[Andykong]

Looking really interesting.
Good luck for cayin for this new product.

Thanks, please stay tune for more impression and updated, its round the corner already.

 

[Andykong]

Early on a few people already disliked it's design but some like me don't really care as long as it sounds good.

And it sounds superb

I found the unit to look better in real life than photos.

I believe this is one of the "feature" of Cayin DAP, Implementation is the very important role in Cayin product development process, you need to see and touch the real thing, photo simply don't do justice for our players.

 

[Whitigir]

@Andykong , so I take that your FPGA is responsible for All of DSP including NOS as you stated. Is it firmware user upgradable ? PCM processing, will there be user selectable filters and dithering options ?

I enjoy both Oversampling and NOS as I have 2 systems of ES9038Pro and R2R NOS Desktops, so I know what you mean by NOS vs OS pros/cons

 

[MyPants]

I believe this is one of the "feature" of Cayin DAP, Implementation is the very important role in Cayin product development process, you need to see and touch the real thing, photo simply don't do justice for our players.

That's 100% true. The N5ii looks a little awkward in photos but good god does it look and feel premium in the hand. Y'all have a knack for the details.

 

[originalsnuffy]

Does the investigation of MQA also include the N5ii ?

 

[Vitaly2017]

N8 will ship to international dealer by end of September, so demo units should be available by early October. You can contact our Canada distributor ASONA and they should be able to tell you which shop will have Cayin N8 available for audition.
http://en.cayin.cn/netword/show?c=129&ctype=2&smallid=187&id=13487

ASONA has exhibited at TAVES Consumer Electronics Show last year, so there is a good chance that they'll join TAVES this year as well, worth checking out with them if you'll be at Ontario during Oct. 12 - Oct. 14, 2018

Oh thanks I will definitely check with them

I had few more questions if I use spotify and n8 only have aptx bluetooth is that enouf to transfer spotify premium quality to the maximum possible way?

Can we charge the N8 while in usb audio in mode ( from iphone or android to N8 )

What is the life span of the tubes?

I am also woried about floor noise. I have very sensitive iems empire ears phantom. They can pick noise very easily if the source has bad isolation or any other type of noise introductions. How well is N8 in that regard?

Example ibasso dx200 has noises with my iems.

 

[Vitaly2017]

@Andykong , so I take that your FPGA is responsible for All of DSP including NOS as you stated. Is it firmware user upgradable ? PCM processing, will there be user selectable filters and dithering options ?

I enjoy both Oversampling and NOS as I have 2 systems of ES9038Pro and R2R NOS Desktops, so I know what you mean by NOS vs OS pros/cons

Oh what is nos or oversamplings I mean the N8 is bit perfect no? I never heard of these features yet. And chord has there own fpga to. This means the fpga of cayin is there own coding and engineering like chord?

Sorry but this segment of information is completly unknown for me a new territory of physics...

 

[Andykong]

Does the investigation of MQA also include the N5ii ?

Sorry, can't disclose any further, the MQA project is platform based, N8 and N5ii use two different platforms (MCU), they will be handles as independent projects, seeking approval independently, I can't comment at platform or product level at this stage.

 

[Vitaly2017]

Sorry, can't disclose any further, the MQA project is platform based, N8 and N5ii use two different platforms (MCU), they will be handles as independent projects, seeking approval independently, I can't comment at platform or product level at this stage.

Can we charge the cayin N8 while in usb in mode when in otg from cellphone?

I am also woried about hiss any idea how good is it with iem specialy empire ears?

 

[audionewbi]

The more I read and compare various dap the more I realise how good is N8. I'm always attracted to unique daps, I don't see any other daps out there offering such a unique dap.
If N8 can up the internal storage to 256 GB, it is a win.

 

[Pewterlocks]

Sorry, can't disclose any further, the MQA project is platform based, N8 and N5ii use two different platforms (MCU), they will be handles as independent projects, seeking approval independently, I can't comment at platform or product level at this stage.

Hi Andy,
I will be attending the Taxes show in Toronto this year ( first time) and will be making a mad dash to the Cayin booth.
Will there be an option to buy product at the show or is it just a " show" and no sales.

Thanks

 

[Rozeqloud]

i live within range of Toronto

What is this taxes show . when and where ?

i googled but got nothing but Toronto property taxes

Cheers

 

[Pictograms]

The more I read and compare various dap the more I realise how good is N8. I'm always attracted to unique daps, I don't see any other daps out there offering such a unique dap.
If N8 can up the internal storage to 256 GB, it is a win.

I’m pretty sure I remember a comment from a way back about not being able to guarantee the stock of 256gb drives down the line so they went with 128 instead... although I could be misremembering

 

[Rozeqloud]

Can i use my home system (Hegel H 360 & PC ) as the drive/transport and the N8 as the power source ? Using its dac and amp , and my CIEMs

i would like to have access to my library which is much larger than the DAP can hold

I am such an ADDH listener at home , that i too often find myself wanting to hear an LP that i have not copied onto the SD card yet , so i have to stop , and put card in PC then copy over etc

i hope i have explained this so it makes sense

Cheers

 

[Andykong]

@Andykong , so I take that your FPGA is responsible for All of DSP including NOS as you stated. Is it firmware user upgradable ? PCM processing, will there be user selectable filters and dithering options ?

I enjoy both Oversampling and NOS as I have 2 systems of ES9038Pro and R2R NOS Desktops, so I know what you mean by NOS vs OS pros/cons

One last comment on this subject: N8 will provide choice of digital filters, they are basically incurred from AK4497, not part of the DSP coding developed by Cayin.

No dithering options will be available.