[JasonNYC]

For those that asked about the size and weight of the SP2000T. This may change slightly once final production starts.

3.07" (78.1mm)[W] x 5.55" (141.1mm)[H] x 0.68" (17.5mm)[D]
about 10.89oz (309g)

 

[aaf evo]

309g… that is very reasonable.

 

[stevenfr]

Will the SP2000T be a streaming device where wifi works or like the SA700 where wifi Is terrible. Will Tidal work in offline mode? With My SA700 Tidal offline only works with initializing with wifi and only for one album.

 

[JasonNYC]

Will the SP2000T be a streaming device where wifi works or like the SA700 where wifi Is terrible. Will Tidal work in offline mode? With My SA700 Tidal offline only works with initializing with wifi and only for one album.

SP2000T has dual-band wi-fi supporting 2.4/5GHz a/b/g/n/ac

 

[stevenfr]

SP2000T has dual-band wi-fi supporting 2.4/5GHz a/b/g/n/ac

Thx. Will Tidal work in offline mode without the need for wifi? Or will it be like the SA700? The SA700 was my first DAP and was not a good experience.

 

[NYanakiev]

Very curious about this- even though it is not seen as a true SP2000 successor.
It still has plenty on top to offer in terms of amplification options, lighter (if bigger) chassis and better specs.

Very interested to see how it turns out.

 

[kel77]

Specifications now available https://www.astellnkern.com/eng/con...10180&spos=0&tcg=&tpos=0&dpos=3&gcode=SC36700

 

[kel77]

 

[Whitigir]

Yeah, exactly what I thought, 1 single Nutube to differentiated into balanced out. How else to fit into that little form factor

 

[orifiel]

Yeah, exactly what I thought, 1 single Nutube to differentiated into balanced out. How else to fit into that little form facto

how they can offer a balanced output in tube mode with only one single Korg nutube?

or it’s really unnecessary two korg nutubes for stereo balanced output?

 

[Whitigir]

how they can offer a balanced output in tube mode with only one single Korg nutube?

or it’s really unnecessary two korg nutubes for stereo balanced output?

They can just similar to how any amplifier can take in Single Ended in into balanced output. As I mentioned, by going through a differential stages. This stage is important and will effect the sound quality

Yes, you do need dual Nutube in order to do a true balanced input-output

So in a sense, the 2KT will be running Single Ended DAC into Single Ended Nutube into balanced differential and into Balanced output

 

[orifiel]

They can just similar to how any amplifier can take in Single Ended in into balanced output. As I mentioned, by going through a differential stages. This stage is important and will effect the sound quality

Yes, you do need dual Nutube in order to do a true balanced input-output

So in a sense, the 2KT will be running Single Ended DAC into Single Ended Nutube into balanced differential and into Balanced output

mmm…so, in theory, the balanced tube output will not outperform the sound quality of the single ended tube output?

interesting choice of development if it works like this

 

[Whitigir]

mmm…so, in theory, the balanced tube output will not outperform the sound quality of the single ended tube output?

interesting choice of development if it works like this

No, you are confused, but that is common

It goes like this. The source should be the most important, and you follow the sources

So, Balanced sources —-> Balanced output

Single Ended Source ——-> SE output .

You can do whatever you want but you need a differential stages

So, in this case of SP2KT, the Tube —> balanced out will has a lower quality than Solid state —-> Balanced out

That is because the DAC implementations is Balanced out, and using 1 single tube will have to differentiate the DAC into a single ended source before it can output Balanced again. The optimized performances should be Dual Nutubes for a True Balanced from DAC into a True Balanced Buffer of Dual Nutubes and into true Balanced output amplifier
Noticed that in this solid state mode, it is balanced DAC out toward Balanced Buffer and then into Balanced amp out. Hence technically speaking, Tubes mode even with balanced amp out, should be inferior to Solid-state Balanced out (logically). But sound is subjective, you go with what sounds best for you

 

[orifiel]

No, you are confused, but that is common

It goes like this. The source should be the most important, and you follow the sources

So, Balanced sources —-> Balanced output

Single Ended Source ——-> SE output .

You can do whatever you want but you need a differential stages

So, in this case of SP2KT, the Tube —> balanced out will has a lower quality than Solid state —-> Balanced out

That is because the DAC implementations is Balanced out, and using 1 single tube will have to differentiate the DAC into a single ended source before it can output Balanced again. The optimized performances should be Dual Nutubes for a True Balanced from DAC into a True Balanced Buffer of Dual Nutubes and into true Balanced output amplifier
Noticed that in this solid state mode, it is balanced DAC out toward Balanced Buffer and then into Balanced amp out. Hence technically speaking, Tubes mode even with balanced amp out, should be inferior to Solid-state Balanced out (logically). But sound is subjective, you go with what sounds best for you

Thanks for yor explanation

i will buy this DAP, nevertheless…because i have an enormous curiosity of how it will sound against the Cayin N8

 

[Whitigir]

Thanks for yor explanation

i will buy this DAP, nevertheless…because i have an enormous curiosity of how it will sound against the Cayin N8

In this case, you should compare Tube Single ended Vs Tube Single ended on N8

You are also right about that last post, specifically on the 2KT, the single ended out tube should be superior to balanced out when using tubes, except the balanced will offer more powerful output