Cayin C9: Dual Nutube, Fully Balanced Class A/AB Portable HeadAmp

[Whitigir]

Good Day to everyone, a joyous day today! My C9 has just been delivered!
Time for some fun and great listening!

Congratulations!! Welcome to the club

 

[xand]

I hear that the SG stores should be receiving the pre-ordered stock tomorrow from the distributor. This will be good.

Already here..

(Friend who ordered picked up today.)

 

[lumdicks]

Lights of path to heaven at night.

 

[zen87192]

A very short two hours of listening to the C9 connected to an N6ii with E02 Board and LO. Only stayed on LO, High Gain, Timbre off and Class AB on the C9 for now. Wow! That's really nice playing though my Sundara's. Then, after one hour, swapped over to the A02 Board.... OMG! That's totally different! Bliss! So clear, pure and powerfull, and I've only just started! Later tonight I'll swap over to IEM's. How exciting!

 

[lumdicks]

A very short two hours of listening to the C9 connected to an N6ii with E02 Board and LO. Only stayed on LO, High Gain, Timbre off and Class AB on the C9 for now. Wow! That's really nice playing though my Sundara's. Then, after one hour, swapped over to the A02 Board.... OMG! That's totally different! Bliss! So clear, pure and powerfull, and I've only just started! Later tonight I'll swap over to IEM's. How exciting!

Welcome to the Club and I am sure that you are having many sleepless nights ahead.

 

[bluestorm1992]

A very short two hours of listening to the C9 connected to an N6ii with E02 Board and LO. Only stayed on LO, High Gain, Timbre off and Class AB on the C9 for now. Wow! That's really nice playing though my Sundara's. Then, after one hour, swapped over to the A02 Board.... OMG! That's totally different! Bliss! So clear, pure and powerfull, and I've only just started! Later tonight I'll swap over to IEM's. How exciting!

Enjoy! They may surprise you even more with IEMs.

 

[Whitigir]

A very short two hours of listening to the C9 connected to an N6ii with E02 Board and LO. Only stayed on LO, High Gain, Timbre off and Class AB on the C9 for now. Wow! That's really nice playing though my Sundara's. Then, after one hour, swapped over to the A02 Board.... OMG! That's totally different! Bliss! So clear, pure and powerfull, and I've only just started! Later tonight I'll swap over to IEM's. How exciting!

Yepe!!! The A02 is the best of the bliss from Cayin . Good buy for sure. However, if you like to collect Motherboard, there is nothing like N6ii

 

[Kiats]

Already here..

(Friend who ordered picked up today.)

Haha! That’s good. No issues. Will likely get mine tomorrow. And the C9 cover I ordered from TaoBao on Sunday has arrived today and is at the distribution centre. Perhaps delivery tomorrow as well.

 

[HiFiHawaii808]

A very short two hours of listening to the C9 connected to an N6ii with E02 Board and LO. Only stayed on LO, High Gain, Timbre off and Class AB on the C9 for now. Wow! That's really nice playing though my Sundara's. Then, after one hour, swapped over to the A02 Board.... OMG! That's totally different! Bliss! So clear, pure and powerfull, and I've only just started! Later tonight I'll swap over to IEM's. How exciting!

You have some fantastic amps. I auditioned that Primaluna EVO 400 this week with my ZMF Verite Closed headphones and it was the best full sized headphone experience I've ever had.

 

[zen87192]

You have some fantastic amps. I auditioned that Primaluna EVO 400 this week with my ZMF Verite Closed headphones and it was the best full sized headphone experience I've ever had.

Thanks very much! The EVO has a bonus really as its got a fantastic headphone amp driven directly by the Tubes but also drives and sound matches my Forte III speakers extremely well.

 

[DaYooper]

Forte III speakers

I've been eyeing these for the new two channel room when the addition is finished.

 

[zen87192]

I've been eyeing these for the new two channel room when the addition is finished.

Yes. They really are stupendous. Bere in mind also that the new Forte IV has just been released but is currently somewhat 'expensive'... but apparently sound even better due to a new midrange arrangement.
Apologies in advance to all for going slightly off thread with this one.

 

[zen87192]

So... four hours passes this evening in a flash with my new C9 set up... I changed over from the Sundara's to my Penon Orb IEM with Leo Plus cable with the C9 on a different setting of High Gain, Tubes and Class A.
Crikey! That was a revelation! Absolutely crystal clear and tight bass with everything in the background much more vivid and evident. Very holographic with voices floating in front of me and instruments sounding all around me. All this from the (mid range?) Orb's which shows that the C9 is exemplary in what it can do. Dread to think what Odin's or Mest MK2 would sound like! Awesome most probably! Listened to loads of music, Royal Blood, Foo Fighters, Depeche Mode, Zara Larsson, Ibiza Rave, Eric Clapton, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra to test all genre's.... All absolutely fantastic! Got to go to bed now though!

 

[bluestorm1992]

So... four hours passes this evening in a flash with my new C9 set up... I changed over from the Sundara's to my Penon Orb IEM with Leo Plus cable with the C9 on a different setting of High Gain, Tubes and Class A.
Crikey! That was a revelation! Absolutely crystal clear and tight bass with everything in the background much more vivid and evident. Very holographic with voices floating in front of me and instruments sounding all around me. All this from the (mid range?) Orb's which shows that the C9 is exemplary in what it can do. Dread to think what Odin's or Mest MK2 would sound like! Awesome most probably! Listened to loads of music, Royal Blood, Foo Fighters, Depeche Mode, Zara Larsson, Ibiza Rave, Eric Clapton, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra to test all genre's.... All absolutely fantastic! Got to go to bed now though!

I was wondering about: (1) why you have been silent the whole night; (2) when will you be able to go to bed.

Edit: I am thinking MEST MKii is generally a safer bet if you do not have a super strong preference for a very specific kind of music, and it has a really good synergy with C9. In fact, Cayin and UM are from the same city and their employees have a very good relationship. I wouldn’t be surprised if the tuning of MEST is done with Cayin’s products. (Attached pic is from UM’s official Weibo).

 

[Kiats]

The C9 case has arrived from TaoBao. Delivery is so quick that it has overtaken delivery of the C9 for me.