Astell&Kern A&futura SE180 - The First Modular DAP from Astell&Kern
Nov 20, 2021 at 7:31 AM Post #271 of 648
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So I've purchased se180 a couple days ago and been enjoying it a lot. Soundwise it's a hidden gem in AK daps, in my opinion.

But I have a question. Anyone using is with Apple Music?
I downloaded Beagle Kick's Miracle album in hi res in apple music app and on some tracks the reproduction gets laggy and distorted, with heavy stuttering.
On my se200 it plays like a charm.

So maybe it does have only 4 core cpu, compared to se200 8 core one.
Also, the wifi performance is indeed very poor.
I hope AK is working on an firmware update with improved perfomance.

@JasonNYC
 
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Nov 20, 2021 at 10:10 AM Post #272 of 648
Hi all,

I have used se180.

However, i faced difficulties on my se180 due to upgrade Orbi Mesh wifi 6.

My se180 could play tidal and apple music loseless with wifi 4 before upgrade and elsewhere.

However, since my upgrade on wifi 6, i could not connected to apple music. It mentioned offline with wifi 6 connected.

I used Hiby rs6 and mobile for testing. I could connected to apple music and tidal without any difficulties.

Could anyone can give a hand on this issue?

I love my se180 so much /.\
 
Nov 20, 2021 at 7:53 PM Post #273 of 648
Hi Everyone,

I was wondering if High gain is supported on 4.4mm Balanced, in either sem 1 or sem 2. I tried to find the answer myself, but was unsuccessful.

I am very interested in adding the SE180 to my growing collection.

Many Thanks!
 
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Nov 21, 2021 at 12:09 AM Post #276 of 648
@ILyaX Can you describe SQ se200 and se180? which one do you think is better? only the sound quality interests. Thanks. .
my dap will arrive in a couple of days. I also listening apple music. I check your story with the Beagle Kick's Miracle album
 
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Nov 22, 2021 at 4:40 PM Post #278 of 648
Hi
I have a SE180, and I wan´t to use it with Roon, but after movieng the setting to Roon enabled, it doesn´t show in the Roon software. Is there something elsa that I shuould do?

My Poly and Node-2 play without problems.
 
Nov 22, 2021 at 4:42 PM Post #279 of 648
Hi
I have a SE180, and I wan´t to use it with Roon, but after movieng the setting to Roon enabled, it doesn´t show in the Roon software. Is there something elsa that I shuould do?

My Poly and Node-2 play without problems.
Did you enable it in Roon under settings ->audio
 
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Nov 22, 2021 at 4:42 PM Post #280 of 648
Hi
I have a SE180, and I wan´t to use it with Roon, but after movieng the setting to Roon enabled, it doesn´t show in the Roon software. Is there something elsa that I shuould do?

My Poly and Node-2 play without problems.

Did you enable it in Roon, under settings, audio?
 
Nov 22, 2021 at 4:44 PM Post #281 of 648
Nov 22, 2021 at 5:15 PM Post #282 of 648
Did you enable it in Roon under settings ->audio
Thank you, I enabled Roon ready in the SE180, but it doesn´t show up in the Roon server, so I cannot enable it in the server.
 
Nov 26, 2021 at 6:18 AM Post #283 of 648
After getting a defective Kann, I decided to try the SE180.

Looks like I am having issues with this one too.

Fresh out of the box, even after charging, using the oem cable and multiple chargers, it will not turn on. Anyone else have this issue?

Many thanks.
 
Nov 26, 2021 at 7:56 AM Post #284 of 648
After getting a defective Kann, I decided to try the SE180.

Looks like I am having issues with this one too.

Fresh out of the box, even after charging, using the oem cable and multiple chargers, it will not turn on. Anyone else have this issue?

Many thanks.
Same problem, I already asked Andy but he did not answer, my query is above. So I will contact customer service.
 
Nov 26, 2021 at 10:00 AM Post #285 of 648
After getting a defective Kann, I decided to try the SE180.

Looks like I am having issues with this one too.

Fresh out of the box, even after charging, using the oem cable and multiple chargers, it will not turn on. Anyone else have this issue?

Many thanks.
Hey! It's sad to hear that. No problem with my DAP. When I asked about the warranty, the shop assistants told me that there is usually no problem with DAP A&K
 

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