Recent content by Andykong
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Cayin will debut the Mysterious Soul 170HA at Munich High End 2024
Just received the first piece of Munich show promotion artwork when the Zhuhai team resume office after the Labour Day break. We have shipped the sample to our Germany dealer, and Cayin will send a small team of engineers and sales staff to manage our booth in Munich High End, we are only days...- Andykong
- Post #37
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Cayin RU7: 1-Bit Resistor Network Dongle DAC /Amp
May I suggest moving the R2R discussion away from RU7 thread? RU7 is not a R2R DAC and we have our share of confusion in the past, certainly not a good ideas to include more R2R discussion or debate in the thread, and attracting more users looking for R2R product to RU7 through searching...- Andykong
- Post #2,147
- Forum: Portable Headphone Amps
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Cayin N3Ultra: an Entry-level Portable DAP that Delivers a Complete Vacuum Tube Audio Experience
Yes, the default setting of both EQ and PEQ are changed to local storage in v1.1 firmware.- Andykong
- Post #645
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Cayin N3Ultra: an Entry-level Portable DAP that Delivers a Complete Vacuum Tube Audio Experience
If you want to erase the music database, you can insert a TF card with no music files on it and perform a music scan, this will create a null music library to replace your previous music library. I haven't tried this with N3Ultra but that's how it work with other Cayin DAP.- Andykong
- Post #642
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Cayin N3Ultra: an Entry-level Portable DAP that Delivers a Complete Vacuum Tube Audio Experience
The Album art non-display problem is consistent across all user interfaces? Can the album art be displayed during normal playback? Can you upload the albums that can't be displayed properly and let me download and test them in my N3Ultra? I don't need the full album, only two songs per album...- Andykong
- Post #639
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Cayin N3Ultra: an Entry-level Portable DAP that Delivers a Complete Vacuum Tube Audio Experience
The firmware v1.1 is unlikely the root of your problem because other users are not having the same problem after they upgraded their firmware, maybe the firmware update is not completed properly, or maybe there is a software glitch at the end of the firmware upgrade. Please reinstall the...- Andykong
- Post #638
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Cayin N3Ultra: an Entry-level Portable DAP that Delivers a Complete Vacuum Tube Audio Experience
I have added Album Art display priority to the FAQ of N3Ultra (Post #2), this will explain the options that enable the N3Ultra to recognize your album art and the options that are available to you in the case of embedded album art is not recognized, The complete album art display priority are...- Andykong
- Post #625
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Cayin HA-300MK2 (2022) TOTL Transformer coupled Direct Heated Triode Tube HeadAmp (Page 91)
If the dealer is helping you to cross-examine your HA-300, I couldn't offer any solid advice beyond what they have been doing. Your dealer is always your best bet for repair and warranty service because they can examine the amplifier in person. If you want to seek a second opinion from the...- Andykong
- Post #6,252
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Cayin N3Ultra: an Entry-level Portable DAP that Delivers a Complete Vacuum Tube Audio Experience
The Announcement of N3Ultra Firmware v1.1 New Functions and System Optimization Move “Scan Music” to the “Music Settings” menu, and add a scanning setting to enable user customization of the scanning process. Repair the problem of abnormal termination of the Cayin Music App when clicking the...- Andykong
- Post #608
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Cayin N3Ultra: an Entry-level Portable DAP that Delivers a Complete Vacuum Tube Audio Experience
( N3Ultra is, by circuit design, equivalent to a hybrid Tube pre and solid state output stage amplifier for speaker applications, it will vastly different from output transformer coupled single-end triode amplifier if that was your baseline of tube amplifier, even push pull pentode tube...- Andykong
- Post #584
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Cayin N3Ultra: an Entry-level Portable DAP that Delivers a Complete Vacuum Tube Audio Experience
It only happens with Tidal MQA? Officially, N3Iltra is not certified for MQA, we didn't listed MQA in our supported format. It might or might not work with certain MQA tracks, depends on how Tidal is handling the track under the MAX programme.- Andykong
- Post #573
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Cayin N3Ultra: an Entry-level Portable DAP that Delivers a Complete Vacuum Tube Audio Experience
It sounds like your iPhone considered the N3Ultra as a peripheral that draws a lot of power and starts to behave "incorporating". :sweat_smile: Check the Default USB configuration setting, you should set the N3Ultra to Audio in (no USB power) so that your N3Ultra won't draw any power from the...- Andykong
- Post #571
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Cayin N30LE DAP: A Transformative Milestone (30th Anniv. Limited Edition)
I received a PM asking if there is any mobile phone screen protector is closed enough to use it with N30LE, so I asked for the screen protector CAD file and retrieved the dimensions page for your reference.- Andykong
- Post #2,933
- Forum: Sponsor Announcements and Deals
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Cayin N3Ultra: an Entry-level Portable DAP that Delivers a Complete Vacuum Tube Audio Experience
I have included this photo in the opening post to compare the N3Pro and N3Ultra side by side:- Andykong
- Post #569
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Cayin will debut the Mysterious Soul 170HA at Munich High End 2024
Please check out the Soul 170i integrated amplifier review I quoted in the opening post. you'll notice that the KT170 has a very attractive sound signature. It will benefit a large variety of headphones, including the more sensitive dynamics headphones. We are not necessarily aiming at the...- Andykong
- Post #25
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)