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Cayin N8ii DAP

Cayin has officially launched its latest flagship DAP (digital audio player), the Cayin N8ii.

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Cayin N8ii houses a Dual DAC chipset featuring two ROHM BD34301 DAC chips (one for each channel). It is a 32-Bit stereo DAC chipset. Also has balanced tube headphone amplification thanks to the dual KORG Nutube 6P1 tubes with balanced 4.4mm termination. Cayin has designed the N8ii with a fully-discrete audio circuitry for best performance. The amp section in the Cayin N8ii has dual operational modes, Class A and Class AB. It also has dual output modes, Standard P mode, and high-power P+ mode. The high-power P+ mode is ideally designed for high-power requiring headphones. Do note that the High P+ gain mode on tube amplification is available only on the Class AB mode.

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Cayin N8ii supports countless media applications available for users on the Android Play store. The device comes loaded with Android 9.0 OS. Cayin has designed the N8ii with an Octa-core Snapdragon 660 SoC with 6GB for a smooth and snappy user interface. N8ii also has DTA (Direct Transfer Architecture) that allows the users to enjoy Hi-Res audio across different applications on the device. 

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Cayin has featured both single-ended as well as balanced headphone and line-out connection support with the N8ii. It has 3.5mm single-ended as well as 4.4mm balanced headphone output ports. There is a separate Line-out port for single-ended connections, although the N8ii has a single balanced 4.4mm port for both headphone output and line-out.

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Cayin N8ii houses a super huge 10,000mAh battery. It has a battery life of up to 11 hours while using it with a single-ended connection. With Tube-Amp mode, it supports up to 10 hours of continuous music playback. It also supports QC3.0 fast charging.

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With the latest-gen ROHM Dual DAC chipset, the N8ii also has better parameters for Hi-Res audio decoding. It has also got a bigger and better display (5″ OLED display) compared to the original N8.

Apart from all these features, Cayin N8ii has all the latest features such as Hi-Res Wireless Bluetooth support bright OLED display, Dual-band Wifi, and many more.

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Features

  • Dual Matched Tube Amplification for Fully-balanced tube headphone output.
  • Flagship-Grade Dual DAC Architecture With Latest ROHM DACs.
  • Dual Operational Modes: Class A and Class AB.
  • Fully Discrete Audio Circuitry.
  • 128GB Internal Storage.
  • Supports Both Balanced as well as Single-Ended headphones and Line-out.
  • 5” OLED Display.
  • Battery Life: up to 11 hours.
  • Digital Interface: I2S, SPFID, Coaxial(embedded), USB Audio In and Out.
  • Sandblasted CNC-Machined Aluminum Chassis.

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Output Specs

3.5mm Headphone Output (Solid State)

  • Output Power: Up to 720mW @ 16Ω.
  • Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz(±0.2dB).
  • THD+N: 0.003%(1kHz).
  • Dynamic Range: 121dB.
  • SNR: 121dB.
  • Channel Separation: 78dB(1kHz).
  • Output Impedance: 0.6Ω.

3.5mm Headphone Output (Tube Mode)

  • Output Power: Up to 720mW @32Ω.
  • Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz.
  • THD+N: 0.1%.
  • Dynamic Range: 112dB.
  • SNR: 112dB.
  • Channel Separation: 78dB.
  • Output Impedance: 0.6Ω.

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4.4mm Balanced Headphone Output (Solid State)

  • Output Power: Up to 1200mW @32Ω.
  • Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz.
  • THD+N: 0.001%.
  • Dynamic Range: 125dB.
  • SNR: 125dB.
  • Channel Separation: 111dB.
  • Output Impedance: 1.2Ω.

4.4mm Balanced Headphone Output (Tube Mode)

  • Output Power: Up to 1200mW @32Ω.
  • Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz.
  • THD+N: 0.05%.
  • Dynamic Range: 120dB.
  • SNR: 120dB.
  • Channel Separation: 110dB.
  • Output Impedance: 1.2Ω.

Price: 3499$