![]() The unbalance standard (STD) is the best match for most sensitive gear friendly ranging from 35mW (per channel) at a 300Ω load up to 230mW (per channel) at a 32Ω load. Both the 3.5mm unbalanced and balanced output ratings are further split by a standard and high impedance (High²) power delivery system which adjusts the level of power supplied depending on the load. Not just on the baseline numbers but in how it applies the power to match the headphone or monitor you are sticking into it. The key difference is the switch component for the 3.5mm unbalanced which allows the N8 signal to bypass the early stage differential opamp select the Nutube amp stage instead. The entire output implementation is a 5-stage amplification design with the use of opamps at both the differential selector stage and the final output amplification stage. This process is repeated anytime there is a lengthy pause in playback to save tube and battery life. Note, when you do use the tube output there is a 5-second delay for the N8 to heat up the tubes. It is also the only DAP I know that actively controls the voltage flow depending on the status you select and the headphones you use.Īt a high level, the Korg Nutube delivers the first amp flavor to a 3.5mm unbalanced output, a distinct solid-state flavor can also be switched on for 3.5mm unbalanced and finally a 4.4mm balances solid-state output. This is the only DAP in the market right now that offers 3 unique output flavors, not including line-out. More so than the DAC implementation is the complex amplification process that really sets the N8 apart from the likes of the Sony 1Z. That is perhaps one of the benefits of in-house DAC designing such as Chord who can produce lower volume production lines with higher-performing decoding rates specifically for their own products. To acquire one for the N8 (or the SP1K) would require a very high volume demand which does not exist.Įven a “money is no object” DAP has its procurement limits or else both Cayin and AK would be offering higher decoding rates. Second, developers really gravitate their implementation solutions largely to bulk ordering customers such as the big smartphone manufacturers. The ability to acquire a more powerful MCU at an industrial quantity level does not exist in reality for niche audiophile manufacturers. Why not offer higher rates? Well, for one the MCU inside the N8 is not really capable of decoding much higher. Key areas such as the N8’s SNR performance at 120dB unbalanced and 122dB balanced matches the best specs of competing platforms such as the SP1000. Instead, Cayin has focused on maximizing how well the chipset performs within its own decoding capability. ![]() It has also included SACD-ISO decoding which I find most useful as a lot of recordings are in ISO format. However, the N8 cannot decode DST-encoded DSD including DST-encoded SACD-ISO and DFF. The N8, however, sets its decoding rates a little lower at DSD256 and 32BIT/384kHZ PCM which is on par with the SP1000 and Sony W1Z decoding cap. This is AKM’s flagship 2-channel DAC chipset as of right now and in its own right, it can decode up to 768 kHz PCM and 22.4 MHz DSD. Role1:Person1 Role2:Person2 … e.g.The Cayin N8 uses the same DAC chipset as the AK Sp1000, a dual AKM AK4497EQ implementation. Role1:Person1 Role2:Person2 … e.g., Drums:Jamie Graham ![]() Either enter the value 1 or delete the field. ::Acoustid Fingerprintįield is used when importing via MusicBrainz (since Mp3tag v3.13).įield is used when importing via Discogs and MusicBrainz (since Mp3tag v3.13).įield that is used by iTunes to mark albums as compilation. In case you need to change one of the mappings (e.g., for using consistent field names across formats), you can create user-defined field mapping. Please note that fields of VorbisComments (used with FLAC, OGG, SPX) and of APEv2 tags are not mapped internally by Mp3tag but are displayed with their actual name unless they use a user-defined field mapping. All listed fields FIELDNAME can be referenced via a placeholder %fieldname% in format strings. You can edit these tag fields via View → Extended Tags., add user-defined fields to the Tag Panel, or add user-defined columns to the File List. The list below gives an overview of all tag fields available in Mp3tag, their names to be used in Mp3tag, and how they are mapped to the internal structures of the different tag formats.
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