Review: Cayin N6ii - great sound, okay ergonomics

Описание: The full text for this review can be found here: http://ohm-image.net/opinion/audiophi...

Disclaimer: Cayin Japan kindly loaned me the N6MKII for the purposes of this review, an RMAA article, and more.

I’ve had the N6MKII since late October last year. In quick succession I tore apart its boxes and took a handful of purdy photos of it. But software problems (my end, not Cayin’s), kept me from doing much testing. (Apologies to both Cayin and to those next in the review queue.) Those issues are long gone.

Despite the delays, I am readay to say what I was ready to say from day one: that the N6MKII is beautifully made, nicely branded, but not for me. I say this not because it is too big; I say this because it is too complicated; I say this because its battery life is poor. I say this because I’m a mid-range guy and the N6MKII obviously aims higher than that.

Not sound

The N6MKII’s biggest problem is lithium-ic. Even when shut off, its battery drains in less than a week. Playing back music, its battery drains in (less lthan fifteen hours), but add browsing, fiddling with various controls, and album swapping, and that number quickly dips below ten hours. Considering its power, that isn’t bad. Typically, however, the DAPs and other audio gear I use, can, under the most demanding use, keep up a steady fifteen hours. To be fair, many TOTL DAPs similarly fare, but to be fairer, getting through a modern work day and the commute home on a single charge should be par. My most used audio devices are MD recorders, none of which gets worse than 15 hours of battery playback, some of which get more than 20. And then there are my Cowon Plenue DAPs, each running for more than a day. Even Onkyo’s DP-S1 gets at least twenty hours.

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Relevant links:

1. There us no Hi-Res Audio:    • There is no Hi-Res Audio  
2. DAP Files 1: Onkyo DP-S1 Rubato:    • DAP Files 1: Onkyo DP-S1 Rubato  
3. Review: Cowon Plenue D2 - SQ better than AK380 + SPM1000M:    • Review: Cowon Plenue D2 - SQ better than A...  

Media files
1. Milky Way Galaxy | Creative Commons Captions    • Milky Way Galaxy | Creative Commons Captions  
2 An ear https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Öra#/me...
3 Rippings sounds    • Видео  

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