[TOUR] Cayin N5 DAP (AK4490EQ, DSD, 2.5mm balanced headphone)

[PsiCore]

Location:
Wroclaw, Poland
 
IEMs (no headphones at the moment):
Unique Melody Merlin, Earsonics Velvet
 
Music player(s) you have:
iRiver H320 (Rockboxed) (owned iBasso DX90, Fiio X5)
 
Cayin product(s) you possess:
Cayin C5
 
Links to review(s) you have posted (if any) no matter it is on Head-Fi or some others:
none (only impressions in few topics)

 

[hifimanrookie]

Your native language (and any other languages you may be able to write in):

My native language is dutch, i speak and write fluently english, and i also speak and write german and portuguese (i can help with translating)

headphones
Owning:
Referencesounds (LFF) Code-X #15, only black wood version in the world.
Beyer dynamic mmx300 (will never sel those..first full size headphone i ever bought)

Owned:
westone UM-3X
Hifiman he300/ he400/ modded he500
Audeze lcd2 (very shortly)

Player: (am in market for a new one.lolz)
Owning: Cowon D2 (limited full metal blood red version).. My first DAP ever!..will never sell him.

Owned: hifiman hm602 (first series).

At this moment i dont own a cayin product..but u never know

For reviews..in my signature under my post u will find two..

I also did reviews about the modded he500 i owned in the he500 thread, did a few reviews about several headphone cables of my favorite cable brand i owned, did a review about my beloved modded darkvoice 337 i owned for years (search for it), and my first review was about the headphone amp Matrix m-stage (first edition) which Threw me into headphone madness..
For the rest am a very active poster helping others with advice and info about headphone stuff, by postings and questions i get by pm.

Ps..i will ever be real and honest about how i experience audio stuff and be unbiassed..if i love it i will say it in my way..if i hear flaws (and my headphone does that without mercy!) or see stuff i dont like..i will report that in a nice way...no matter the brand.

Hope u guys will include me as it would certainly help me decide what to get next...and for sure i would do a short experience review about ur product.

Thanks and i believe this is a great idea..this tour.. Good luck..hope u guys get lots of feedback.

 

[DJVenomSnake]

EDIT:  I have purchased the Unit lol  
No need for touring!
 
*Raises white flag*

 

[Andykong]

Have a good news and a bad news to share with fellow friends who have been following the development of the N5 DAP.

The Good news is:

N5 has been well received ever since the player is launched and the order backlog has been building up to an extend that our sales has to turn off their mobile phone in order to avoid struggling with dealers on the delivery dates. This is a happy problem that go beyond our expectation.
:atsmile: :atsmile: :atsmile:

Now the bad news.

Because of the high demands, we'll collect the tour units a bit later that originally planned. Instead of sending out the tour samples on 17th September 2015, we have to delay four days to wait for a later production batch. The revised schedule are as follow:

28 August 2015: World Tour Application Starts
14 September 2015: World Tour Application Ended
18 September 2015: World Tour Participants announced
19 September 2015: Confirm mailing arrangement of all participants
21 September 2015: Sending out World Tour Sample

I'll make sure this is the only delay in the event, my sincere apology to all participants. I hope this won't affect your interest to try out the N5 DAP, please feel free to contact me through PM if you have any question regarding the new event arrangement.

 

[nmatheis]

What a nice problem for Cayin to have Andykong :wink_face:

Looking forward to the announcement whenever it comes

 

[Andykong]

What a nice problem for Cayin to have Andykong :wink_face:

Looking forward to the announcement whenever it comes

Thanks for your kind support, I hope my next announcement will be the final participant list and grouping, other then that, no news is good news.

 

[hakushondaimao]

Have a good news and a bad news to share with fellow friends who have been following the development of the N5 DAP.
 

Spoiler: Good news, bad news...

The Good news is:

N5 has been well received ever since the player is launched and the order backlog has been building up to an extend that our sales has to turn off their mobile phone in order to avoid struggling with dealers on the delivery dates. This is a happy problem that go beyond our expectation.

Now the bad news.

Because of the high demands, we'll collect the tour units a bit later that originally planned. Instead of sending out the tour samples on 17th September 2015, we have to delay four days to wait for a later production batch. The revised schedule are as follow:

28 August 2015: World Tour Application Starts
14 September 2015: World Tour Application Ended
18 September 2015: World Tour Participants announced
19 September 2015: Confirm mailing arrangement of all participants
21 September 2015: Sending out World Tour Sample

I'll make sure this is the only delay in the event, my sincere apology to all participants. I hope this won't affect your interest to try out the N5 DAP, please feel free to contact me through PM if you have any question regarding the new event arrangement.

 

These things happen, Andy. Looks like the N5 release is going well then. Looking forward to tour news when it comes.

 

[Andykong]

We are on the final day of our application period, I shall close the application in less then a day (US West Coast Time), anyone interested in joining the N5 Tour, this is the final call to jump on-board.

 

[Podster]

Being a major fan of Cayin tube amps especially the KT88 and 300b it would be fantastic to review this DAP

 
-Headphone(s) / earphone(s) you possess:
 
AKG702's (just gave to a friend)
AKG553's
Grado SR60's
Tak 80's
 
Senn's
MOE's
PX200
PX100
 
KZ:
ED9
ED10
ATE
 
Klipsch:
S3M
X7
 
HiFiMan:
REZero
RE300
RE400
 
 
Westone ADV
HaviB3 Pro1
Shure SE215
BW Delta
 

-Any DAP(s) / DAC(s) / amp(s) you may possess
 
Apple:
4th Gen Shuffle 2GB
4th Gen Touch 16GB X 2
5th Gen Touch 32GB
7th Gen Nano (Just gave to a friend)
iPhone 4 8GB
iPhone 6 64GB
 
Creative Nomad MuVo 128MB
Creative Zen Mozaic 16GB
Sansa Fuze 8GB
Sansa Clip + 8GB
FiiO X3ii
 
HRT Music Streamer II
 
HiFiman EF2A
Qinpu A3
RS Tomahawk
Topping NX1/NX2
JDS Labs CMOYBB V2.03
JDS Labs C421
FiiO E6
FiiO E12 MB
FiiO Cables (Lost count)!
 

-Descriptions and links to review(s) you may have posted:
 
Officially: Zero Throughout these threads, various impressions in varying lengths. Seems Cayin would be an excellent product for my Second official review

 
-Your geographical region (e.g. the city and country you live in):
 
Little Rock, Arkansas USA

-Your native language (and any other languages you may be able to write in)
 
 English

 

[Andykong]

Dear all,

This is the tentative list for the Cayin N5 Tour.



leobigfield, sorry that we cannot include you in this tour, will keep you in my record and if we were to offer Tour on DAP/portable gears in the future, I'll make sure you'll be in the priority list for consideration.

All tour participant, I need your name, mailing address, and email address for subsequent logistic and mailing contact, if you accept our offer to participate in this tour, please PM me with the above information. Please read the opening post again before you do this, as by sending me your personal information, I assume you accept the procedures and guidelines as stated. Your personal address will only be released to the person in front of you in the same group, and your

If you have any question, please PM me and we can discuss whatever you have in mind regarding the tour arrangement.

I'll collect the test samples from our production line tomorrow and conduct some check the machine briefly before I send them out, will keep everyone informed by updating post #3 on this thread.

Lets ring the bell and get going with some real action now.

 

[Podster]

THX Andy, PM sent.
 

 

[nmatheis]

Great to be on the tour Andykong!!!

And you put me with two of my great Canadian headfi friends, woot woot

 

[PinkyPowers]

And here I feared I was too unorthodox to make it.

Thanks Cayin and Andy!

 

[peareye]

Great to be on the tour @Andykong!!!

And you put me with two of my great Canadian headfi friends, woot woot

Great...@nmatheis ....this dap is just what i hoped it would be size-wise so i can take it to yoga with me!!!!!!

 

[peareye]

And here I feared I was too unorthodox to make it.

Thanks Cayin and Andy!

Hey....we never said you "weren't"!