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Cayin HA-1AMK2 EL84EH Tube Headphone Amplifier

Cayin HA-1AMK2 EL84EH Tube Headphone Amplifier

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The Cayin HA-1AMK2 EL84EH Tube Headphone Amplifier is a warm-sounding (and looking) desktop headphone amp that delivers an impressive response for over-ear audio. Outfitted with five vacuum tubes—one 12DT5 for power regulation, two 12AU7 for signal handling, and two EL84 power tubes to push out the tone—the HA-1 mark 2 is truly well-rounded in the richness department Read More

5-Tube Tone on Tap

The Cayin HA-1AMK2 EL84EH Tube Headphone Amplifier is a warm-sounding (and looking) desktop headphone amp that delivers an impressive response for over-ear audio. Outfitted with five vacuum tubes—one 12DT5 for power regulation, two 12AU7 for signal handling, and two EL84 power tubes to push out the tone—the HA-1 mark 2 is truly well-rounded in the richness department. The second generation of this classic also has Cayin outfitting the device with a handsome wood-tone design that’ll look right at home in a retro-leaning listening setup. You can also enjoy several levels of impedance to map to whatever headphones you’ve got, an impressively solid 100 decibels of signal-to-noise ratio, and plug-and-play I/O with multiple rear-mounted source and pre-out options, as well as dual headphone jacks right on the front. 

Cayin HA-1AMK2 EL84EH Tube Headphone Amplifier
Cayin HA-1AMK2 EL84EH Tube Headphone Amplifier
Cayin HA-1AMK2 EL84EH Tube Headphone Amplifier
Cayin HA-1AMK2 EL84EH Tube Headphone Amplifier
Cayin HA-1AMK2 EL84EH Tube Headphone Amplifier

Specs

  • Cayin
  • 120V
  • Tubes: (2) 12AU7, (2) EL84EH, (1) 12DT5
  • Headphones output:
    • THD: 1% @ 1 kHz
    • Sensitivity 200 mV–440 mV
    • SNR: 100 dB
    • Frequency response: 20 Hz – 45 kHz
    • Output impedance: 8–32 ohms, 33–64 ohms, 65–150 ohms, 151–300 ohms, 600 ohms
    • Power rating: Up to 2200 mW
  • Pre-output:
    • THD: 0.5%
    • Sensitivity: 420 mV
    • SNR: 100 dB
    • Frequency response: 10 Hz – 42 kHz
    • Output level: 2 V (max 4V)
  • Input: CD, Aux
  • Outputs: Pre-out, headphones out
  • Dimensions: 5 x 12 x 8.5 in (12.7 x 30.4 x 21.5 cm)
  • Weight: 20.9 lbs (9.5 kg)

Shipping

Estimated ship date is May 13, 2024 PT.

Payment will be collected at checkout. After this product run ends, orders will be submitted to the vendor up front, making all orders final.

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What is the warranty situation on this amp? I know generally with Drop if there is no mention of it that means there is not one.
Apr 2, 2023
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TaylerS
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Cayin has a warranty of one year for their products bought on Drop. If the amplifier breaks down, Cayin will send parts to the customer for repair.Read More
May 18, 2023
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Would this drive either Meze Empyrean open or liric closed back planar headphones?
Oct 8, 2023
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thestarbucksgrande
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would never consider turning up too 12 o’clock 9’oclock is enoughRead More
Feb 8, 2024
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Does this support 230v or is it just 120v or do you need to buy a step up transformer if you were to use it in au
May 17, 2023
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TaylerS
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Yes that is correct, you would need a transformer to support 230V/use in the AU.Read More
May 18, 2023
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I have this amp. I love this amp. Beware of placement however, I currently am unable to use it because I had to down size desks. I’ve no room, my current dac/amp (grace balanced dac and monoprice thx 888 AAA live on my sliding keyboard tray, to give an idea of just how limited my desk space is. I would love to use this amp but I just don’t have anywhere to put it right now, so it sits safely in storage. I truly love this amp, and this is a great price. i swapped the 12au7’s for gold lion ecc82’s and goodness does it make a world of difference. The stock tubes don’t handle bass particularly well, it’s gross and distorted, but the gold lions are stellar, and really bring the amp to near perfection. one thing of note, I’m not savvy when it comes to amp tech, but I think my gold lions are defective somehow. They bring the microphonics of the amp to crazy high levels, like to where it is scary. I had to completely isolate the feet with those crazy vibration isolating point things, and even that didn’t make it perfect. And by microphonics I don’t mean the sound just transfers I mean there is a potentially headphone killing crack that will scare the crap out of you if you bump it, BUT ONLY WITH THE GOLD LIONS INSTALLED, stock tubes do not have this behavior at all, there’s a tiny amount of actual microphonics if you tap the thing pretty hard with the stock tubes but never did it do the loud crack/pop sound that the gold lions exhibit. It’s very strange and unfortunately I didn’t get to get new gold lions to try before I moved and the amp couldn’t feasibly be used due to space. that’s my little disclaimer, I genuinely don’t think it’s a problem with the amp, and rather the tubes, but I never bothered to get new ones to try because, well, I didn’t think it was the gold lions and thought it was the amp at first, so I blew my time load on isolating the amp itself from vibrations, which did work, I had that thing working perfectly without a heart attack “crack” for a year so I just kinda stopped messing with it, but before I moved i swapped back in the old tubes and found the problem was impossible to recreate, but putting the gold lions back in and one light tap of the tube caused it, leading me to settle it on it being the tubes, now I just gotta get new gold lions to test. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
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