Has anyone tried pairing the sp1000 with a bluetooth earphone? I normally listen to it through a balanced cable, but today a coworker wanted to try the player, and I tried to pair it with 2 different bluetooth earphones but couldn't find any. Instead, I found a few devices with weird code names...

So I guess it's time for a bit of impression on the billow 8-wire. I am not too articulate in describing sound, but I will try to go into detail of the journey and hope that gives you guys where I am coming from. On a sidenote, I think It's a slight shame that Beat Audio cables don't have much...

This cable goes for USD 2699, here is a link to the website: http://beataudiolab.com/products/billow-beat-audio-premium-upgrade-cable?taxon_id=22 I will send you a pm about dcfever as well.

So I ended up getting this beautiful Beat Audio Billow 8-wire, the build quality is top notch, more impressions to come later, but here is a photo first

I have actually liked Brimar's cables quite a lot.They are actually based in Hk so I actually went to their shop to audition. I tried their reference supreme 4 wire and was quite good. I find their sound signature and billow to be a little similar, but it's harder to find a second hand brimar cable.

Thanks. I am just a little surprised it's not talked about more often here, as I find it to be a special cable, especially its mids.

Does anyone have any impressions or experience with the Beat Audio Billow 8 wire version?

I tried it a couple times and I didn't experience much problem with flexibility or microphonics.

The toxic medusa 17 is quite impressive looking as well.

The UI is pretty much the same as sp1000, maybe you can find a video of sp1000.

Like you said it's hard to say. If you don't do a direct side by side comparison, I guess the biggest difference is the presentation of sound. SE100 sounds more up front, bass is slightly more aggresive, everything sounds a bit closer.

So I finally got a chance to audition the SE100 and do some A/B comparison with my SP1000 SS, here are sone impressions: First thing you will notice is that the SE100 is A LOT lighter than the SP1000 due to the different chassis material, so if weight was a concern for you with SP1000, this...

That's odd, there should at least be some indication. Not even a blue or red dot? If there is, the blue is left, red is right

Congrats! How's the sound so far?

I visited their shop in HK a few weeks ago too. What was the main issue with them when you visited? I read all these non-responding experience on the forum and it scares me a little, but the fact I can visit their physical store made me feel a bit better. But I want to know your experience with...

I see. Thanks for the heads up. Which bespoke cable did you get?

So I was interested in effect audio's bespoke cable, I filled in a form once, emailed their info email as well, but after one week still no feedback. Anyone had similar experience before?

To my untrained ears, all of the 3 versions sound different, with the Onyx black sounding somewhere in between the copper and stainless steel, but not in the middle, it was much closer to the stainless steel. Copper was the warmest of the 3, while stainless steel was the brightest and cleanest...

Price is USD 1699

Is the SE100 one of the first DAPs to use the 9038 pro? Any other DAPs currently use that chip?

More info has been posted on A&K website https://us.astellnkern.com/blogs/news/astell-kern-launches-new-products-at-high-end-2018-munich

Thanks for the info. Just out of curiosity, any idea supposedly what the difference in performance or sound between the 9038 pro and the 4497 on the sp1000?

Seems there will be a new line up soon, according to A&K fb page

True. Thanks, will take a look at the shareware then

Yea I did, but that one costs money right, so I was kinda hoping there would be a good one out there for free :beyersmile: