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    Astell&Kern A&futura SE200: First DAP With Multiple DACs - Head-Fi TV

    I cannot remember where I saw it, but someone confirmed officially that it is only +or- 0.6db. I believe it was quoted directly by A&K customer support in another thread.
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    Astell&Kern A&futura SE200: First DAP With Multiple DACs - Head-Fi TV

    No, the EQ on A&K devices are not descent! This is one area where A&K absolutely refuses to listen to its customer complaints. They give you a parametric EQ that is about 0.6db worth of adjustment range up or down. It really is a pathetic thing and nobody understands why A&K insists on such...
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    Astell&Kern A&futura SE200: First DAP With Multiple DACs - Head-Fi TV

    I had a DX300 it was big ole POS, sent it back. You will like the SE200 better. What a lot of people dont realize is that DAP's with swappable amps have scaled down parts in them. They have to sacrifice part quality to cram all that stuff in a swappable card, smaller caps for example, it is not...
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    Astell&Kern A&futura SE200: First DAP With Multiple DACs - Head-Fi TV

    Any word on the embedded Tidal App fix, when in May it is coming?? @JasonNYC
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    Shanling M8 Android Portable player

    Shanling M8 -> Cayin C9->CA OG Vega= OMGawd that BASS!!! Drum & Bass sounds intense!
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    Cayin C9: Dual Nutube, Fully Balanced Class A/AB Portable HeadAmp

    The part about hardly anyone having a true Line Out and the Roon implementation. Ok, ok, I disagree with about 98% of what was said there. @bluestorm1992 is right though, lets steer it back on topic. I already had my massive A&K rant on the SP2000 thread, no need to rehash it here.
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    Cayin C9: Dual Nutube, Fully Balanced Class A/AB Portable HeadAmp

    I disagree with pretty much 99% of what was said here. All opinion and very little fact..... Oh and last I tried to stream A&K's app was broken, still waiting a month later for the fix. And dont even get me started on A&K useless EQ, it is like a really unfunny joke... How does that A&K KoolAid...
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    Cayin C9: Dual Nutube, Fully Balanced Class A/AB Portable HeadAmp

    Agreed! Astell & Kern is way overrated in general...... Glad I found Shanling and finally stopped drinking the A&K KoolAid....
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    Cayin C9: Dual Nutube, Fully Balanced Class A/AB Portable HeadAmp

    I have been running tube amps on all my dap's from the begining. Once you get a taste for that Sweet Tube Mojo, there is no going back, it is like Audio Porn.
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    Cayin C9: Dual Nutube, Fully Balanced Class A/AB Portable HeadAmp

    Yeh, I really love the C9 though. I have not listened to my Continental Duel Mono's since I got the C9 in. I have 3 CDM's and was even considering selling one, but I need to do more comparisons first. Each one of my CDM's has a different pair of tubes rolling in it, so trying to figure which...
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    Cayin C9: Dual Nutube, Fully Balanced Class A/AB Portable HeadAmp

    Im just saying, that I think the HIFi cable makers are extorting their customers in general and that money could be better spent elsewhere in the audio chain. I do not have the same kind of trust in manufacturing costs, and find most marketing to be shady business in general. I am not arguing...
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    Cayin C9: Dual Nutube, Fully Balanced Class A/AB Portable HeadAmp

    I agree with you on allot of things Whitigir, but not when it comes to justifying outrageously expensive cables. I have been having this same expensive cable debate since my days working at Guitar Center in the Studio and the pro expensive argument usually ends up becoming absurd. I definitely...
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    Cayin C9: Dual Nutube, Fully Balanced Class A/AB Portable HeadAmp

    The cables that Cayin provides are of very good quality IMO. Getting a custom one made to the same quality would cost you about $100. As far as cables go, about the $100-200 dollar range is the sweetspot for IEM and interconnect cables. That will get you quality components, with careful...
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    Cayin C9: Dual Nutube, Fully Balanced Class A/AB Portable HeadAmp

    What country are you in? Any idea where to get them in the USA?
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    Cayin C9: Dual Nutube, Fully Balanced Class A/AB Portable HeadAmp

    Very interested, but I prefer to stay more with the mobile setups. M30 seems more like a small desk rig to me, no.....?
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