Back at Hi-End in Munich, you guys (A&K) promised that the AK100 will be able to be used as an USB DAC when the new firmware supporting gapless playback gets out. The firmware is here but no USB DAC support. Any news on this?

Can confirm there are problems with 2.01 and 64G card. None of my two cards are mounted. It works fine with everything else, so I reverted back to the trusted Listrid 2.0   For those talking about scanning as a solution, what shall be scanned if the things don't even get mounted? Oh right...

AK100 does not fully support playlist. You cannot navigate to a folder and open an existing playlist or a cue file. It is also not gapless, which blows for classical, jazz and live music. It also sometimes produces audible cracks/pops when changing from songs with different bitrate/resolution...

They have finally answered in a decent manner. Nice to see them making progress        Quote:   Edit: much is copy / paste from 6moons.

Sorry for being bold but... they do demand a premium price, don't they? They clearly position themselves as a high end DAP maker. They should learn the new rules too. Not to forget, the Explorer costs less than 50% what an AK100 costs. Traditional high end company, with respect for the...

Quote: Well, read around in the Meridian Explorer thread. They had a very similar problem, a much too high output impedance (around 50). Their reactions? Come clean about it, fix the problem (it is around 5 now) and replace the devices that exhibit the problem free of charge. AK can't...

Quote: I bet.   The question is, shouldn't the public be informed regarding what this really means? Why not allow linking to an article that clearly explains it and why it is important? Why not allow posting measurements, for instance a UE triple.ti 10 which is a mess when paired...

Quote:   They delete the post from their wall. Happened already two days ago to another guy who already posted about it in this thread here.

Well, Astell & Kern has censored another post enquiring about the much too high output impedance on their Facebook page... Way to go! I'd say they can learn a thing or two from Meridian.

Quote:   Looks like somebody posted the link again. Each and every owner of AK100 should do that sooner or later.

So, too expensive? I challenge you to come with something as good at a similar price point. I got my second DragonFly (after the first one was defective) and I can't be happier.   And don't forget: DragonFly is async USB done right with two clocks for doing 44.1 and 48 properly. DacPort is...

New phones out, add 'em here. For me, it's anything Bose, even worse than Apple. A bunch of brainwashing marketing strategists.

I tried connecting the DragonFly through a USB cable to the notebook, then I saw that if I apply pressure (not much, not very little either) on the USB jack from opposite the dragonfly light it works in 44.1 mode as long as the pressure is being applied. Then I saw it also works by applying...

There must be some sick problem I can't really understand... in the end I got it working on the charging USB port (the yellow one) on the notebook. The really sick thing about this is that DF is not alone on the USB controller anymore, as it was previously on the other port, the integrated...

Quote: Thanks, it works like a charm with thebuffer @ 50ms (WASAPI with 24/96).   The problem with 44.1 is getting worse, it's now a more or less permanent combination of static/white noise/scratches and not a single music note to hear (when playing 16/44.1 tracks via DirectSound or...