Astell&Kern A&ultima SP3000
Sep 28, 2022 at 2:04 PM Post #61 of 3,961
@JasonNYC, do you think AK will introduce a dock for the SP3K? That would be ideal to allow the DAP to have easier integration with our home audio systems.
No plans at this time for a dock for thr SP3000. When AK released docks in the past, they really didn't sell well which is why they stopped selling them.
 
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Sep 29, 2022 at 1:49 PM Post #66 of 3,961
The king is dead, long live the king?
Hmmm…its not that simple
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Sep 30, 2022 at 8:37 AM Post #68 of 3,961
Just got my preordered SP3K. IMHO, resolution is top notch and pitch black background is quite astounding. A little surprised that it can drive the Susvaras pretty well!!
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Sep 30, 2022 at 9:02 AM Post #70 of 3,961
Just got my preordered SP3K. IMHO, resolution is top notch and pitch black background is quite astounding. A little surprised that it can drive the Susvaras pretty well!!
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Nice...in the US we need to wait until mid-October
 
Sep 30, 2022 at 9:05 AM Post #71 of 3,961
Just got my preordered SP3K. IMHO, resolution is top notch and pitch black background is quite astounding. A little surprised that it can drive the Susvaras pretty well!!
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We need you to give us more details as we have to wait at least 2 weeks before we get them in the west 😃
 
Sep 30, 2022 at 10:07 AM Post #74 of 3,961
Well done !!. Still can't get my head around AK reason for halving the storage from SPK2 any idea true < 256
Dude, it kind of is what it is at this point, does the reason matter? I assume it is important to you for streaming downloads? Do you have a reason to not use a sd card?
 
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Sep 30, 2022 at 10:08 AM Post #75 of 3,961
Well done !!. Still can't get my head around AK reason for halving the storage from SPK2 any idea true < 256
With supply chain issues and rising costs of components, the decision was made to do 256GB to keep the price close to the SP2000, while upgrading the player to a higher end Snapdragon processor and doubling the amount of RAM to 8GB in order to significantly speed up the UI, which is one of the areas that users have mentioned needed improvement.

The current SD spec supports up to 2TB cards and all AK players will support 2TB cards when they are eventually released, since they support the current SD specs.
 
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