[SebDuke]

I hope that it's just your SD card and not your SE100....

 

[androidjedi]

going to have to return this..tried two different sd cards..not being recognised at all

 

[Tinnitus Man]

going to have to return this..tried two different sd cards..not being recognised at all

Can you post what make/class/speed those cards were? It's possible that @JasonNYC might have some recommendations on whether they're supported by the device or not.

 

[androidjedi]

they were working before..samsung 256 evo select ;sandisk ultra 400g A1...the device is simply not even recognising them on the sd card slot.Also, when i leave the card in and reboot i get the processing system not responding message!

 

[SebDuke]

On the SE100, i don't find:
- low/high gain option.
- Select manually scan song to add in the database (with folder choice)... for me it's automatic i don't see this option

If you can help me

 

[Tinnitus Man]

The scanning is automatic, that's why it can take a long time to transfer music onto the device. You can force a rescan by powering down and turning it back on again. The scan might also happen as a background task.

There's an equalizer option in the settings, and from the pull-down menu (stroke down from the top of the screen). You can use that to set the gain.

 

[JasonNYC]

strange thing happened to my se 100.. process sysytem not responding message..reboot problem temporarily disappears however music from sd card cannot be read..get unplayable format for all which is bemusing as it was working properly until this happened. anyone care to let me know what to do? will try and wipe cache etc and factory reset and see what happens.

Sorry to hear about your issues.

Have you tried doing a factory reset? I didn't see that in any of your posts. A factory reset should fix your issue, but it will erase all of your settings and anything in internal memory.

The two microsd cards that you tried? Are the recognized and can they be opened on another device? I would recommend doing the factory reset on the player and then reformatting the microsd card in the player itself.

 

[JasonNYC]

On the SE100, i don't find:
- low/high gain option.
- Select manually scan song to add in the database (with folder choice)... for me it's automatic i don't see this option

If you can help me

The player does an automatic scan when a new card is inserted and from time to time on restart. You can do a manual scan by going to settings, system reset, initialize media scan.

If you have playlists on the player, you should make sure the clear playlists box is unchecked. It will take about 5 or so minutes to do a full scan, but can take up to 15 minutes or longer depending on how many files are on the player and ad card.

 

[androidjedi]

hi tried all the factory reset on safe mode as well. still have issues..when it loads the sd card it plays a track for 2 mins before skipping all the tracks.. strange ..the sd cards are working on my surface pro so no issues with them.im convinced the reader is the isssue.i will return the device to and get it checked and hopefully have it replaced.only had for less than a month shame ...

 

[JasonNYC]

hi tried all the factory reset on safe mode as well. still have issues..when it loads the sd card it plays a track for 2 mins before skipping all the tracks.. strange ..the sd cards are working on my surface pro so no issues with them.im convinced the reader is the isssue.i will return the device to and get it checked and hopefully have it replaced.only had for less than a month shame ...

@androidjedi what file format do you have the microsd cards formatted as? For best results, we recommend formatting them as FAT32. You can format them as FAT32 from the settings menu of the player itself.

 

[szore]

OK, so I figured out how to copy external playlists onto the SE100. What I had happening before was that the m3u file was being wiped (zero bytes) whenever I tried to copy playlist files into the "Playlists" folder, even when I took a copy of one I created on the SE100, amended it, and copied it back.

Looks like it's the same as the SP1000 in that the player validates the playlist file as it's being copied (hence why it takes a while to copy over).

The trick is thus:

Forget about copying stuff into the "Playlists" folder

Edit your playlist file and remove the initial path:-
Catfish and the Bottlemen/The Balcony/01 Homesick.m4a
Catfish and the Bottlemen/The Balcony/02 Kathleen.m4a
Catfish and the Bottlemen/The Balcony/03 Cocoon.m4a
Catfish and the Bottlemen/The Balcony/04 Fallout.m4a
Catfish and the Bottlemen/The Balcony/05 Pacifier.m4a
Catfish and the Bottlemen/The Balcony/06 Hourglass.m4a
Catfish and the Bottlemen/The Balcony/07 Business.m4a
Catfish and the Bottlemen/The Balcony/08 26.m4a
Catfish and the Bottlemen/The Balcony/09 Rango.m4a
Catfish and the Bottlemen/The Balcony/10 Sidewinder.m4a
Catfish and the Bottlemen/The Balcony/11 Tyrants.m4a
Public Service Broadcasting/Inform - Educate - Entertain/01 Inform - Educate - Entertain.m4a
Public Service Broadcasting/Inform - Educate - Entertain/02 Spitfire.m4a

This is assuming that you've copied everything into the "Internal Storage" folder and havent created a sub-folder.

Copy your new playlist file into the root of the Internal Storage folder.

It should then work.

Sounds complicated.

 

[szore]

Thank you again for your quick answer. Much appreciated.

Also, another question...

I know this is subjective, but would you characterize the sound more in the realm of "bright/etched" or "smooth/clear"? Sometimes detailed presentation equals listening fatigue, you know?

Hi, I just picked mine up yesterday and it still needs to be burned in, but the sound is certainly NOT fatiguing, I would say smooth clear, but there is still a ton of detail! Quite marvelous! I am SOOOO happy with this! Even my crappy mp3's sound amazing! I am using it with the SE846, wonderful synergy.

 

[szore]

Congrats on your new SE100 folks, very sexy Dap. I own the SP1000 and love AK players. Since the UI are very similar I’ll watch this tread closely. Have any of you listen to the SP1000 before purchasing the SE100? I’m curious of the differences in sound signatures.

I briefly listened to the SP1000 in B&H; I would say generally it is richer, smoother. Similar sound signatures, but perhaps with the SP1000, there is just a little more 'there, there'. And perhaps the soundstage is deeper and wider, but not by much.

 

[szore]

I did another contrast/compare session with the SE100 and copper SP1000, this time using:
- JH Audio Layla CIEMs with the Silver Dragon v3 balanced cable
- 64 Audio U18t's with the Effect Audio Eros II 8 strand balanced cable
- Campfire Cascades with the balanced ALO Litz cable

In short, the SP1000 won out. I was hoping that wouldn't be the case. I just bought the SE100 and I admire it greatly. Unfortunately, sometimes the most expensive TOTL unit actually is the best one (for me anyway; YMMV).

First the good: the SE100 grabs your attention with clarity and punchy dynamics. On well-produced recordings it reveals a wonderful sense of space around each instrument and voice that few other daps can achieve. Compared to the SP1000, it's soundstage seems just as wide but a hair deeper, providing ample breathing room to discern excellent layering, separation, and imaging. The bass is potent with good texture and speed but not unnaturally so.

Certain tracks really popped out. Old standards such as BMarley & the Wailers' Easy Skanking, MJ's Wanna Be Starting Something, Don't Stop Till You Get Enough, Fleetwood Mac's Dreams, and the newly remastered Sgt Pepper outtakes, are all many decades old but sounded utterly fresh on the SE100. Each percussive element occupied a distinct spot in 3D space. Every breath was palpable.

Unfortunately, along with that resolution and sense of space comes overly-crispy highs, slightly grainy upper mids, and a touch of sibilance. Yes, I tested with highly revealing IEMs and cables, but I also used the Campfire Cascade which is bassy and warmish. On 'Songbird' and 'You Make Loving Fun' by Fleetwood Mac, and 'Hotel California' (sigh) by The Eagles, which I often use for testing because I know them so well, I picked up previously unrecognized nuances and dimension. Then Christine McVie hit the high notes. There was a touch of screechiness. Slightly 'digital-ish' sounding. Moving to the SP1000, the nuances remained but the harshness disappeared. I went back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. Ever see the movie Sideways? Where the main character shows his friend how to approach wine-tasting, closing his eyes, fingers in ears, nose sniffing deeply into the glass? I was the audiophile version of the oenophile.

This is where the SP1000 shines. It can do just about everything the SE100 can do but without any sibilance or grain. It unleashes heaps of detail without harshness and without sounding overly digital. It has the SE100's resolving airy sound but is also smooth. That is no easy feat! It doesn't have the Sony WM1Z's warm liquid tone, but then again its not trying to. The SP1000 is clearly aiming for a more reference sound. Its clear & spacious, with extended highs and excellent bass slam just like the SE100. But with every track I tried it was never grainy, brittle, or processed-sounding. I must say, I was hooked.

I should note that the SE100 had about 15-20 hours of burn-in time whereas the SP1000 had at least 200 hours. I still think it was a fair test. The SE100 will relax a bit more when it hits 200 hours -- but just a bit.

I still admire the SE100. Its minor deficiencies, which are absolutely minor, wouldn't be as noticeable if I hadn't done this recent pepsi challenge with the SP1000. But they are still there.

To sum up, I'm returning the SE100 this week and getting the SP1000 cu.

With all due respect, Don't you think it is unfair to not burn the SE100 in for 200 hours? It seems like you put the SE100 and a severe disadvantage...

 

[mt-hifidelity]

Yep, there were a number of things about the test that did not make it 'fair', or apples-to-apples. Now that a lot more time has gone by the summary still stands but its entirely my experience and opinion and certainly not gospel truth. The punchline is that I'm selling off the SP1000 now anyway.