[Riley Beale]

  Only @jude can shed light on this since he had the product at hand. But I think it's just another variant in the AK lineup, so quality wise should be similar with their other products as i'm sure they do not want to taint their own branding with a sub-par release...

Okay.  Sounds good.  Thank you.
 
All the best
 
Riley

 

[xiaobao0707]

Any idea on release date?

 

[soundblast75]

Im in, anything fat like that should sound big, only dap i know recently with an sd card slot(yes, @musicday,we know:rofl:) , they are dead cheap.

 

[soundblast75]

Any idea on release date?

According to MoonAudio its May and its 1000usd

 

[musicday]

Im in, anything fat like that should sound big, only dap i know recently with an sd card slot(yes, @musicday,we know:rofl:) , they are dead cheap.

Definitely,Not many with SD card out there,only Tera Player,Lotoo Paw Gold.
Can be used as USB DAC? Didn't see that mentioned.

 

[Rei87]

I bet that some pre-existing AK owners are like thinking to themselves, "not buying until the KannCU/SS is released."

But, the looks is intriguing me....hope it sounds good. I mean, look at the LPG. Looks that only a mother could love, yet sounds pretty Damn impressive

 

[soundblast75]

Definitely,Not many with SD card out there,only Tera Player,Lotoo Paw Gold.
Can be used as USB DAC? Didn't see that mentioned.

Yes, nothing about that, but prob yes is my guess

 

[RedMax23]

Actually the front view look nice. Just wondering how it will feel when holding it.

 

[musicday]

Moon Audio took down the pre order page.
Any direct link where i can read about the manufacturing process? Thank you.

 

[NPWS]

just 1 and only DAC in KANN ?
and natively playing DSD files?

 

[KookaBurrra]

  USB 3.0 Type-C Connection

First portable to offer Type-C USB. 

 
No : it's the Shanling M1 and Cayin i5 & N3 !! 

 
 
 

 

 

 
Just... Horrible!! 

 

 

[musicday]

Just looked at the video and i saw WiFi.
That mean FOTA and maybe Tidal support.

 

[raypin]

Mm...sorry but it is ugly. PASS. Will wait for Munich 2017 for THE A&K successor to the AK380.

 

[EagleWings]

  FYI, KANN is developed by another team of iriver, which means that they're just simply not belonging to the same product line,or to the same designer.It even doesn't relate to the 4th gen of AK.

 
Thanks for this piece of info. This device seems to have some features that I really love about the LPG and many more like; SD card, USB 3, larger battery for longer playback time, powerful inbuilt amp. Also, it looks like the device uses 2 separate ports for charging/USB transfer and USB DAC functionality respectively. 
 
While it is too early to judge, it seems like this team is on the right track in the sense that they are giving importance to what matters. 

 

[tienbasse]

   
While it is too early to judge, it seems like this team is on the right track in the sense that they are giving importance to what matters. 

I would agree.
 
At least the features of a transport are there.
 
If you want good looks, go to the Plenue 2 thread. Nice look, but... awful ergonomy (2 buttons at the top, more buttons on the side plus connections at the bottom = epic ergo fail, unless you have monkey hands), plus the limited capacity: 128Gb + 1 slot, same as Plenue 1, Plenue PM2, Plenue S...
Cowon feature progress = once every blue moon...
 
I take features and ergonomy over looks any day of the week when it comes to music.
And if this DAP has similar UI to AK2xx/3xx (no nonsense, fast), I'm sold.