Can't believe I missed this thread, Brother
@PinkyPowers!
I'll be one of your Brothers in Arms testing out the new N5. Looks like it should be delivered to me at work on Tuesday. Too bad my day is jam-packed full of meetings and interviews. Guess I'll have to wait until I get home to play with it.
Amongst the many DAPs I have on hand are Cayin N3, N5, and i5. I'm listening to i5 a lot right now and consider it one of my favorite sounding DAPs, not only in that price bracket but overall. Such good tuning. I'm making sure they're all charged up and ready to go to see how they all compare against each other. I can compare against other DAPs in my arsenal, too. Just let me know what you all would like to see compared.
One thing to note is that these are pre-production units, so there might be some small changes between now and final production. Once the final production model arrives later this year, we'll be able to provide more solid comparisons.