sledgeharvy
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Glad you have heard it and conform that M5 is an exceptional DAP, my fellow DAP-aphile
N6 has brighter, more analytocal sound with bigger soundstage. M5 has fuller sound that isn't so bright yet isn't lacking in detail. M5 soundstage isn't so big as N6. All that said, I prefer M5's musical sound to N6's analytical sound by a wide margin. For Cayin DAPs, I actually much prefer N5 to N6 and am looking forward to i5. For Shanling, I honestly haven't heard a bad DAP yet
Yeah, I just noticed the Cayin i5.. It has really good specs.. Still no Muses chips, so I might pass on it.. At the moment, the M5 has all the internals I want.. For example.. Some people either love Porsche, Ferrari, Apple, Android, Etc etc.. I have a certain "Fan boy bias" towards products containing the CS4398 or the AK4490, over the WM8740 or Sabre ES9018.. The WM8740 is a little too warm and the ES9018 is just a little too analytical for me.. This is an over simplification/generalization of course.. But it's to get the idea across.. For e equipment and listening preferences, the DAPs containing the CS4398 and the AK4490 just sounds the best for the music I listen to and earphones I own. As always, "YMMV" part of me does wish for a touch screen, but then other times I am reminded that touch screens can lead to lag due to heavier processor number crunching. Which leads to sound degradation.