Cayin recently debuted its latest portable digital audio player, dubbed the “voyager of unexplored frontier” – the Cayin N7. The Cayin N7 features a fully balanced digital and analog circuit, with a 1-bit resistor network DSD decoding, discrete dual BJT low pass filter, and discrete JFET+BJT headphone amplifier. It’s an android-based DAP running on a …
Cayin has updated its flagship DAP, now built with beefier specs, a new DAC chipset, and double the vacuum tubes. Meet the new flagship DAP – the Cayin N8ii. It uses two ROHM DAC chips paired with two Vacuum tubes for amplification. The N8ii is also an Android-based digital audio player, running on a customized …
Today, we are checking out a very interesting portable digital audio player (DAP) – the Cayin N3Pro. I think it’s quite an interesting audio player since it features both Solid State and Vacuum Tubes. As a result, Cayin’s N3Pro is capable of delivering dual timbre or sound signature. Well, to be exact that would be …
I was able to get a chance to audition the Sony NW-ZX300 Walkman hi-res portable digital audio player. In this quick review, I’m going to share my sound impressions of the NW-ZX300 vs the Opus#1S. I’ll also include some of the ZX300’s features and specifications and my opinion whether it’s a good buy or not. …
Cayin recently announced their upcoming latest flagship portable digital audio player – the Cayin N8. The Cayin N8 is built with features that we don’t usually see in a portable digital audio player or I haven’t seen done before. The Cayin N8 is built with a balanced solid state and a triode vacuum tube output. …
We have a new hi-resolution portable digital audio player here and it’s the new Opus#3 from The Bit. We reviewed their first DAP (digital audio player) the Opus#1 last year. The Opus#1 can be considered as a mid-fi or mid-range DAP, and it’s a very good sounding DAP with a clean and rich audio quality. …
Several months ago, Cayin announced and released their first ever Android based portable digital audio player in collaboration with HiBy Music – the Cayin i5 Master Quality Digital Audio Player. Digital audio players, or DAP for short, has been around for quite a number of years already. However, this year has become very interesting since …
More and more entry to mid-level portable audio players is being poured into the market. Some of these are good, sound quality is there but the problem is either they don’t aesthetically look good, or they got a bad user interface or plagued with firmware issues. It was only AK that produced a well-executed DAP …