![]() I have now had the Cayin i5 for around 6 months (my apologies Andy). I do not make any financial gain from this review – it is has been written simply as my way of providing feedback both to the Head-Fi community and also Cayin themselves. At the completion of the review, the i5 will be returned to Andy (along with my thanks for being allowed to spend time with the unit). The Cayin i5 was provided to me as part of a review tour. In closing I'd also like to mention Cayin's rep on Head-Fi, Andy Kong, who has been truly diligent on the website – always helpful, and ready to act as a conduit between the community here and their engineers. With Cayin, your music will never be the same again.” We deliver music diligently, and we are prepared to go a long way for that. We might have a different agenda or employ different technologies for different products, but ultimately, we serve only one purpose: to move our audience with hi-fidelity. “While our products carry a distinctive cultural connotation and span over a very wide price range, we are devoted to developing the best sounding audio equipment at competitive prices.Ĭayin pays attention to detail because we believe this is what it takes to reproduce music naturally. I always like to let the company's words speak for themselves – and in Cayin's case this comes from their Facebook site: ![]() To date they have produced more than 400 products. In 2013 Cayin started branching out into portable and personal audio, and have released a string of products which have been met with critical acclaim, especially for their sonic ability. Some of their range is truly gorgeous too – if you get the time, browse their website (the tube amps in particular look wonderful!). The company was founded in 1993 (celebrating a big anniversary next year), and their main focus up until 2013 was on HiFi products including CD players, tube amplifiers and speakers. If however you'd like to know my impression of the i5, the features it has (and what its missing), the overall usability, and what I like and/or get frustrated by – then please pull up a chair, and lets get to know this DAP together.Ĭayin is a registered brand of the Zhuhai Spark Electronic Equipment Co., Ltd. So if you're looking for a review which raves about the minutiae of sound, and expounds about the smallest of nuances, you'd possibly be better to skip this one and skip to one of the more subjective reviewers. The real differences (to me) are usually in the features, the power and battery life and the ease of use. Everyone wants to know about the sound – how is the sound stage, is it bassy, bright, noisy, clean background? Unfortunately I've found the differences in sound between DAPs are often very minute, and more about tonality than anything else. Picture are default 1200 x 800 resolution - click (photos in tables) to view larger images.ĭAPs or Digital Audio Players are pretty hard to review (in my humble opinion anyway).
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |