Cayin i5 is housed inside a CNC aerospace aluminum alloy chassis with carbon fiber back plate and weighted at 196g only. The player is running on Android 4.4, fully customized by HiBy Music. On top of the 32GB internal storage and microSD card (upto 200GB), users can playback online and offline music from networked or external storage via USB Type C, WiFi and Bluetooth connections. i5 support native DSD decoding, and can decode/playback numerous lossless format. Last but not least, i5 is the first ever DAP that incorporate vertical domain embedded content (available in Mainland China only), user can access to 500 thousands licensed lossless music files from HiBy Music and dFIM. i5 will retail at ¥2998 (RMB), sales channel and time to market will be announced subsequently.
the main features of Cayin i5 is as follows:
Fully customized Android 4.4, support WiFi, Bluetooth and DLNA
Modest control interface via TFT 800x480 IPS Touch Panel, navigate through music library with click, drag and sweep.
Proven audio design (similar to N5) with premium components: AKM4490 flagship DAC chipset, PGA2311 Volume control,,2 x LME49720 buffer Op-Am (LPF and Voltage amplification),2xBUF634 high current headphone amplifier, one for each channel.
Low noise floor: 0. 005mV for line output, 0.01mV for headphone output
14mm slim design with high capacity 4800mAH battery, offline playback last for 11 hours, online playback via WiFi around 10 hours (depends on condition of WiFi connection)
5 digital filter, 10 bands EQ with multiple preset, support custom EQ.
User can install third party applications through apk installation package or Google Play (probably not available in the initial version)
Support online streaming app such as Tidal and Spotify (to be tested)
First ever DAP with USB Type C offers compact and versatile function, facilitate charging, file management, USB digital and S/PDIF output (via optional cable) in one port
Duplex USB digital connection, can used as USB-DAC when connect to a computer, or become a digital transport when connect to a DAC
Support 2-channels DST encoded SACD-ISO and DSD (finally)
Retail at ¥2998 (RMB) starting 28 May 2016, custom leather case will be available at ¥198 (RMB), international retail price to be determined.