Astell&Kern new flagship A&Ultima SP2000

[Joker5]

So anyone from Europe who is interested in selling SP2000 please contact me via PM. Thanks!

 

[crazyhank]

Right now my AK sp2000 is a very nice and expensive brick.
I'm not waiting for the sp4000 anymore.
My journey with Astell Kern which lasted eight years is coming to an end.
It's sad.

Very sad to see this...they lost so many loyal customers through this...

 

[rlw6534]

We wait. Patience is being tested. Tidal and Qobuz are still down.

Amazon Music is no longer working either.

 

[Revoltair]

another day in paradise with a useless sp2000.

 

[Revoltair]

@JasonNYC in the sp1000 thread you wrote that we expect an update on Friday. You forgot to say which Friday.

 

[JasonNYC]

Quick update on the embedded Tidal issue. This was discussed in the Friday team meeting and the dev team is going to look into available options. Unfortunately, do not have more information and this weekend starts the Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving), so the main office in Korea will be closed for a few days next week for the holiday.

Per previous posts, the Qobuz issue is on the Qobuz server side and is expected to be fixed by them soon, but no ETA.

Will update further with more info when it is available.

 

[crazyhank]

Thank you very much @JasonNYC !!!!

Tidal is essential to working in full max quality please

 

[Sonorous Bleb]

I've had an email from Qobuz saying that they expect their fix to be ready on Monday.

 

[rlw6534]

Quick update on the embedded Tidal issue. This was discussed in the Friday team meeting and the dev team is going to look into available options. Unfortunately, do not have more information and this weekend starts the Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving), so the main office in Korea will be closed for a few days next week for the holiday.

Per previous posts, the Qobuz issue is on the Qobuz server side and is expected to be fixed by them soon, but no ETA.

Will update further with more info when it is available.

The Tidal changes (no MQA) occurred back in July. Has the team not already been working on this? Tidal Max has been out for more than a year.

 

[luongn]

is anyone using amp for sp2000 ?

 

[Revoltair]

I connected sp2000 with Pa10. Unfortunately, the sound was much less resolved. Worsened, even. To this day, I consider sp2000 to be the best DAP from Astell Kern in terms of sound. In my opinion, even its successor sp3000 has a less coherent sound presentation. Unfortunately, at the moment it only serves as a file player because Qobuz and Tidal do not work in satisfactory quality.

 

[Revoltair]

It's not hopeless. I'll be testing Shanling M9 pro and Cayin N8 MK2. I can't wait for Astell Kern's kindness, I'm already old.

 

[Revoltair]

Qobuz works!

 

[Revoltair]

Qobuz has already done the work. Astell Kern what's going on around Tidal? You had a year to adapt the application. Could it be that even such a deadline surprised you? Apparently your products are hiend.

 

[Revoltair]

Silence on the forum, almost as quiet as on Tidal Max.