Astell&Kern new flagship A&Ultima SP2000
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When you want to bring roon around the house with sp2k
Roon Rock on NUC -> Raspberry Pi 4 with Ropieee -> SP2K
Roon Rock on NUC -> Raspberry Pi 4 with Ropieee -> SP2K
Hmmm wonder how stable is the apk app as when I had this on a android dap that had no google play... It was buggy and everytime I reboot the device it was loosing the offeline content
I can confirm that apk apps, in my case it's Qobuz, are stabil.
I use SP2000 CC and I appreciate its versatility to drive such as HD820 as well as U18t.
Vitaly2017
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I can confirm that apk apps, in my case it's Qobuz, are stabil.
I use SP2000 CC and I appreciate its versatility to drive such as HD820 as well as U18t.
Thats perfect then it shall run the tia Noirs with ease
You use qobuz offeline too?
Thats perfect then it shall run the tia Noirs with ease
You use qobuz offeline too?
yeah, I use Qobuz offline, too.
But, as I remember and refer to earlier in this thread, it is reported, that the number of Qobuz-albums is limited in some way.
Thats perfect then it shall run the tia Noirs with ease
You use qobuz offeline too?
Yes, I could imagine that a pairing of your noirs with the SP2000 would be great.
Some here compare SP2000's sound characteristics to the LPGT. Personally, I think it offers high resolution combined with musicality.
And SP2000 is significantly improved over SP1000, apart from the performance of the amp unit.
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Hmmm wonder how stable is the apk app as when I had this on a android dap that had no google play... It was buggy and everytime I reboot the device it was loosing the offeline content
Tidal offline works very well on AK systems.
Tidal offline works very well on AK systems.
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Hmmm wonder how stable is the apk app as when I had this on a android dap that had no google play... It was buggy and everytime I reboot the device it was loosing the offeline content
Tidal offline works very well on AK systems.
I never had a system/software crash on SP2000. I can only report about my experience with Qobuz, BBC Iplayer Radio and TuneIn Radio streaming, the least two had to be installed via XAPK app, if I remember correctly.
No stability issues at all !
Downloading albums in the Qobuz app will make it unusable, very slow to load. It gets worse as the offline content increases. There have been other glitches with that app as well, but overall it works ok. Not great, but ok. Qobuz issues are not limited to AK, it is the same on my Fiio, but less prominent I would say. Overall I much prefer the UI of the Fiio.
Vitaly2017
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Hmm well luckily I dont use qobuz I am all about spotify, as far I know spotify worked well on all android daps I had. Just some had issues with offeline content disapearing....
Which becomes pointless to have offeline...
Offline files from streaming services on DAPs are always a little tricky, in my experience. E.g when you haven't listened to an album for a while, it will not be playable when offline, even though the files are on the device. At that point, a connection is required to play them, which kind of defeats the purpose of offline content... I have experienced this with both Qobuz and Tidal.
Vitaly2017
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Yea that is the same for spotify but it tells you that you need to log in once in every 30days...
But some android daps are more difficult and dont properly show the offeline content or it gets unussable.
If all done well the communication between the app and dap software is supposed to work flawlessly
With Qobuz/Tidal it is not enough to 'only' use the app regularly, you have to actually play the album. I.e. music you've played recently is available when offline, but an album that was downloaded months ago and not played since is not..
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