[Andykong]

I guess neither of us would post impressions anytime soon 

Mine should be shipped from China to Indonesia already but even so, I'm 11,004 km away AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGGGHHHH!!!

Have to admit, you guys are brave, and you really love this hobby, no doubt about that.:etysmile:

 

[Andykong]

I can't wait for EU distributor, considering the EU release is still in August and the price could be 589€ or 499€.
It's more advantageous to buy it early from China, although firmware might be just decent but as long it's functional, I'm okay with that

Of course some people here have to get the first batch, be guinea pigs and report possible problem(s) that we will face 
Now my excitement turns me into guinea pig as well

If this is only a firmware issue, I can help out as much as possible, lets just hope you won't run into hardware or production quality issues, it is inevitably that the risk is slightly higher in the first production run.

 

[audio123]

Yes, N5 is a charming DAP, it is not outstanding if you try to measure it, but you'll keep using it even when there are "better" alternatives readily available, don't you?

yes andy

 
this is DAP season
on my wantlist now:
cayin i5
ak300
opus1
ibasso dx200

 
 

 

[audio123]

  DX200 looks cool indeed but have too many features that I won't use.
Honestly, I did consider them once but then i5 was announced and with release date. Well, I'm impatient so there I go.
 
If it costs nothing, it won't be exciting 

 

well we have to get them all

and sacrifice our wallet

 

[jmills8]

yes andy

this is DAP season
on my wantlist now:
cayin i5
ak300
opus1
ibasso dx200 :eek:

I demoed the opus a couple of times.

 

[audio123]

I demoed the opus a couple of times.

its worthy of a place in collection haha

 

[jmills8]

its worthy of a place in collection haha

ha, hope you use it.

 

[audio123]

ha, hope you use it.

priority is ak300 first

back to topic, cayin i5 will be a marvellous dap!

 

[Rozenberg]

Have to admit, you guys are brave, and you really love this hobby, no doubt about that.

I do love this hobby but I have to stop after the i5 :x
I've had no IEMs/headphones that lasted me at least a year because I kept replacing them out of curiosity. This is unhealthy for me.
 

If this is only a firmware issue, I can help out as much as possible, lets just hope you won't run into hardware or production quality issues, it is inevitably that the risk is slightly higher in the first production run.

I've never had hardware issue that requires me to send things back to manufacturer so I hope there won't be one too in i5 

Even my old FiiO X3 is still running and the only issues I've had were firmware.
 

 
well we have to get them all

and sacrifice our wallet

I wish I had the ability to, but I don't think I could... I once kept 3 pairs of headphones and ended up selling two because they were not used that much.
Let alone collecting DAPs...

 

[audio123]

  I do love this hobby but I have to stop after the i5 :x
I've had no IEMs/headphones that lasted me at least a year because I kept replacing them out of curiosity. This is unhealthy for me.
 
I've never had hardware issue that requires me to send things back to manufacturer so I hope there won't be one too in i5 

Even my old FiiO X3 is still running and the only issues I've had were firmware.
 
I wish I had the ability to, but I don't think I could... I once kept 3 pairs of headphones and ended up selling two because they were not used that much.
Let alone collecting DAPs...

everyday 1 dap 1 iem

 
at least for me i havent explored into amps and interconnects though i started with the nx1 recently

 

[bclark8923]

Is there a plan for a Cayin i6 or something? Balanced and N6 SQ  @Andykong 

 

[audio123]

Is there a plan for a Cayin i6 or something? Balanced and N6 SQ  @Andykong
 

in 2 years time u will see

 

[Andykong]

yes andy

this is DAP season
on my wantlist now:
cayin i5
ak300
opus1
ibasso dx200 :eek:

I do love this hobby but I have to stop after the i5 :x

I've had no IEMs/headphones that lasted me at least a year because I kept replacing them out of curiosity. This is unhealthy for me.

The problem is, we only have 7 days in a week, and you have Monday to Friday all set, so by the time you completed your wantlist, 9 is a difficult number to work with, i suggest you add one more DAP in the list, make it 10 items and you can go trough them on a 10-days based cycle, and 3 cycles per months, that would be perfect.

 

[Andykong]

Is there a plan for a Cayin i6 or something? Balanced and N6 SQ  @Andykong
 

Well, when we were doing the product roadmap, we have more then 1 DAP in the i-series, but that's on conceptual level. In terms of on-going development projects, we don't have another i-series DAP in foreseeable future.

 

[audio123]

The problem is, we only have 7 days in a week, and you have Monday to Friday all set, so by the time you completed your wantlist, 9 is a difficult number to work with, i suggest you add one more DAP in the list, make it 10 items and you can go trough them on a 10-days based cycle, and 3 cycles per months, that would be perfect.

let add Echobox Explorer X1 to the list thanks Andy for the recommendation