what about di.fm ^^
Astell&Kern A&ultima SP3000
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Unfortunately no update on the possibility of supporting di.fm at the moment. I will pass the recommendation on again.
nfandi
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Whilst A&K have rejected many times that firmware updates can impact the sound quality they’ve not denied that there is a difference between the SS and Copper versions. The casework is part of the grounding though not on the signal path. However they have stated that it can lead to a perception of the slightly warmer sound of the Cu version.
coresagest
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Hi, what’s the magic behind getting an apk (Apple Music Classical) installed? Things I tried:
Also, is anyone facing the issue that the power button from time to time gets „sucked in“? Experienced it already a few times that e.g. I pressed the button to turn off the screen and button stayed in and I needed to „gently pull it out“ to not get the „you wanna turn of the device?“ message. Not reproducible, I travel a lot, maybe due to fast changes in altitude/air pressure!?! @JasonNYC
Two weird issues, enough for a Sunday, have a nice one
- Checking Services->Download as with the new version Apple Music Classical should be supported. Not there, yet
- Connecting SP3k to a Win11 laptop with original USB cable in mode USB MTP/Disk: I see SP3000 with its folders and files, also I’m able to c/p files from device to laptop, BUT I’m unable to c/p files from laptop to SP3k - window refreshes as if something is/was done, but actually nothing is done and no file is copied
Also, is anyone facing the issue that the power button from time to time gets „sucked in“? Experienced it already a few times that e.g. I pressed the button to turn off the screen and button stayed in and I needed to „gently pull it out“ to not get the „you wanna turn of the device?“ message. Not reproducible, I travel a lot, maybe due to fast changes in altitude/air pressure!?! @JasonNYC
Two weird issues, enough for a Sunday, have a nice one
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Kiwimac
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I’ve struggled to find much serious review content exploring the difference the case materials make.
Mine is Copper, mainly because I liked the way it looked. The gold one was available but another $2000 on top which seemed a bit much.
nfandi
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There probably isn’t much content about this. It’s very much like cables, some people claim to hear the difference others don’t. My SP2K is copper and my SP3K is black SS but I’ve never thought about comparing them because so many other things are different between them, not just the case material.
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So SP3000T appears... wonder what spec it is...
While Apple Classical Music is now supported after the last firmware update, the ability to install it from the download tab will be not available until the update pushes out to remaining players. Expected for it to show up in the download tab around February 29. Until it appears on the download tab, you can download the APK from a 3-rd party website such as APK Pure and manually install it by copying the APK to the OpenService folder on the player when connected to a computer. The app will then appear at the bottom of the services tab and can be installed from there if you don't want to wait.Hi, what’s the magic behind getting an apk (Apple Music Classical) installed? Things I tried:
Am I doing sth wrong, can’t be that tricky?
- Checking Services->Download as with the new version Apple Music Classical should be supported. Not there, yet
- Connecting SP3k to a Win11 laptop with original USB cable in mode USB MTP/Disk: I see SP3000 with its folders and files, also I’m able to c/p files from device to laptop, BUT I’m unable to c/p files from laptop to SP3k - window refreshes as if something is/was done, but actually nothing is done and no file is copied
Also, is anyone facing the issue that the power button from time to time gets „sucked in“? Experienced it already a few times that e.g. I pressed the button to turn off the screen and button stayed in and I needed to „gently pull it out“ to not get the „you wanna turn of the device?“ message. Not reproducible, I travel a lot, maybe due to fast changes in altitude/air pressure!?! @JasonNYC
Two weird issues, enough for a Sunday, have a nice one
For the power button issue, that is not normal. It could be something has gotten into the volume wheel such as dirt or lint. I would try blowing it out using compressed air and see if that fixes the issue. Also, you say you cannot reproduce it, so it could have been something stuck that came out when you were able to pull it out.
If you have the issue again, please let me know.
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nfandi
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From where has it appeared? It’s not on the A&K website yet. When it is I’m sure there’ll also be a spec.
Maybe is in its mind....
Kiwimac
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Indeed. However there is plenty of content about cables!
It would be interesting if one of the reviewers did a review to compare the two just to see if someone with access to both could discern a difference.
Most of us are unlikely to have access to two versions of the SP3000, as you say.
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Definitely...
it appears... not launched, of course is not in their website yet...
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nfandi
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What would you like us to do with this information?
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