This product is permanently discontinued by the manufacturer and continues to live on in
Headphone Zone's Museum.
Unfortunately, even if we desire to, we won't be able to resurrect this product. The Museum is where we pay our respects to end-of-life, old, archived, but not forgotten products. This page was made with a lot of love and will live on for posterity. What to say, we're sentimental people. 😔
This product is permanently discontinued by the manufacturer and continues to live on in
Headphone Zone's Museum.
Unfortunately, even if we desire to, we won't be able to resurrect this product. The Museum is where we pay our respects to end-of-life, old, archived, but not forgotten products. This page was made with a lot of love and will live on for posterity. What to say, we're sentimental people. 😔
While this product is gone forever, here are others we recommend
With the iDAP6 you can get easy and quick access to portable devices like SD card and USB thumb drive OTG with 1A current. It can handle 2.5" HDD directly.
Connect Anywhere, Any time
You can get LAN connection through WiFi or with the Ethernet cable enable network-based applications. Samba the file/music sharing with NAS or PCs in LAN. Pushed content from DLNA library (DLNA Render) Pushed music from Apple devices (Airplay)
Extraordinary Music Player
The iDAP6 has three USB Audio output or USB storage. Along with the regular RCA (coaxial) and Toslink (optical) comes the professionally used applications BNC (coaxial)
Comprehensive and Technically advanced
The iDAP6 comes with AES/EBU which is recommended by studio professionals and is the most reliable digital interface. The best alternative lower jitter, delivered through HDIM as high quality cables-I2S which is the native digital audio for signal transmission.
Access
You can connect your iDAP-6 with your phone via Bluetooth as it supports HiByLink. You can even control playback of iDAP-6 remotely through a touch screen graphical interface. You can also share files, mobile app will read the file headers and facilitate features which is originally not available like searching, playlists, file management etc. It is compatible with off-the-shelf Bluetooth remote control.
All-New UI Design
The iDAP-6 is designed with the All-New UI design for the music playback. It is intuitive, visible, comprehensive and self-explained. It has multi-layered to best-fit the 3.95" AMOLED screen. All information are well organized and are properly presented.
Multi-Function Knob
With the knob on the iDAP-6 you can easily control all features. Rotate left and right to browse and press enter to select your choice.
Dual Bluetooth 4.1
The iDAP-6 can be used as wireless digital transport or playback to Bluetooth headphones. You just have to accept audio signal form the paired device and it can function as a wireless interface to a sound system.
The i-Series Family
The i-Series has almost the same look and feel with matching material and finishing. The iDAC-6, iHA-6 and iDAP-6 can be used as complete Desktop Trio system or you can mix and match them with different audio equipments.
Hardware Highlights
Two extremely low-noise high-precision Femtosecond Crystal Oscilallators with RMS jitter below 0.1ps@10hz-1MHz and phase noise below -166dBc/Hz@1MHz offset. High precision low jitter digital transmission is the base of high quality digital playback. It is how we deliver a natural, non-digital and musical sound to your audio system. They designed and manufactured the toroidal transformers in-house. It is securely shielded and will provide low-noise, high efficient power for iDAP-6 circuit. They use NICHICON electrolytic capacitors from Japan in their power supply circuit. This improves the transparency of the system, and display the detail and layering effortlessly.
Support: up to 32 Bit/384kHz, DoP128 User selectable DoP and D2P Output will Always
set to 24 BIT/88.2kHz
I²S OUT
Support: up to 32 Bit/384kHz, DSD256 Compatibility: HDMI Implementation of I²S is not
an industrial standard, we cannot guarantee compatible with other I²S Device. cayin will
Develop DAC with I²S interface in future.
With the iDAP6 you can get easy and quick access to portable devices like SD card and USB thumb drive OTG with 1A current. It can handle 2.5" HDD directly.
Connect Anywhere, Any time
You can get LAN connection through WiFi or with the Ethernet cable enable network-based applications. Samba the file/music sharing with NAS or PCs in LAN. Pushed content from DLNA library (DLNA Render) Pushed music from Apple devices (Airplay)
Extraordinary Music Player
The iDAP6 has three USB Audio output or USB storage. Along with the regular RCA (coaxial) and Toslink (optical) comes the professionally used applications BNC (coaxial)
Comprehensive and Technically advanced
The iDAP6 comes with AES/EBU which is recommended by studio professionals and is the most reliable digital interface. The best alternative lower jitter, delivered through HDIM as high quality cables-I2S which is the native digital audio for signal transmission.
Access
You can connect your iDAP-6 with your phone via Bluetooth as it supports HiByLink. You can even control playback of iDAP-6 remotely through a touch screen graphical interface. You can also share files, mobile app will read the file headers and facilitate features which is originally not available like searching, playlists, file management etc. It is compatible with off-the-shelf Bluetooth remote control.
All-New UI Design
The iDAP-6 is designed with the All-New UI design for the music playback. It is intuitive, visible, comprehensive and self-explained. It has multi-layered to best-fit the 3.95" AMOLED screen. All information are well organized and are properly presented.
Multi-Function Knob
With the knob on the iDAP-6 you can easily control all features. Rotate left and right to browse and press enter to select your choice.
Dual Bluetooth 4.1
The iDAP-6 can be used as wireless digital transport or playback to Bluetooth headphones. You just have to accept audio signal form the paired device and it can function as a wireless interface to a sound system.
The i-Series Family
The i-Series has almost the same look and feel with matching material and finishing. The iDAC-6, iHA-6 and iDAP-6 can be used as complete Desktop Trio system or you can mix and match them with different audio equipments.
Hardware Highlights
Two extremely low-noise high-precision Femtosecond Crystal Oscilallators with RMS jitter below 0.1ps@10hz-1MHz and phase noise below -166dBc/Hz@1MHz offset. High precision low jitter digital transmission is the base of high quality digital playback. It is how we deliver a natural, non-digital and musical sound to your audio system. They designed and manufactured the toroidal transformers in-house. It is securely shielded and will provide low-noise, high efficient power for iDAP-6 circuit. They use NICHICON electrolytic capacitors from Japan in their power supply circuit. This improves the transparency of the system, and display the detail and layering effortlessly.
Support: up to 32 Bit/384kHz, DoP128 User selectable DoP and D2P Output will Always
set to 24 BIT/88.2kHz
I²S OUT
Support: up to 32 Bit/384kHz, DSD256 Compatibility: HDMI Implementation of I²S is not
an industrial standard, we cannot guarantee compatible with other I²S Device. cayin will
Develop DAC with I²S interface in future.
Founded in 1993, Zhuhai Spark Electronic Equipment Co., Ltd. has been dedicated to perfecting audio equipment under the brand name Cayin. With a commitment to delivering top-notch Hi-Fi products, Cayin embeds cultural richness into its audio range, catering to diverse budgets to make premium music experiences accessible. From tube amplifiers and CD players to speakers, Cayin maintains a consistent benchmark of quality, ensuring a compelling price-to-performance ratio across its offerings.
In 2013, Cayin expanded its horizons into personal audio, unveiling a line of Digital Audio Players (DAP) and desktop audio products. The brand further diversifies its portfolio with portable audio products, including amplifiers and in-ear monitors, empowering users with a broad spectrum of audio choices.
"The iDAP-6 is a quality built product that completes and extends the range and capability of the Cayin i-Series desktop components for headphone users."
"I feel that the iDAP-6 is an integral part getting this system performing at such a high level. It's a perfect match, but more importantly it just sounds better than most other transports out there."