[truenobzr]

You can still see everything in folder view when browsing files, but only 20k are indexed when you search/sort (by songs/artist/albums/genre). Andy explained it before, N3Pro, the same as flagship N8, is Unix based which has a different file system handling compared to Android, and they (Cayin/Hiby) had to set the limit based on indexing file size and other limitations associated with it. But if you have a lot more files on your card, some people find it useful to split everything alphabetically in sub-directories for a faster folder search.

This is the only drawback of this DAP, of coz I know nothing is perfect...

 

[DaYooper]

Ya, that seems like a lot of fideling around. I can just as easily use two 512GB cards.

Or of course, OTG.

 

[Taz777]

I've read a few posts mentioning the single-ended output of the N3Pro is pretty good. Is it worth investing in a balanced cable for my headphones?

 

[seanwee]

I've read a few posts mentioning the single-ended output of the N3Pro is pretty good. Is it worth investing in a balanced cable for my headphones?

I go the route of 2.5mm balanced cable + 3.5mm and 4.4mm adapter for maximum compatibility with all outputs.

 

[Andykong]

With MQA enabled, the N3Pro is more or less at a stable situation in terms of features and function, its about time to organise a tour so that HeadFiers can enjoy a complete N3Pro experience. The first tour reviewer will keep the N3pro for the entire Christmas holiday, I think that's perfect timing.

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/wor...with-vacuum-tubes-dual-ak4493-and-mqa.948065/

 

[Audio-MCFly]

I have noticed that when the N3P is playing compressed music files like mp3 or aac it can show an abum art with a resolution higher than 1000X1000 while with flac format the player can't even show an album art with a size of 1000x1000. Where is the logic?

How can I delete the libary to generate a complete new one?

 

[Taz777]

I go the route of 2.5mm balanced cable + 3.5mm and 4.4mm adapter for maximum compatibility with all outputs.

Is balanced better sound compared to single-ended on the N3Pro?

 

[morndewey]

Is balanced better sound compared to single-ended on the N3Pro?

Unless I’m misunderstanding your question, going balanced 4.4 means no access to tube modes which sort of defeats the the main attraction

 

[Taz777]

Unless I’m misunderstanding your question, going balanced 4.4 means no access to tube modes which sort of defeats the the main attraction

Okay, I wasn't aware of that. So single-ended is the way to go then.

 

[seanwee]

Is balanced better sound compared to single-ended on the N3Pro?

Single ended is better sounding on the N3 Pro according to most if not all N3 Pro users.

 

[morndewey]

Okay, I wasn't aware of that. So single-ended is the way to go then.

Yup. We’re paying for the tubes. Otherwise, this dap would still be overpriced at current sale price. Solid state sounds very good, don’t get me wrong—but it’s a bare bones dap but for the tube options. Cheers

 

[Cheaplad]

Did you ever solve this problem? I use M3U files on my N6ii and they work perfectly. I’m hoping to get my N3Pro soon and M3U file support is critical to me. I have all of my music on my Mac in the folder structure of <Artist>/<Album>/<Songs>. I use Audirvana on the Mac and simply export my playlists using relative paths into M3U files.

I hoping this’ll work fine. I currently have around 5,000 files comprising a mix of FLAC files, M4A and AAC. Everything worked perfectly on the N6ii.

Yes, it works fine now.

 

[omoanya]

Loving the N3Pro! Using it with Verite Open and I think single-ended 3.5mm is the way to go.
Love the bluetooth DAC - my phone, laptop pair effortlessly. Kudos Cayin!

 

[Taz777]

Loving the N3Pro! Using it with Verite Open and I think single-ended 3.5mm is the way to go.
Love the bluetooth DAC - my phone, laptop pair effortlessly. Kudos Cayin!

Do you happen know which Bluetooth connection you are using?

 

[Taz777]

Question for the Cayin guys on here: any plans to enable UPnP rendering capability in the N3Pro in the future? I use UPnP (or DLNA) from a phone to stream audio content to a Raspberry Pi computer that acts as a UPnP renderer at home. This eliminates the need to be in Bluetooth range and is a very useful additional way to send music to a device.