[dhc0329]

TH900 a little better. The 9200 does need burn in and it loves power.

You may be right about d9200 liking the power. dx229mod sounds quite airly but seems to lack the power to drive
the driver fully like n8.

 

[dhc0329]

Anyone having an issue getting EQ to respond? I am not able to get the EQ to response at all so even downgraded the firmware to 2.5 but still nada. Just turn on the EQ and use the slider to adjust the decibels on frequencies. What more?

 

[dhc0329]

Just realized anything above 44KHz/16Bit this EQ will not work. I have most of flac in 96KHz/24bit and I am getting
no response on EQ. Are you serious?

 

[dhc0329]

I got the EQ working by re-encoding my flac files to 16bit to get the sound I want but this is rather counter productive
bringing them down to inferior level to make it working on so-called "high resolution" player. I am not even talking
about DSD or MQA here but let's get the basic done right first.

I really hope Cayin look into this for an immediate resolution.

 

[jmills8]

I got the EQ working by re-encoding my flac files to 16bit to get the sound I want but this is rather counter productive
bringing them down to inferior level to make it working on so-called "high resolution" player. I am not even talking
about DSD or MQA here but let's get the basic done right first.

I really hope Cayin look into this for an immediate resolution.

Im on the stock FW , didnt run into these issues.

 

[dhc0329]

Im on the stock FW , didnt run into these issues.

Interesting..what's the bitrate of your audio files? Have you tried anything above 96KHz/24bit? Are you on fw v1.1?
I am on v2.5 firmware and this has forced me to re-encode all my 7K flacs to downgrade to 48KHz/16bit to get the EQ working.
N8 is marketed as high resolution player but if they cannot fully support anything above 48KHz, this is a serious problem.
The EQ is essential part of function and if EQ's not working, the device is not considered fully operational.

Just look at how AK lost their customer base by not being able to resolve their EQ issue. They said their EQ's for finer tuning
without damaging their house sound but you all know that's total BS. I myself never looked back after learning their EQ's crap.
Cayin, on the other hand, has this working on lower bitrate files but they should strive to make this working on higher resolution files.
After all this is their flagship device. MQA's good but fix the basic function first.

On a side note, there were some discussion about the 1TB sd card support issue but I have Sandisk 1TB (exFat) installed
and there was no issue so far.

 

[slumberman]

Weekend spent celebrating 32 years since this record came out. Sounds beautiful still, particularly on the N8!

 

[gazzington]

Weekend spent celebrating 32 years since this record came out. Sounds beautiful still, particularly on the N8!

Classic album from an amazing band

 

[Rozeqloud]

Oh Yeaaa That we she said ?

Title of my sex tape

Peralta

 

[dhc0329]

I gotta thank jmills8 for recommending d9200 for n8. I am having so much fun with this combo

 

[jmills8]

I gotta thank jmills8 for recommending d9200 for n8. I am having so much fun with this combo

Looks classy

 

[Frankie D]

Maybe for , short , on the go the DX228 is easier. For sure at home or office the N8 is king. If Cayin made an N8II that was smaller with no huge knobs that would be awesome.

Yeah. Would be good if they increased the speed of the processor and the quality of the screen while they are at it.

 

[Frankie D]

Like I had N8 SS before and now playing with N8 BB. Just realized BB runs extremely hot.
I really don't recall SS version running this hot. I cannot imaging putting this inside my pocket in hot summer day.
The metal knobs became just too hot to touch even..Any idea why this version runs so hot?

I hear you on the heat. But the knobs on mine do not actually get very hot, certainly not to touch.

 

[dhc0329]

This happened to me under the following condition but will not do it again. Burning the device with high resolution file connected to be charged while device was inside the leather case
face down on the carpet.

 

[Frankie D]

This happened to me under the following condition but will not do it again. Burning the device with high resolution file connected to be charged while device was inside the leather case
face down on the carpet.

Ahhh. I do use mine while charging sometimes, but in the open. I will tell you when leaving it on for hours and hours, like when I am burning in an IEM for example, it can get hot in the back. Normal use though, it has never gotten that hot. I was also using the 4.4 output which may make it get a bit hotter. Tks.