Cayin is a China based audio company devoted to developing best-sounding audio equipment within budget. They have a comprehensive product collection ranging from CD players to speakers but their tube amplifier has been particularly well-received. Cayin ventured into personal audio on 2013 and launched a comprehensive list of Headfi products ever since, Among these new products, the Digital Audio Players N6, N5, i5 and N3 are particularly well received.
On December 2017, Cayin has launched their fifth DAP, N5ii. Priced at US$369.99, this is a modernized version of the popular N5 back in 2015 with the following key features:
- DSD decoding and Hi-Res PCM upto 64Bit/384kHz: DSD64/128/256, SACD-ISO, WAV, FLAC, ALAC, AIFF, APE, WMA, MP3, AAC
- WiFi and streaming: download music applications from Google Play, using streaming service such as Tidal and Spotify in online and offline mode, access music files from NAS
- Balanced driven headphone output: employs quadruple circuit to facilitate differential amplification,
- Best of both world: incorporated completely independent circuit for single-end and balanced headphone amplification, allow us to optimization the 3.5mm and 2.5mm headphone output the best we can without compromising each other.
- Audio Priority (AP) mode: maximize audio performance by turning off all networking and wireless functions, shut down all third party applications and further optimized the Android system by keeping the bare-bone audio-related functions only.
- Fully integrated Type C USB Connection: integrates charging, data transfer, OTG, digital input and output into one connection.
Cayin values the user experience and constructive feedback from HeadFi, we learned a lot from this community and we sure hope to get connected with as many dedicated and diversified DAP enthusiast as possible. In view of this, Cayin will organize a world tour as follow:
[COLOR=FF00AA]Tour arrangement:[/COLOR]
[COLOR=FF00AA]Tour Schedule:[/COLOR]
- 13 February 2018: Tour Application Starts
- 28 February 2018: Tour Application Ended
- 3 March 2018: Tour Reviewers announced and start to collect mailing addresses.
- 6 March 2018: Tour Sample will be sent to reviewers
- Cayin will cover the cost from China to first reviewer on each group.
- Each tour reviewer is responsible for paying the shipping costs to the next tour reviewer.
- The last reviewer in the list will be responsible to ship the combo to a designated address to conclude the tour. If the return address requires international shipping, Cain will cover the mailing cost incurred.
- Cayin will cover all import tax but please help us to control our tax expenditure whenever possible.
- Unless other stated by your next reviewer, please use trackable mailing service with signature required.
- The tour reviewer should select the most cost effective mailing arrangement. If the package were to mail within the same country, we should expect the package to arrive within 4 days.
- If we have more than one Head-Fiers from the same metropolitan area/city joining the tour, we encourage them to pass the equipment in person to reduce shipping cost and mailing time, and share the final logistic cost.
[COLOR=FF00AA]Terms and instruction[/COLOR]
- The first reviewer of each group can keep the Tour sample for maximum of 15 days, and reviewers after that can keep the Tour sample for maximum 10 days, please plan your audition and be prepared to ship/pass the package on the 15th or 10th day of your audition period.
- By signing up to the tour, you are agreed to post a formal review and/or some form of impressions within 14 days after your audition period, and Cayin can use your review of the N5ii DAP for promotional purposes.
- We are particularly interested with the headphone/IEMs you used during the review, and is most appreciated if you can include photo of the N3 with associated equipment in your writing.
- We shall taking into consideration your past participation on tours, previous reviews, and reputation in HeadFi when we select our reviewer, Cayin reserves the right to select the reviewers in the tour,
[COLOR=FF00AA]Publication guideline [/COLOR]
Please do not post your impression in this thread, we want to make this an event management thread. Please direct all the discussion and sharing to the main N3 discussion thread and HeadFi head gears review pages, and post the link in this thread after you have uploaded your review/impression.
N5ii Discussion Thread
N5ii Showcase at Head Gear
On top of the HeadFi forum, you are welcome to post your review/impression to your local HeadFi forum/blog/magazine etc., but please provide the link or electronic version of your writing in this thread as previously suggested.
- In your review/impression, please state that the N5ii is a free loan unit from Cayin, and you have/shall return the unit to Cayin at the end of review period.
- You can free to write up your sharing or impression as long as it represents your true feeling and opinions toward the product.
If you’ve got any suggestions about the tour, feel free to raise your concern here and we shall try our best to enrich the Tour as much as possible.
We are really appreciated for your time and look forward to your participation.
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