Astell&Kern Announces the AK300 and AK Recorder (5.6MHz DSD Recorder) at Tokyo Headphone Festival
Jul 15, 2019 at 3:23 AM Post #1,010 of 1,018
I just bought AK300 and to be honest there is no difference in sound quality compared to my rockboxed Sansa Clip Zip. They sound exactly the same. I’ve read reviews stating analogue sound and impeccable imaging and soundstage and so forth. Am I missing something?
 
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Aug 7, 2019 at 12:33 PM Post #1,011 of 1,018
If two, completely differently designed DAPs sound exactly the same... there's something wrong going on. That's not to immediately claim which should be better, but simply because they don't sound any different either way, there is something wrong going on with either your headphones or ears or brain ... or music files of course. :)

Sometimes it just depends on what you're used to, your exposure to different qualities of sound and therefore spotting the differences.
 
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Aug 7, 2019 at 12:41 PM Post #1,012 of 1,018
I returned the AK300 and bought me a Plenue D2 which is stellar with my D7200. And the battery life is amazing. AK300 can’t keep up there either.
 
Aug 7, 2019 at 12:55 PM Post #1,013 of 1,018
But still, you couldn't hear *ANY* differences between the AK300 and Sansa Zip Clip? None at all? Not even if the Sansa sounded better? There are plenty of differences between different DAP designs I can hear. I can't alway tell which is "better" but I can hear the differences.

Anyway, why have you bothered to come to mention it here? Why mention it at all, especially when this thread is about the recorder add-on.... not discussing the sound of playback. The AK300 is the cheapest way to use the DSD recording device, and seeing as it would be for recording, it doesn't matter what its playback is like.
 
Aug 7, 2019 at 1:13 PM Post #1,014 of 1,018
I thought this was the AK300 thread. I’m sorry I was mistaken. To answer your question, no I did not hear any difference between the two. I’m not saying the AK300 sounded bad. I’m just saying that my rockboxed 40 dollar sansa clip zip dap sounded just as good. To my ears anyway. I do hear a difference between my Sansa Clip Zip and Plenue D2 though. And that is in favour of the D2. This is not the right thread to discuss the D2 but the sound quality of this DAP is so much better than my Zip. Especially if you to some extend use the Jeteffects.
 
Aug 21, 2020 at 12:53 AM Post #1,015 of 1,018
My Ak300 stuck in bootloop. Firmware can't be dowload from Website. Anybody has any clue on how to restore/re-flash the firmware?
 
Jan 15, 2021 at 9:11 PM Post #1,017 of 1,018
Hello everybody,
Does anybody know where to buy the AK300 DAP battery from?
 
Jan 24, 2021 at 10:53 PM Post #1,018 of 1,018
I tried to open a playlist but it's been loading for ever and does not stop. What shall I do?
 

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