[Reshen]

I stopped work on any public release after HF changed my status to member of the trade etc. I lost interest in contributing after that.

That's really a pity. I'm new here so I won't comment on the rules. But I have read your contributions and thanks for efforts. It really helped guys like me who bought the M2 late in the life cycle well after Voxx abandoned support for the device.

 

[immortalsoul]

I am saddened to hear that this site instead of being a platform to encourage people to share and help each other has all this rules to discourage people. I hope that you are still going to help the fellow music lovers. Like you I had the chance to try many different daps and I came to the conclusion that Acoustic research ar-m2 is the one that I like the most.

 

[immortalsoul]

Canceled

 

[Jnyner]

Hello everyone. I just came across an issue with my AR-M2 and thought someone here might be able to point me in the right direction. I’ve been using the unit on a daily basis. I entered my PIN numbers and I kept getting a “Wrong PIN” message. I’ve kept a note of the PIN numbers to make sure I don’t forget it as well.I’ve called Acoustic Research technical service but to no avail. The unit has been rebooted but didn’t help either.

Please help if you’ve come across something like this with the AR-M2. Thanks and much appreciated.

 

[immortalsoul]

Any of you tried a dap that is an upgrade sound quality wise to Acoustic research ar-m2.?

 

[besati]

400GB works fine, I don't have anything bigger. Navigation is fast on mine but it's been a while since i've used one stock. I'm running my own custom ROM.

I have the Lexar 512MB MicroSD in my AR M2, with >20000 songs of DSD, FLAC and 320K MP3. Have had the AR M2 since its first year of launching and it still sounds amazing.

 

[kres]

Hello everyone

I bought a second-hand AR-M2, just for the sound (I do not intend to do any streaming with it or used playlists : just listen to FLAC files in organized folders, in 16/44, paired with Senn HD800S headphones).

I have 2 basic questions :

- i read in the thread that there the player is not nice. I Just need to play music, and navigate thru "folders - sub-foders - sub-sub folders" and it seems it is impossible with the original UI (no sub-folder can be seen). I also read that some player proposes that basic functionnality, but they may affect the sound quality. All in all, which would be the good player to install for my basic needs ?

- the other question is about battery change. As the battery may be weak, I would like to change. I saw the battery spec was 3.7 V / 4200 mAh but could not find one with similar size that the original one installed. Any idea ? (alternative way is to put the AR-M2 aside with an external battery with USB-C output to drain power, but it would be much big and heavier).

Thanks a lot for any answer that could help
Best regards

 

[kres]

Hello !

I received the player, the sound is very very nice.
The player installed is not the "pro" version.

I saw that the last firmware can be downloaded from AR japan website : no risk that after installation, it is in japanese langage ?
(https://www.acoustic-research.jp/support/download.html)

Thanks

 

[immortalsoul]

Here is the download link for firmware download
https://sc.voxxintl.com/firmware/AR-M2/

 

[kres]

Thanks a lot !

I would also like to install another player in the AR-M2.

Basically I just need :

- to get the same sound (or better),
- to choose my music by using my folders (my external sd card have "caterogy" folders, then "artist" folder, then "album foders"
- to have gapless feature.

It seems Neutron player would be ok ?

I saw that I could buy the .apk directly at neutroncode.com but ..... I don't know where to put it in the "internal sd" file of the AR-M2 !

If someone knows ... Thanks !

 

[immortalsoul]

You need to check this thread, you will find all the information you need

 

[kres]

EDIT

didn’t catch that the AR-Pro player has solved all these issues. After firmware upate everything seems fine

 

[orys]

There's the AR player PRO in the upgrade.

 

[orys]

Good morning.
Do you guys use the provided charger to charge your AR-M2?
I have been using my iPad charger to charge the unit but it appears that it stops around 80% and the unit overheats and will not power on.
That is if the unit is powered off.
I am going to use the provided charger and charge it while the unit is powered to see.
I'm pretty sure I've charged it around 99% but I haven't used it for quite some time till today.
Anyhow, I'd like to know your suggestions about a suitable charger.
Tio

 

[kres]

Personnally i do not have the original charger but i use another one (apple or samsung). It charges up to 100%. Hoping you do not have an issue with your battery :-/