I’ve enjoyed the Zen stream but having tried the Wiim Pro using my Denafrips DAC I have decided to stick with the Wiim. The Zen could work fine for a while then I was forever having to go from position 5 to 1 and change the input back to USB as it kept defaulting to SBDIF despite never using...

Here’s the thing though. I presume AK could change the sound if they wished but why do it and not tell the customer? Therefore it’s highly unlikely that the sound has changed yet some of the comments about the differences are difficult not to smile at. Which is a little unkind but really why...

When I had an Amazon Music account this wasn’t the case. Play back was limited by Android limitations.

Just updated my Ares 11 with latest firmware. Previous update I ended up reverting back to the original. Will be interesting to see how this latest iteration goes. Great excuse for enjoying Saturday listening to music rather than gardening.

So after a few weeks I have gone back to the version 1 older firmware on my Enyo. I’m grateful to now have the choice for swapping back and forth. I simply find the original firmware less fatiguing possibly because it’s a little warmer. The newest firmware was somewhat more revealing but I felt...

I think the update to the Ares/Enyo has gone down better perhaps than other models. I prefer the update and you can always return to the original. The hardest part was taking the picture of the chip the update itself was fine as the instructions were very good. Just take your time and follow the...

You need change setting in Amazon Music but you won’t get above 96 as Android restricts the highest rate and for some reason you can’t override this with Amazon Music.

Try Filezilla on mac for remotely copying via ak filedrop. Will solve the locked file error. It’s free.

Folder Skip If enabled, and if Play Mode is set up to “Shuffle” or “List Play”, after last file from chosen folder moves onto next folder. So sort of what you looking for.

I note the 3.5mm is line out, headphone out and also coaxial spdif out. Yet despite switching to digital output this digital doesn’t seem to work for me. What cable is this?

Cannot you just use folder view? I file as albums so maybe folks do things differently.

Just experimenting I tried the M1s through my Cayin C9 via balanced connection . Works well and gives a bit of warmth to the M1s sound. I appreciate it’s not a likely combination but still very enjoyable.

Yes. I use it to my denafrips dac when I want to play vis main system and its fine. Also works with Chord Mojo.

I would say it’s a fair description regarding brightness. It’s certainly not “warm” unless you play it via a Cayin C9 or something similar.

The card works but when reasonably full it is still slow loading in folder view compared to other machines. This even when you have added no further music to the card. I presume this is something to do with scanning the card even though the initial scan was completed weeks ago.

Bubble and AK Connect all have same problem. Only play one track and pause indefinitely.

Can confirm dlna doesn’t work as it should. Only plays one track then stops. Does this in Bubble and AK Connect.

Just received mine today in the UK. Came fully charged and with latest software. I got it mainly to use when walking the dog and exercising via Bluetooth and Momentums. However using in main system with external dac works well. Also with EE Odin balanced compared to my SP3000 it’s not bad at all!

I sort of get your point. I thought it read more like an AK press release. I certainly didn’t learn anything from the review.

Cayin with the AK SP2000 is very good and with the SP3000 even better.

I have the C9 so not for me but out of interest if the output of the PA10 is no greater than the SP3000 what is the point?

Still slow for me. No better maybe worse. Just doesn’t seem to like 1tb sd cards.

You cannot however you can watch how much storage is left on the internal storage and move albums to the sd card. This is an option under folder view. Then keep transferring to the internal storage via ftp.

What about a Cayin C9? Works well with most headphones. Have tried it with Hifiman 1000 v2 and easily powers those as opposed to SP3000 on its own.

It’s a good match, I prefer listening with the C9 than without. I like the C9 in Timbre (tube) setting at AB class.