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No wonder why the differences between class A and class AB is not as distinctive as Cayin C9. However, the linearity of Class A is undeniable when switching between 2 classes. The “negative feedbacks” on the N8ii is pretty amazing, and that is perhaps why the N8ii is doing such a wonderful jobs on the sound quality. In my DIY project, the negative feedback is just a common negative feedbacks that is either being aggressively more or less, but the gains will be effected, because at the fundamental of NFB, some of the output is fed back to the input in order to correct and expand the bandwidth further. Hence, the gain Is effected
Cayin amazed me that they took all of the points from the consumers wishlists to produce the N8ii, and makes sure to addressed them all
+Desktop amp do better with Non-NFB, where as Portable gears is enjoyed more with NFB. Then Cayin went on and implemented their own Zero-Gain, NFB.
+Too much NFB would effect Tubes too differently than Solid States. So Cayin went on so far to make sure that Neither one do get degraded significantly. Cayin wanted both of the timbres to be equally High-quality. This explained why there is not so much different when switching from Tubes to SS, but the Tube timbres is obviously and definitely presented when turned on
For people who is of curious mind and want to read more about amplifications and it topology/principles. Here is a useful link
https://www.learnabout-electronics.org/Amplifiers/amplifiers31.php
Cayin amazed me that they took all of the points from the consumers wishlists to produce the N8ii, and makes sure to addressed them all
+Desktop amp do better with Non-NFB, where as Portable gears is enjoyed more with NFB. Then Cayin went on and implemented their own Zero-Gain, NFB.
+Too much NFB would effect Tubes too differently than Solid States. So Cayin went on so far to make sure that Neither one do get degraded significantly. Cayin wanted both of the timbres to be equally High-quality. This explained why there is not so much different when switching from Tubes to SS, but the Tube timbres is obviously and definitely presented when turned on
For people who is of curious mind and want to read more about amplifications and it topology/principles. Here is a useful link
https://www.learnabout-electronics.org/Amplifiers/amplifiers31.php
Yes, and that is why I am loving the N8ii, and of-course nothing is perfect. On top of that, there is the “trade offs” that one need to learn to accept. I am glad to see both Andy and Cayin statements about “our products will satisfy a certain group”. You guys are amazing in both customers relations and product executions.My unit should arrive end of the week. Each post made by Andy and team just further solidifies my decision that buying N8ii over Sony walkman was the right idea.
If we are to turn back time to 4 years ago, N8ii was a dream DAP we never thought would be possible.
Cayin set the bar so high fro themselves that I dont think their next flagship will take a lot longer than the time it took between N8 and N8ii release.
Honestly, N8ii is so different to N8, they should have called it something else. It is in a group of this own.