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dimpossibility
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May 24, 2018
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I dunno. I really like my Cayin N3 portable high res music player. The N3 focuses on sound quality over functions - it uses a high quality DAC, the ak4490 chip, found in much higher priced players (ahem!), and has a powerful enough headphone amp (powerful enough to make my HifiMan 400i and Sennheiser 6xx happy), with a selectable low/mid/high power range, to easily match with a wide variety of earphones and headphones. Bluetooth 4.0 apt-x is built in. It uses USB-C to charge and connect with a computer, has 12 hours battery life and 2 hr quick charge. It has an aluminum chassis and a textured pleather back, and comes with a squishy black silicone case. The N3 has no touch screen, using buttons on the sides and front of the the player with haptic feedback.
• Natively decodes DSD up to 256 (via headphone jack)
• USB - can output unconverted DSD up to 128, or PCM up to 24bit 192kHz, to your home stereo DAC (if you would rather use your own DAC). This makes it a perfect DA transport.
• Output impedance: 1 ohm
• Output: 130mW + 130mW
• SNR: 108dB; Dynamic Range 108dB
• Gain: Low/mid/high switchable
• Headphones: 16 - 200 ohm recommended (but I use my HifiMan and Sennies without a problem)
• Screen: 2.4", 400x360 pixels
• Storage: 0 onboard, up to 256gB via micro SD card
• Sounds absolutely stunning and, oh, yeah, costs $200 C. That's right. $200 C.
(about $150 US)
Kyo9999
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May 24, 2018
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dimpossibilityDX150 and Cowon R are better than this dap....
Good for you that you like it, but there is better; much better!!!
dimpossibility
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May 24, 2018
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Kyo9999Hi. Those are $500 US DAP. Mine is a $150 US DAP. I would hope they would be better! Yet, curiously, they use the same DAC; can be used as DA transports; and can store 256Gb of music per SD. I have no idea how they sound as I wouldn't consider spending that much on something that was only a DA portable player, let alone $2,000 on the A&K.
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