This sounds strange, here in Germany the Sony has a price point of 1400 Euros while last month I payed for my N7 about 1900 Euros. BTW the German Cayin Audio Distribution GmbH is about 30 minutes away from my home town (by car). Very friendly and obliging people there :) Go for the N7.

@Andy Thank you for your assistance. I was able to interrupt the process, rebooted the device and did a local update which went thru without a hitch :)

The update process is stuck at 11% for about 30 minutes, what should I do?

Glad, I could help :)

I'd rather eject the SD card first (notify Android OS). Open the "Settings" app, go to "Storage", now you'll see a blue dropdown control showing "THIS DEVICE". Tap on it and select your SD card. Now tap on the three dots (upper right) and select "Eject" from the menu.

Hi Andy, I have a question regarding the RU6. At the moment all my external DACs require (and come with) a special Windows driver to overcome the system's lack of hires audio support (sample rate >48000kHz for example). Will Cayin provide such driver, so the RU6 can be used on Windows...

Actually I "wowed" several times :gs1000smile: 1st: A&K SE200 + Meze Empyrean (with leather pads) 2nd: swapped the leather pads with the alcantara ones 3rd: Cayin N6iiTi (R2R)+ Meze Empyrean (with alcantara pads)

Just in case you havent noticed, yet: Pls be aware that 4.4 balanced is solid-state only. If you want tube sound you've to use the 3.5 single ended output.

Andy, great news. Two editions would be cool, one with headphone output, one with line-out only :smile_phones: Just dreaming ...

Good to know. I'm back to USB Audio Player Pro which has native support for the N6ii. Had been using Neutron for a while but encountered some album sort issues. So far only UAPP ticks all the boxes.

Just checked on my Ti, no update available, still being on version 1.6.0. I'm just wondering if gapless playback has been improved/fixed?

If we read between the lines (what Andy told us) the N3Pro is just a compromise. But a very smart one :L3000: We have a good battery stamina, quick startup, support for all common file types (even DSD) and 3 different sound signatures - all this in a really small package. And, at least for me...

Honestly, I doubt any 500 bucks headphone can deliver/use the full potential of the N6 R2R :relaxed: But I can recommend the beyerdynamic Amiron Home, it's great sounding (for the bucks) and one of the most comfortable headphones I've ever used. You'll need an extra balanced cable, though. I got...

I'm using the following settings: PLAYBACK: 64-bit Processing=on RESAMPLING=Quality (Audiophile uses too much processing power and drains the battery way too fast, but your milage may vary) PROFILE: Bit-perfect=on AUDIO HARDWARE: Dither=off (might be switched off automatically if you turn on...

@Andykong: Andy, thank you very much for your help. Yes, there might have been some problems with the device since actually it is a B-Stock one (went out one times to another customer who sent it back to the German dealer). Before starting to use it I did a software reset (I guess there're some...

Finally got everything working. After forcing stop the Play Store app and rebooting the device finally the updated version showed up and I was able to download Neutron. Thank you all. Am happy now :gs1000smile:

Yes, tried that. But the updated version freezes. Will try again this evening.

Thanks, that's a relief regarding Neutron. In the mean time I discovered what's wrong with the app store. I already had purchased Neutron about two years ago (so it's already in my library). As soon as I try to download the app the following error occurs: "Looks like you're using an old...

Thanks for the helpful input. All the albums mentioned were purchased from the Qobuz store, I don't do streaming at all. My A&K DAPs don't have the issue. Personally I like the Neutron UI but one can get lost tweaking the numerous settings, that's true. But - most important - I'm not willing...

Last friday I went by car to the German Cayin distributor and finally received "the real thing", the Ti. (One week before I've gotten a test device, the black one with R01 board) Here're my impressions: Sound: Beautiful and natural, more enjoyable than my A&K DAPs, I really can't believe this...

@laxlife1234: Might be a dumb guess, but I had a similar effect after carelessly placing the player beside my Samsung Galaxy Tablet, which has a rather strong magnet at one side to keep the stylus/pen attached. After moving the player away and switching to solid state and back to tube the noise...

@Dorsai: Using relative instead of absolute paths might help, provided the playlist files reside on the SD card, too. I can also recommend "Tagscanner" for creating playlists.

@rocketsfan: I'd recommend Tagscanner (https://www.xdlab.ru/en/). Not only it's the best tag editor I know, but can also create playlists.

@Andykong: Thanks for the quick reply and the insight into the device's internals. Pls allow some further comments. My first question wasn't directed towards the capability of reading large cover art but merely to "ease the pain" for the processor :) IMHO smaller jpgs mean less data to handle...

Got mine last Saturday directly from the German Cayin subsidiary. Have not encountered any issues so far. The OS upgrade to v2.3. went without a hitch. The tube's sound great, making even my Grado shine (I use the Grado mainly during the hot summer days where noone wants to wear an over-ear...