I don’t understand whether hardware limitations or copyright issues or something else that made them abandon the Kann. The Kann seemed like a good device, for them to just walk away, something serious must have occurred.

I honestly don’t know. I got my Kann used at a good price, many of them popped up for sale at the same time. Like rats leaving a sinking ship I think. As for the alphas, zebras don’t change their stripes. If A&K got away with doing to one on their flagship products, what’s to say they won’t do...

You have to dig through the web to find it. a&k says Tidal changed their app. Evidently A&k didn’t want to write new code so they just disowned the Kann. There was very little discussion of this on the web so I’ve be passing along the info. Most businesses would at least offer a discount on a...

A&K stopped supporting the Kann . Way to leave users hanging. Now we’ve got a expensive paperweight… I’ve started looking at hacks. Not much luck. Let’s post if we find some way to restore some function to it.. I see a ton of alphas for sale. Wonder if A&K will do the same to it .

hi, I’m a newcomer to audiophile headphones but a long time audiophile. I’d love to evaluate your Ananda-BT cans. I have a Psaudio BHK preamp and another tube based amp to feed to little guys, as well as an Astell&Kern Kann hi-def music player. To compare them I have A-T’s ATH-M50x and Hi- Fi...

After reading this glossary I feel like I’ve been schooled. I’ve wafted some of these terms around without a full understanding of their relationships. Thank you! This will be of infinite value as I search for sonic perfection ( as I perceive it). Dave