Cayin N3 Ultra – DAP with Tubes
Cayin N3 Ultra, the brand’s new DAP will be debuted at CanJam NYC 2024 from March 9th to 10th in New York. Three sample units have been sent to their USA Distributor MusicTeck and they will demonstrate the units there at booth B5-B8.
N3Ultra is the second portable product in the Cayin lineup embracing the Gen3 Vacuum Tube Audio Circuit. With the choice of two tube timbers, and when the tube timbers are available to all analog outputs including but not limited to line out, the useability of the vacuum tube installation is expanded to a different horizon.
In the tube timbre circuit, N3Ultra uses a pair of vintage NOS Raytheon JAN6418. Unlike the N3Pro, the JAN6418 tube timbre now applies to all FOUR analog outputs: the 3.5mm single-ended phone out, 4.4mm balanced phone out, 3.5mm single-ended line out, and 4.4mm balanced line out.
The N3 Ultra will be available by early April 2024, and the retail price will be $529.