[jjss]

I listen to vocals a lot esp jazz vocals and found that the AKM on se200 is somewhat tuned less clinical than the ess counterpart on the 200! And when using the AKM sharp roll-off filter it gives to my ears a more dynamically vibrant vocals! Esp when a singer sings with more gradual volumes: from say soft progressively to louder with a finer granularity of loudness! At a lower singing loudness volumes you can feel a singer whispers. Such performances is the kind of vocals I'm going after, all the way from recordings to dac to amp to HP/IEM selection and of course the fine tuning of gains along the chain to give me the desired result. The aforesaid filter somewhat gives a an approximation of such sound / listening experience!

 

[Nails]

I’ve had my Cube for 3 years now and still think it’s great. I’m tempted to upgrade though and looking at Kann Max or maybe SP2000T, has anyone compared these two or compared SP2000T to the Cube?

 

[gadus]

Which CPU, how much RAM and which Android version is in Kann MAX?

Joins the question,
Looking forward to getting my kann max soon, hope the bet is worth it...

 

[morndewey]

KMax has “crashed” two times now.
While adjusting gain levels during music playback player loses all memory of sd card music library and automatically re-scans from scratch. Time consuming and irritating. Not sure what’s going on

 

[Gymboy]

KMax has “crashed” two times now.
While adjusting gain levels during music playback player loses all memory of sd card music library and automatically re-scans from scratch. Time consuming and irritating. Not sure what’s going on

Try updating and factory reset. This is new device, software surely has some room for updates, hopefully AK will release them quickly..

 

[morndewey]

Try updating and factory reset. This is new device, software surely has some room for updates, hopefully AK will release them quickly..

No updates available, latest firmware.
I can do factory reset but I haven’t altered it from factory condition, ie installed nothing.

 

[Gymboy]

No updates available, latest firmware.
I can do factory reset but I haven’t altered it from factory condition, ie installed nothing.

I know what you mean, see what app you have installed last, try uninstalling, restarting and installing again.

 

[morndewey]

I know what you mean, see what app you have installed last, try uninstalling, restarting and installing again.

That’s just it, I haven’t installed any apps. I do my listening strictly from sd card.

 

[Gymboy]

... Email to AK.. new device with that fault is annoying I believe, my M17 is like a rock and M15 was trouble less..

 

[morndewey]

I take it back—
Audible hiss from KMax paired with all-BA iem Penon Legend.
19 ohm impedance.

 

[morndewey]

Anyone know if sd card is formattible within A&K devices? I see no options for such in settings. Thanks

 

[Nails]

Ummm, before reading of this issue with the Kann max, I read every post on the SP2KT discussion and its got a couple of issues too, maybe I’ll hold off for a while. I’m sure AK will sort these out soon.

Try a message to https://www.head-fi.org/members/jasonnyc.479210/
Jason is an Astell and Kern representative on this forum

 

[Kennyaudiophile]

I'm using SP2000T and QA390 now, Kann Max seems to be the balance of them. Is it good enough for HD820?
Anyone can compare the Max to SP2000T? Thanks!

 

[morndewey]

After error checking my sd card last night KMax played without any card read/library crashes. Hopefully that’s all it was.

 

[Nails]

Great news