipping to the first reviewer and from the last reviewer back to Cayin for each group.
I shall publish the list of reviewer in each group, and PM the contact information of previous and next reviewer in your list when details are confirmed. Reviewers should ship the player to the next reviewer in the package material we provided, and properly packed/sealed according to local practise. You are required to send out the player by traceable service providers (e.g., Fedex or UPS), and provide the tracking number to the next reviewer as soon as the package is shipped. If the receiving party is in doubt, please contact me immediately.
When you receive the player, please check for physical and operational damage as soon as possible, and keep us informed if there is any issue arise. We trust all participants will take care of the player as recommended, so under no circumstances will participant be held responsible for any damage to the player, we simply want to keep an eye on the event replace the player when accident happens.
The N5 review sample will not include any TF card, please prepare the storage as deem necessary. We strongly recommend you format your storage card with the Format feature in the Setup Menu of N5, just to make sure the card is compatible with N5. When you finish your review, please remember to remove your TF card before you ship the player to next reviewer in your list.

[COLOR=FF00AA]Review Process[/COLOR]
We have set asides FIVE N5 for this tour, and we hope to accommodate 4-5 participants in each group. Cayin wants to cover a wider range of users in the tour, so we shall offer some advantages to reviewers with diversified profile.
The first reviewer of the group can keep the N5 test unit for 10 days, and subsequent reviewer can keep the unit for 7 days. At the end of your review period, reviewers are required to send the unit to the next reviewer in the list. We offer a slightly longer review period to our first reviewer of each group because we expect he/she need more time to explore the basic feature of the player, and subsequent reviewers will take advantages of the aging and writing of the first reviewer.
[COLOR=FF00AA]Publication guideline to Reviewer[/COLOR]
At of end of your review period, we encourage you to share your comments and impression with Headfi communities, we are particularly interested with the equipment/headphone you used during the review, and is most appreciated if you can include photo of N5 with associated equipment in your writing.
Please observe the following guideline in your review/sharing:

The followings are recommended platform for your sharing:
The Main N5 Discussion thread
Cayin N5 DAP (Release Imminent) - Product Information and Discussion Thread
http://www.head-fi.org/t/771208/cayin-n5-dap-release-imminent-product-information-and-discussion-thread
The N5 Product page at Head Gear of HeadFi
Cayin N5 DSD Lossless Music Player
http://www.head-fi.org/products/cayin-n5-dsd-lossless-music-player
[COLOR=FF00AA]Please do not post your impression in this thread[/COLOR], we want to make this an event management thread, and direct all the discussion and sharing to the main N5 discussion thread. On top of the HeadFi forum, you are welcome to post your N5 impression to your local HeadFi forum/blog/magazine etc., but please provide the link or electronic version of your writing in this thread as previously suggested.
If you’ve got any suggestions about the tour, feel free to raise your concern here and we shall try our best to enrich the Tour as much as possible.
We are really appreciated for your time and look forward to your application.
Will Add Tour Updates and Announcement here:
___________________________________________________________
The Final Tour list is as follow:

Tour Progress:
31 Sept., 2015 (US Pacific Time Zone), Carlsan (Group 3) and PinkyPowers (Group 4) has received their N5
1 Oct 2015, Jeff Y (Group 1) and hakushondaimao (Group 2) has received their N5
22 Oct 2015, Cotnijoe (Group 4) and hellfire8888 (Group 1) received their N5
23 Oct 2015, nmatheis (Group 2) received N5
5 Nov 2015, Podster (Group 4) received N5
19 Nov 2015, Wirefriend (Group 1) received N5
24 Nov 2015, x RELIC x (Group 2) received N5
25 Nov 2015, vlenbo (Group 4) received N5
1 Dec 2015, PsiCore (Group 1) received N5
This is a busy year in Cayin. The success of N6 has opened up a lot of opportunities to this 20 plus years prestige audio company. After the launch of C5DAC, Cayin R&D team has been busy in further integrating their amplifier expertise with latest DAP experience, and their effort will pay off when the new N5 is released. This is the second DAP from Cayin and is tentatively priced at US$349 (subject to local tax and logistic charges) and yet maintain the overall sound signature and capability of N6, so It is a compact and powerful, low cost and professional DAP that every headfier should looking forwards to.
Cayin values the user experience and constructive feedback from HeadFi, we learned a lot from this community and we sure hope to get connected with as many dedicated and diversified DAP enthusiast as possible. In view of this, Cayin will set aside FIVE N5 and organize a world tour as follow:
Tour Schedule:
28 August 2015: World Tour Application Starts
14 September 2015: World Tour Application Ended
18 September 2015: World Tour Participants announced
19 September 2015: Confirm mailing arrangement of all participants
21 September 2015: Sending out World Tour Sample
For those who are interested in trying out the N5, you can apply to join the tour by replying to this thread and including the following information either in your message or through PM to me. Please also read the Tour Rules and Guideline before you jump on-board.
- Your location (City and Country)
- Headphone(s) you have
- Music player(s) you have
- Cayin product(s) you possess (if any)
- Links to review(s) you have posted (if any) no matter it is on Head-Fi or some others
[COLOR=FF00AA]Shipping arrangement[/COLOR]
Cayin will organise reviewers into groups according to their geographical location, and sending out N5 as per required. Since China (PRC) and Hong Kong (HKG) will organise their own tour, reviewers from these areas can PM me and I’ll put you in touch with the organiser of these tours. In our past experience, we are expecting tour groups from North America, Europe, South East Asia and Australia respectively but we shall keep the option open until we receive all the application as dated. Cayin will pay for shipping to the first reviewer and from the last reviewer back to Cayin for each group.
I shall publish the list of reviewer in each group, and PM the contact information of previous and next reviewer in your list when details are confirmed. Reviewers should ship the player to the next reviewer in the package material we provided, and properly packed/sealed according to local practise. You are required to send out the player by traceable service providers (e.g., Fedex or UPS), and provide the tracking number to the next reviewer as soon as the package is shipped. If the receiving party is in doubt, please contact me immediately.
When you receive the player, please check for physical and operational damage as soon as possible, and keep us informed if there is any issue arise. We trust all participants will take care of the player as recommended, so under no circumstances will participant be held responsible for any damage to the player, we simply want to keep an eye on the event replace the player when accident happens.
The N5 review sample will not include any TF card, please prepare the storage as deem necessary. We strongly recommend you format your storage card with the Format feature in the Setup Menu of N5, just to make sure the card is compatible with N5. When you finish your review, please remember to remove your TF card before you ship the player to next reviewer in your list.
[COLOR=FF00AA]Review Process[/COLOR]
We have set asides FIVE N5 for this tour, and we hope to accommodate 4-5 participants in each group. Cayin wants to cover a wider range of users in the tour, so we shall offer some advantages to reviewers with diversified profile.
The first reviewer of the group can keep the N5 test unit for 10 days, and subsequent reviewer can keep the unit for 7 days. At the end of your review period, reviewers are required to send the unit to the next reviewer in the list. We offer a slightly longer review period to our first reviewer of each group because we expect he/she need more time to explore the basic feature of the player, and subsequent reviewers will take advantages of the aging and writing of the first reviewer.
[COLOR=FF00AA]Publication guideline to Reviewer[/COLOR]
At of end of your review period, we encourage you to share your comments and impression with Headfi communities, we are particularly interested with the equipment/headphone you used during the review, and is most appreciated if you can include photo of N5 with associated equipment in your writing.
Please observe the following guideline in your review/sharing:
- Please state that the N5 is a free loan unit from Cayin, and you have/shall return the unit to Cayin at the end of review period.
- You can free to write up your sharing or impression as long as it represents your true feeling and opinions toward the product. Cayin respects your opinion and will not check your content prior to publishing
- Please provide the link to your sharing either in the N5 Tour thread or by PM, so that we can keep track on the progress and review the content for fact checking.
- If in case we want to clarify on certain factual/operational/technical issues, we shall request you to post our feedback alongside or as footnote to your original publication.
- If in case you disagree with our feedback, you are free to continue relevant discussion after our feedback was channeled.
The followings are recommended platform for your sharing:
The Main N5 Discussion thread
Cayin N5 DAP (Release Imminent) - Product Information and Discussion Thread
http://www.head-fi.org/t/771208/cayin-n5-dap-release-imminent-product-information-and-discussion-thread
The N5 Product page at Head Gear of HeadFi
Cayin N5 DSD Lossless Music Player
http://www.head-fi.org/products/cayin-n5-dsd-lossless-music-player
[COLOR=FF00AA]Please do not post your impression in this thread[/COLOR], we want to make this an event management thread, and direct all the discussion and sharing to the main N5 discussion thread. On top of the HeadFi forum, you are welcome to post your N5 impression to your local HeadFi forum/blog/magazine etc., but please provide the link or electronic version of your writing in this thread as previously suggested.
If you’ve got any suggestions about the tour, feel free to raise your concern here and we shall try our best to enrich the Tour as much as possible.
We are really appreciated for your time and look forward to your application.
Will Add Tour Updates and Announcement here:
___________________________________________________________
The Final Tour list is as follow:
Tour Progress:
31 Sept., 2015 (US Pacific Time Zone), Carlsan (Group 3) and PinkyPowers (Group 4) has received their N5
1 Oct 2015, Jeff Y (Group 1) and hakushondaimao (Group 2) has received their N5
22 Oct 2015, Cotnijoe (Group 4) and hellfire8888 (Group 1) received their N5
23 Oct 2015, nmatheis (Group 2) received N5
5 Nov 2015, Podster (Group 4) received N5
19 Nov 2015, Wirefriend (Group 1) received N5
24 Nov 2015, x RELIC x (Group 2) received N5
25 Nov 2015, vlenbo (Group 4) received N5
1 Dec 2015, PsiCore (Group 1) received N5
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