In your experience, how many hours are usually required for breaking of the HD650?

I could then solder the cable directly to the type RSA Protector 4-pin balanced connector? Can you tell me where can I buy it?

Hi. I want to use the HD650 in balanced with my portable amplifier Alo Audio The International. What is the easiest (and cheapest) to do it? Thank you for your help.

I need a little help to a choice. With the AK120, if I wasn't interested in isolation, do you think is better to use (with or without an amplifier)  a Sennheiser HD239 or Beyerdynamic DT1350?

Hi Gintaras I also have in my main system the floor stand speakers, and it would never change them with any audio system with headphones! And even if I repeat that for me the sound of a headphone is more natural, I agree with you on the comfort of a IEM when I'm around. In fact, I use...

Perfect! I will wait with impatience. Meanwhile, for the AK120, I got Alo Audio The International. I only listened for a few hours and  I think it still needs to burn, but it seems to me a very good amplifier.

As you said DrSheep, you can do copy and paste or drag and drop; and this works on both PC and Mac. This is possible either directly on AK120 via USB cable, or on the microSD before inserting them into the player. For navigation, the recognition of authors and albums depends on the accuracy of...

I also keep it flat. I did some testing with the Pro EQ and I think gives a kind of filter Loudness, because the effect seems most evident at low volume. In fact it would be interesting to have presets for different types of headphones. We should ask Dale Thorn, who is a real expert in this!

I admit that I also have always found more natural listen to with headphones rather than with IEMs. But I always thought depended on the quality not high of my IEMS: E3c Shure, Etymotic ER-6i, Ultimate Ears Super.Fi 5 Pro, Philips Fidelio S2, Etymotic ER-4PT / S. I'm very interested in the...

Thank you very much again for your valuable advice. I understand that, as well as headphones, you can not have the perfect amp for everything. Given your extensive knowledge of the AK120, I wanted to ask your advice on headphones to use with this player without amplifier. I'm interested in a...

Thank you so much for your answers precise and competent. I agree with you that, with a wrong pairing, it is very easy to ruin the quality of the DAP. But certainly the AK120 can't to drive properly a HD650 or other binding headphones. In addition to Vorzüge, I had also thought about Alo Audio...

Has anyone listen to the new Vorzüge Vorzamp Pure II? I'm very interested in this amp and I'm interested in your opinions. I contacted the customer service of the company and I was told that this is not a simple upgrade of the Pure but a new circuit that operates in Class A.

I want to use my Ak120 with headphones challenging as K701 or HD650. Of course it's need an amp but it doesn't ruin the quality of the player. Has anyone tried the AK120 with Vurzüge Vorzamp duo (or the new Pure II)? With a good amp would also improve the quality of IEM as ER-4S?

I ask you some advice based on your experiences. In addition to an IEM I would use a portable headphone  with the AK120 without amplifier. I'm interested it is really small and it does not matter that it is closed or open (isn't important because I would use them in the hotel and I do not need...

Hi Sam I had already read the very useful discussion that you have shown me and I know that there are no problems with FLAC files. But with the method that I have indicated, even in the Apple Lossless files, you can view the covers.

I want to share my "discovery". All my Apple lossless files created with iTunes from a CD, when it was brought to the AK120, the covers don't appear on. I put the cover on the entire album (and so appeared on all tracks). The cover appears on iTunes but also on some players Mac (Audirvana, Vox...

I currently use the Ak120 with Etymotic ER4-PT (sometimes even with Shure SE215, Ultimate Ears Super.Fi 5 Pro or Philips Fidelio S2). With Ak120 I only listen to HD music and lossless files from CDs. I wanted to have a new IEM to make a real leap forward in quality and I thought...

I'm interested in the model Pro 330. Using it with Ak120, can I do without amplification? Better than the S or P type? There are other CustomArt models that are better with AK120?

Hello I got the Astell & Kern AK120. I've several IEMs, old and new (E3c Shure, Etymotic ER-6i, Ultimate Ears Super.Fi 5 Pro, Philips Fidelio S2) and I also have the Grado SR80 and AKG K701. But I would like a new IEM that I can do to better appreciate the quality of the player. I am...

Hello I purchased the Astell & Kern AK120. I've several IEMs, old and new (E3c Shure, Etymotic ER-6i, Ultimate Ears Super.Fi 5 Pro, Philips Fidelio S2) and I also have the Grado SR80 and AKG K701. But I would like a new IEM that I can do to better appreciate the quality of the player. I am...