haiku
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Intresting. Are you using the AKAMP with the 380?. How does the power and clarity compare to the sp1000
I own the amp, but I much more prefer my ALO CDM Tube Amp. The combo has more than enough power to drive any headphone. The AK380 sounds more powerful with it´s weighty, meaty low end, where the SP1000Cu is more resolving, though for me too digital sounding, now that I´ve listened to it for 2 months. The high resolution and clarity of the SP1000Cu was what got me at the beginning, but now that I´ve listened to my AK380 again, I tend to prefer the much more analogue sound signature of the latter, to the more sterile, clinical, analytical presentation of the former. No doubt, the Sp1000Cu is a beautiful dap, and is surely for most the way to the future, but I´ve grown up in the vinyl era, and I guess I´m beginning to realize, that the AK380 might be the end of the road for me when it comes to daps.