Cayin iDAC-6 MK2
With DSD512 and PCM 768kHz decoding, the Cayin iDAC-6 MK2 brings serious high-resolution capability to its second-generation tube DAC platform. Headfonics confirms its broad format support and $999 positioning, making it a compelling focus for listeners building a modern digital front end around ambitious file compatibility.
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Sound Quality
50/100
Build Quality
50/100
Features Connectivity
75/100
Value for Money
85/100
Pros
Supports high-resolution PCM up to 768kHz and DSD up to DSD512.
Second-generation i-Series tube DAC design at a listed $999 price point.
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What Reviewers Are Saying
SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 50/100
The supplied review extract identifies high-resolution PCM and DSD capability but offers no listening impressions. Reviewers say little here about tonal character, detail retrieval, noise floor, timing, or digital artifacts.
Tonal Balance and Musicality
50/100
The supplied review extract contains no comments on tonal balance, naturalness, musical engagement, or long-term listenability. Its musical character is therefore not established by the available review evidence.
Resolution and Detail
50/100
Although the DAC supports PCM up to 768kHz and DSD512, the review extract does not describe audible resolution, separation, low-level detail, or transparency. There is no reviewer evidence on how much musical information it retrieves.
Digital Performance
50/100
The review confirms decoding support up to PCM 768kHz and DSD512. It does not report on background silence, grain, glare, transient precision, measured performance, or other audible aspects of conversion quality.
Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.
Build Quality
50/100
The supplied material does not discuss chassis construction, internal layout, power supply design, components, or long-term reliability. Reviewers say little about build quality.
Features Connectivity
75/100
The review confirms support for PCM up to 768kHz and DSD512, providing broad high-resolution file compatibility. The supplied material does not identify its digital inputs, analog outputs, remote control, display, filters, or preamp functions.
Value for Money
85/100
Headfonics lists the iDAC-6 MK2 at $999. The supplied review extract does not offer a judgment on whether its performance, facilities, or competition make that price especially compelling or difficult to justify.
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