Astell & Kern SR25: The next A&norma player

[RBYRER]

Thanks for the head's up Jason . I got my sights on the AK se200 . Will be pulling the trigger in a couple of days . I recently bought an sr25 from one of your dealers and had it serviced and I wanted to use this post give you and everybody there at Astell & Kern a big THANKYOU for helping my out . Nothing but Astell & Kern for me for life . You guys are the best .

 

[BigTony]

I want to play native SACD .iso files on my SR25. I see that Foobar2000 can be installed, and I have no issues with SACD on my Win10 laptop, but to enable SACD playback I had to install an additional component, is this possible on the SR25?

Thanks in advance.
BT

 

[RentedEars]

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Well, that did it! I just ordered my A&K SR25 and it will be here Tuesday! Thanks! Hope I can figure out how to use it with my Mac and iTunes! Thanks

 

[RentedEars]

499.00 for an AK sr25. Wow that's a good deal.

Yeah, I pulled the trigger! Can't wait!

 

[Neweymatt]

Well, that did it! I just ordered my A&K SR25 and it will be here Tuesday! Thanks! Hope I can figure out how to use it with my Mac and iTunes! Thanks

Congrats on the purchase!

When you say iTunes, do you mean streaming Apple Music? If so you'll want to download and install the Android .apk to the SR25.
A&K web site has FAQs that explain this, ask here for help if you need it.

 

[marcus2704]

So I got a SR25 'brand new' from Amazon UK today. Upon opening the packing box, the AK was not sealed, it was put in the wrong way round and had marks and dust over it. To make it worse, when I took it out the box the back panel dropped off the unit, and its also filled up with the last owners music. I complained to Amazon and they are to refund it back to me. I then noticed that there is a MK2 SR25, albeit at £200 more its quite a steep jump. Whats the feeling on this, is it worth that extra price hike? FWIW I did like the sound of the SR25 I tested this evening.

 

[RentedEars]

Congrats on the purchase!

When you say iTunes, do you mean streaming Apple Music? If so you'll want to download and install the Android .apk to the SR25.
A&K web site has FAQs that explain this, ask here for help if you need it.

Thanks! I was able to download the .apk and iTunes no problem! Easy and straightforward. Downloading some music now, too! Can both stream and download. Next, I am going to figure out how to get it to play in the car, had no luck with bluetooth, mad the handshake, but wouldn't resolve and play.

 

[Neweymatt]

Thanks! I was able to download the .apk and iTunes no problem! Easy and straightforward. Downloading some music now, too! Can both stream and download. Next, I am going to figure out how to get it to play in the car, had no luck with bluetooth, mad the handshake, but wouldn't resolve and play.

Best of luck with bluetooth pairing in the car.

Just today i was reminded of my own attempt at this when I went to pair a new phone with my car's Bluetooth, there was the old SR25 profile...which I could never get to play anything.

I did use a direct 3.5mm analog cable to the Aux input, but realised soon enough that it just wasn't worth the effort to use SR25 in the car. There is just so much extra noise from the car itself, coupled with the limitations of BT audio, that I couldn't perceive any SQ benefits. My phone's BT connection, as well as trusty old USB sticks work and sound just fine with the somewhat limited audio capabilities of my car's amp and speakers.

 

[RentedEars]

Best of luck with bluetooth pairing in the car.

Just today i was reminded of my own attempt at this when I went to pair a new phone with my car's Bluetooth, there was the old SR25 profile...which I could never get to play anything.

I did use a direct 3.5mm analog cable to the Aux input, but realised soon enough that it just wasn't worth the effort to use SR25 in the car. There is just so much extra noise from the car itself, coupled with the limitations of BT audio, that I couldn't perceive any SQ benefits. My phone's BT connection, as well as trusty old USB sticks work and sound just fine with the somewhat limited audio capabilities of my car's amp and speakers.

Thanks, that is probably the way I will go. Appreciate the info!

 

[Gustavo1976]

Hi. I read a lot of problems on Ak players. Basically software, wifi and bt ... I was interested on ak sr25 mk2 or Kann Alpha but reading ...probably go for a Fiio m11 plus.

 

[RentedEars]

Here is a question for those using Apple Music on the SR25 - I downloaded songs onto the SR25 and several of the songs 'glitch'. It's reminiscent of a skip. It happens at the same place in the songs so I am assuming there was some sort of glitch in the download. Has anyone encountered this with the SR25 and Apple Music? I will try deleting the song and re-downloading it. A pain, but, ah well!

 

[Luis Mad]

Here is a question for those using Apple Music on the SR25 - I downloaded songs onto the SR25 and several of the songs 'glitch'. It's reminiscent of a skip. It happens at the same place in the songs so I am assuming there was some sort of glitch in the download. Has anyone encountered this with the SR25 and Apple Music? I will try deleting the song and re-downloading it. A pain, but, ah well!

It has happened to me twice with two classical movements in hires. I had to delete and download again like you say. Apple Music works now very well in the SR25.

 

[Luis Mad]

Has anyone tried AKG k712 pro direct to the SR25? is the Astell powerfull enough for those hps? I am guessing, probably not?
I also have a Fiio A5 portable amp. Will that be enough with the SR25 for the AKG?

 

[Huckle]

It has happened to me twice with two classical movements in hires. I had to delete and download again like you say. Apple Music works now very well in the SR25.

 

[Huckle]

I can’t find the settings button in the Apple Music app. How do you make sure tracks are played in lossless (or HiRes)?