Astell&Kern AK380

[Rotijon]

Honestly,

You've got to be thick to get this before the SS version of get this at all. Im betting the AK240SS buyers are feeling like idiots now.

On a better note, i guess with that insane size, the amp section can now finally be decent.

 

[Mimouille]

Let us not exaggerate, but honestly, AK put out a DAP a few month ago and called it the ultimate. And already the post ultimate. Not much respect for their clients.

For those smart asses who are going to say "you should be satisfied with what you have, you do not need to buy it" please don't.

I am satisfied with the SS and will just see what this brings to the game.

 

[warrior1975]

I use my ak100II with cyper labs duet amp.Now does it only increase the volume level ? İs there any dap has true line out in the sector ?

I don't understand the first part of your question. I'm not sure about other daps, someone with more knowledge I'm sure will answer.

 

[jk47]

Let us not exaggerate, but honestly, AK put out a DAP a few month ago and called it the ultimate. And already the post ultimate. Not much respect for their clients.

For those smart asses who are going to say "you should be satisfied with what you have, you do not need to buy it" please don't.

I am satisfied with the SS and will just see what this brings to the game.

how will you know when you have reached your ultimate dap?

 

[warrior1975]

Apparently never.

 

[Sound Eq]

Let us not exaggerate, but honestly, AK put out a DAP a few month ago and called it the ultimate. And already the post ultimate. Not much respect for their clients.

For those smart asses who are going to say "you should be satisfied with what you have, you do not need to buy it" please don't.

I am satisfied with the SS and will just see what this brings to the game.

do u regret buying the ss now, would u not have bought it had u know an ak380 will be out so soon

 

[Sound Eq]

Anyone want to buy a slightly used AK240?

Can't wait to get this and drop another $500-1k because Vinnie will still make it better.

wait for few days before selling urs, especially u will have the zx2 to compare it to, unless u find that zx2 is better then i would sell the ak240 and never look at aks again as their prices are ridiculous 
 
i think its better to have a comparable dap which is max 1000 usd and use a budget to complement it with iems or headphones 
 
so for the price of the ak you can get a great dap with a great iem or headphone and u can also add a great amp

 

[threephi]

 

Well this explains why I was fooled by the perspective lines in that first lo-res photo.  The chassis is on a tilt!

 

[bflat]

   
I use my ak100II with cyper labs duet amp.Now does it only increase the volume level ? İs there any dap has true line out in the sector ?

You can read Vinnie's post on his RWA forum regarding line out question for the AK240, but should also be true for AK100ii. He describes the AK line out as "Pseudo Line Out" because the audio path still goes through the internal headphone amp section so whatever coloration (if any) it adds will pass to the external amp. However for the AK240 his opinion of sound quality is that Pseudo Line Out plus a quality external amp is still better than internal amp. Your Duet is certainly in the "quality category" along with RX3 B+ and SR-71B.

 

[warrior1975]

wait for few days before selling urs, especially u will have the zx2 to compare it to, unless u find that zx2 is better then i would sell the ak240 and never look at aks again as their prices are ridiculous 

i think its better to have a comparable dap which is max 1000 usd and use a budget to complement it with iems or headphones 

so for the price of the ak you can get a great dap with a great iem or headphone and u can also add a great amp

I was joking, not selling my AK240 unless I find the zx2 to be better. Not sure what the difference will be between the former ultimate DAP and the new ultimate DAP will be, if any.

 

[kawaivpc1]

So, what's its improvement over AK240???

 

[warrior1975]

Not info out yet.

 

[jjacq]

Hm I wonder if this is like a big transportable device....

 

[kawaivpc1]

I'm surprised to see that they're keep using a microSD slot. SD card is clearly a winner. 512GB SD card is about 440 dollars as used on Ebay.

 

[H20Fidelity]

I'm surprised to see that they're keep using microSD slot. SD card is clearly a winner. 512GB SD card is about 440 dollars as used on Ebay.

Oh well, you know, for this price you can't have everything..

Haha...