Cayin · 2024
N3 Ultra
The affordable way into tube sound on the go: dual AK4493S DACs plus real JAN6418 vacuum tubes with two selectable tube timbres, alongside a conventional solid-state mode.
Essentials
- Price
- —
- Released
- 2024
- OS
- Cayin OS
- Streaming apps
- No
Audio
- DAC
- AKM AK4493S ×2, JAN6418 tubes ×2
- Max PCM
- 32-bit / 768 kHz
- Max DSD
- DSD512
- Balanced out
- 4.4mm
- Unbalanced out
- 3.5mm
- Power (balanced)
- 600 mW
- Power (unbalanced)
- —
- Formats
- FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF, DSD, APE, MP3, AAC, OGG
Wireless
- Wi-Fi
- —
- Bluetooth
- —
- BT codecs
- LDAC, AAC, SBC
Storage & battery
- Internal storage
- None (microSD only)
- microSD slots
- 1
- Battery life
- 12 h
- Battery
- 4500 mAh
Physical
- Weight
- 200 g
- Screen
- —
Mac sync
- Transfer
- USB mass storage
- USB DAC mode
- Yes
Loading music onto the N3 Ultra from a Mac
The Cayin N3 Ultra transfers over USB mass storage. Mounts its microSD card as a USB drive on the Mac — drag folders straight on.
Diskoteca handles this for you: pick the albums and playlists, and it fills the device — converting formats on the fly when the player needs it. See how device sync works or read which format to put on your DAP.
Where to buy
Specs change with firmware, and we occasionally get one wrong. If something here doesn't match your N3 Ultra, email us — we read everything.
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Diskoteca rips your CDs, fixes the tags, and syncs the result straight to this player.
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