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    Cayin N3Ultra: an Entry-level Portable DAP that Delivers a Complete Vacuum Tube Audio Experience

    We are working on a workaround to enable double tap wake up, this is a work in progress, please be patient if you are looking forward to this feature, it won't be long.
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    Cayin HA-2A, Compact Tube Headphone Amplifier

    Saw the 8-series stack right besides the HA-2A, so I guess you have dropped by our Munich high-end booth and have checked out new products as well. I hope you are impressed by the new products as well. I assume there is a set of HA-3A somewhere in the booth, or it wasn't hooked up but in...
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    Cayin HA-300MK2 (2022) TOTL Transformer coupled Direct Heated Triode Tube HeadAmp (Page 91)

    If that's the actual signal flow, the headphone output will also bypass the potentiometer. The flows with three arrowheads are signal control circuit. To follow the audio signal, follow the regular single arrowhead path.
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    Cayin HA-300MK2 (2022) TOTL Transformer coupled Direct Heated Triode Tube HeadAmp (Page 91)

    While I can think of several possibilities to explain or test regarding your distortion problem after you crank up the volume to 3 pm, none of them can explain why it was OK in the past and the distortion shows up suddenly, especially when you have assured that nothing has changed in between...
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    Cayin Soul 170HA: A Beastly TOTL Vacuum Tube Headphone/Speaker Amplifier wth KT170

    Thanks for the lead, I'll check this out when we have a review sample available. :beerchug:
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    Cayin HA-300MK2 (2022) TOTL Transformer coupled Direct Heated Triode Tube HeadAmp (Page 91)

    Sorry, what is PCA? You are connecting the Holo May to HA-300MK2 via RCA, normally RCA line out is around 2V, maybe 2.2V, 2.9V is considered a fairly hot RCA line output IMO. This falls in line with the input sensitivity issue that I described previously. The Vio 590 is a DAC/Amp? Have you...
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    Cayin HA-300MK2 (2022) TOTL Transformer coupled Direct Heated Triode Tube HeadAmp (Page 91)

    I was concerned when he said, "With a further increase in volume, distortion increases, but the volume almost does not increase." This sounds like an input sensitivity issue to me, in other words, his input level is too high, forcing the amplifier to reach the maximum rated output at the 3...
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    Cayin HA-300MK2 (2022) TOTL Transformer coupled Direct Heated Triode Tube HeadAmp (Page 91)

    Can you describe your complete audio chain? from DAC to headphones? I assume you didn't change anything upstream when you changed the 6SN7GT to Melz 6H8C (when you noticed the problem)?
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    Cayin N7: A Voyager of Unexplored Frontier

    The memory management of Android systems has always been their weak point as they are not a truly multi-tasking system. If you run get stuck in the middle of an OTA update, you need to clear the cache of the system update process otherwise it will repeat the download error: Disconnect your...
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    Cayin Soul 170HA: A Beastly TOTL Vacuum Tube Headphone/Speaker Amplifier wth KT170

    Separating the high-voltage and low-voltage will reduce the ripple effect from interference, internal as well as external. Clean power requires attention to detail.
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    Cayin Soul 170HA: A Beastly TOTL Vacuum Tube Headphone/Speaker Amplifier wth KT170

    I sure hope so, but we are still months away from a marketable product, and finding a good reviewer with appropriate traffic and profile to cover this amplifier would be difficult. That is understandable because sending a massive amplifier like this back to Zhuhai after the review process will...
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    Cayin HA-300MK2 (2022) TOTL Transformer coupled Direct Heated Triode Tube HeadAmp (Page 91)

    When the amplifier is very transparent, yes. :beerchug:
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    Cayin Soul 170HA: A Beastly TOTL Vacuum Tube Headphone/Speaker Amplifier wth KT170

    These two diagrams explain the main functions and input/output interface of Soul 170HA. We'll explain the features and design considerations in detail later, but I would like to highlight the power connection between the Amplifier chassis and the external Power Unit. Unlike the...
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    Cayin N7: A Voyager of Unexplored Frontier

    N7 Firmware v1.6 Update Add new PEQ functions under the Audio Setting menu Other bug fixes and optimizations. Announcement Link: https://en.cayin.cn/drive/9/18/639.html Firmware Update Cayin will release firmware updates to enhance and optimize N7 as deemed required. Users can update the...
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    Cayin N30LE DAP: A Transformative Milestone (30th Anniv. Limited Edition)

    N30LE Firmware v1.5 Update Add new PEQ functions under the Audio Setting menu Other bug fixes and optimizations. Announcement Link: https://en.cayin.cn/drive/9/18/640.html Firmware Update Cayin will release firmware updates to enhance and optimize N30LE as deemed required. Users can update...
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