CAYIN iHA-8 - Class A Headphone Amplifier - NEW!

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CAYIN iHA-8 – HIGH POWER HIGH CURRENT AMPLIFIER

Cayin i-Series is a suite of three products desktop products designed around optimal audio performance. Choose individual i-Series units for your needs, or combine all 3 for the ultimate high performance, all in-one headphone listening system.

- iDAP-8: Android based network music streamer and digital transport
- iDAC-8: High performance DAC with hybrid tube and solid state output modes
- iHA-8: High performance balanced Class A headphone amplifier

The iHA-8 is a long overdue upgrade of our well-received iHA-6 headphone amplifier.
While Cayin is renowned for our innovation in product development and audio engineering, we are a fundamentalist under the hood. We believe proper engineering and implementation is the critical success factor of high-fidelity products, and it is under these directions that we developed the iHA-8, a compact yet extremely powerful solid-state headphone amplifier that proudly offers a pure Class A fully Balanced design. The iHA-8 is a high-quality solid-state alternative to our HA series vacuum tube headphone amplifier, and we are determined to make the iHA-8 a worthy candidate for all desktop Personal Audio enthusiasts.
We have migrated two extremely well-received features from our portable products to the iHA-8 headphone amplifier. Dual input mode: LINE input and PRE-amp input
A headphone amplifier, portable or desktop, is an integrated amplifier for headphone applications, and from our previous experience in building speaker amplifiers, we know Pre/Power design is superior to an integrated amplifier, so we decided to implement a Pre/Power design in our Personal Audio products. This concept was first implemented in the C9 portable headphone amplifier, and we received enormously positive feedback, so we decided to do this again with iHA-8. By providing a PRE-amp input option, we configure the iHA-8 as a pure power amplifier, all amplification stages will be operated at full power, and the iHA-8 will offer significantly better control and transparency.

The Ultimate HYPER Mode
The concept of Hyper mode is to allow our engineers to prioritize audio output as the single most important factor, even when we have to sacrifice some practical constraints such as heat dissipation and power management efficiency. This function was first introduced in our N30LE 30th Anniversary DAP. We anticipated a divided opinion but to our surprise, this option was unanimously approved by audiophiles, so we decided to migrate this option to iHA-8 since the desktop amplifiers have fewer constraints than battery-powered portable DAP. When we engage Hyper mode in iHA-8, we'll boost the power supply voltage of the power transistors. The static working current will also increase, and we'll adjust the gain ratio of the circuitry as part of the system-level optimization.

FEATURES
4-channel discrete JEFT Class A headamp
HYPER output mode
High/low gain control
XLR-4, 4.4mm and 6.35mm headphone outs
Pre/line dual input modes
70W low inteference Toroidal transformer
50,000uF filter capacitors
High precision electronic volume

Other Features and Design Considerations
Accept RCA single-ended and XLR balanced analog inputs (shared for LINE/PRE input modes)
Employs four-channel fully balanced circuit architecture from input to output stages
Four-channel discrete pure Class A input buffer amplification circuit, each channel consists of two audio grade JFET in parallel with constant current sources, resulting in lower noise and distortion, and stronger current driving capability
Three-level bias current pure Class A amplification circuit, with built-in DC offset voltage servo circuit to ensure stable output DC offset voltage at 0V for better performance and listening experience
Built-in adaptive power, gain, and static current switching circuit, even in HYPER mode, it can work in pure Class A state.
The volume control system uses a pair of low distortion, high precision MUSES72320 electronically controlled analog volume ICs with ALPS potentiometer for knob position detection, providing excellent tactile feel and precise volume control.

The Cayin iHA-8 is a long overdue upgrade to our iHA-6 headphone amplifier. It shares the same footprint as our iDAP-8 Streamer, iDAC-8 DAC, and HA-2A vacuum tube headphone amplifier, which means you can stack them up as a compact and yet sophisticated Desk-Fi system that occupies less than an A4 sheet.

TECH SPECS
Circuit Design 4Ch Discrete Mosfet, Pure Class A
Special Mode Hyper Mode
Amplifier Modes Line level input (STD); Pre-Amp input (Pure Power: Amplifier mode)
Outputs Single-Ended: 6.35mm x1, Balanced: 4pin XLR x1, 4.4mm x1
Analog Inputs Balanced: XLR x2, Single-ended: RCA x2
Volume Control MUSES72320 stereo e-volume x2, ALPS potentiometer (control knob)
Power Supply Power Supply 75W toroidal transformer
Power Management 50,000uF Nichicon capacitors with ultra-fast recovery rectifier
Gain Control
Low Gain
High Gain +12dB
Physical Control Power On/Off, Source, Hyper, Gain, Line/Pre, Volume Knob
Weight ~5kg
Dimensions 270mm x 215mm x 70 mm (LxWxH)