Cayin Tube Amps?
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Michaels HiFi
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Yes. I have one. Surprisingly good for the money.
I don't usually have bluetooth on any of my gear as this one does, however I feel it can be a bonus to help bring people into the hobby without the need for external boxes and DAC's.
From a sound perspective, it was open and airy, and had a bit of the "popular" type sound tuning that I suspect is popular with the less-than-high-end-audiophile crowd.
Parts quality (like the volume knob and such) were par for the price point - meaning there is better at higher price points.
But it seems they put their budget where it matters - decent build quality, sound, and easy use.
Some gear is a sound that won't make me listen longer, this was not one of those.
My thoughts on their Jazz 100:
nc42acc
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Thanks. Long time tube equipment user but not willing to outlay a huge amount to "test" the qualities of tubes in amps I am unfamiliar with. I did this with my 300b amp and made me realize the buzz behind this power tube. I have no experience with the 805 tube and not many budget amps using it, A YouTuber just raved over the Cayin CS-805a immediately after reviewing a similar 805 tube amp that was the second coming in audio. Not many good sources for honest info so thanks for your opinion.
Michaels HiFi
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Happy to help. It's a muscular sounding amp that honestly will service most people fine. It's a compelling offering.
Michaels HiFi
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I have not. I would only say based on experience with their JAZZ series I bet the 805a's could sound pretty darn good.
What I liked about the JAZZ is they did a nice job picking tubes that came with the amp so that most people will be happy with how it sounds out of the box and have no need to tube role.
If the 805a is better (which it likely could be being more audiophile oriented) it would be a lot of great sound for not a lot of money.
My only question would be to further look into support should you ever need it for their amps.
nc42acc
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Check it out.......I think it uses a better tube compliment too.
CS-Series_Integrated Amplifier_CS-805A_Home Audio_Cayin
In our new single-ended class A amplifier,two 805A output tubes deliver a powerful 2x 50 watts.The classic WE6SN7
en.cayin.cn
Michaels HiFi
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I agree. It appears it would be a step up from the JAZZ series.
I'm a fan of using 8-series tubes.
Michaels HiFi
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For sure!
One of the best 6SN7's of all time in my opinion: WWII production military Raytheon's.
So I have a cayin A100T, with rca cleartop round getters 6cg7 x 2, with jj gold pin Ecc803s and ecc802s x2, the EL34 are ps vane UK series, the volume knob was changed due to it having a ultra bright led in it, and I'm really happy with it, my spare amplifier is a audio innovations series 700, what I'm very interested in is the A805, the valve lineup is extremely interesting to me 805,300b,6sn7, audio heaven I'd say!! Has anyone got one, and how does it handle low bass notes, as it's a SET amplifier and they normally fall flat on their face when it comes to deep bass, but the 805 with the 300b should go deep, can anyone please let me know, I don't listen to music at ear bleeding levels but I do like a bit of volume, the rest of my system is as follows,
Esoteric K-03 sacd player, linn klimax DS3 streamer, and spendor ST statement speakers
Kind regards, simon
Esoteric K-03 sacd player, linn klimax DS3 streamer, and spendor ST statement speakers
Kind regards, simon