[warrenpchi]

I'm a proud owner of the ak100ii, and was wondering I can't seem to find any expert reviews on that model?

 
Originally Posted by gl07pp /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 
There are none that I've seen so far.
 
Originally Posted by dpastern /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 
I think most people who end up reviewing these units are going for the top of the range AK240...there's bugger all on YouTube
 
Originally Posted by mike7898 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 
Yea I seen YouTube has a short clip from a event but that's all,its a well crafted machine and deserves a expert review like that other higher end AK.
 
Originally Posted by dpastern /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 
I know...it's the same with the AK120 II...there's a few in Asian languages, but since I don't speak them, those reviews are useless to me!

 
Sorry guys, I've been crazy busy with CanJam lately that I haven't been able to finish up the full AK100II and AK120II reviews yet.  

 

[HarleyPeter]

hello to all, 
 
in Germany were the three AK 100 II , AK120 II and AK240 
 
compared in a HiFi newspaper the difference is small
 
for me, the comparison helped me choose the AK 120 II
 
the UI and software are the same, Differences are only internal memory
 
Single DAC to Dual DAC and 240 Native DSD additionally 
 
the 120 and 240 has then a stronger headphone amplifier
 
than the 100 that was about it except for the price
 
does anyone have experience with this service
 
http://www.whathifi.com/news/qobuz-app-brings-direct-high-res-downloads-to-astell-kern-players
 
I am about to book him interested 
 
greeting Peter 

 

[Wyd4]

hello to all, 

in Germany were the three AK 100 II , AK120 II and AK240 

compared in a HiFi newspaper the difference is small

for me, the comparison helped me choose the AK 120 II

the UI and software are the same, Differences are only internal memory

Single DAC to Dual DAC and 240 Native DSD additionally 

the 120 and 240 has then a stronger headphone amplifier

than the 100 that was about it except for the price

does anyone have experience with this service

http://www.whathifi.com/news/qobuz-app-brings-direct-high-res-downloads-to-astell-kern-players

I am about to book him interested 

greeting Peter 

I am very interested in this streaming business.
Is it likely to be available world wide or just Europe?

 

[JeremyLaurenson]

The software is most certainly not the same - there are all kinds of goodies in the AK240 that I don't have on my 100II and Im a little ticked there isn't an update. Examples:
 
Qobuz application (Shown only under European time zone)
When it’s paired with a smartphone via bluetooth, a notice is shown on AK240 when you get a phone call.
 
Im mostly interest in the phone ringing thingy... but all I get is:
 

 

[Wyd4]

My Saturday Night, Just the 2 of us!

B-B-B-B BENNIE!

 

[Barn]

so,
my AK120II  arrived today yayyy. What a sexy beast she is 

 
listening with my se846's.I wouldn't say it is base light at all ,no need to eq anything.
 
wow this thing eats battery for fun though, compared to my nexus 5,you can literally see the percentage go down

 

[JeremyLaurenson]

  so,
my AK120II  arrived today yayyy. What a sexy beast she is 

 
listening with my se846's.I wouldn't say it is base light at all ,no need to eq anything.
 
wow this thing eats battery for fun though, compared to my nexus 5,you can literally see the percentage go down

Only if you're watching... literally. Backlight isn't your friend.

 

[dpastern]

Yea I seen YouTube has a short clip from a event but that's all,its a well crafted machine and deserves a expert review like that other higher end AK.

 
Agreed.

 

[dpastern]

What kind of update that you're looking for?
To me, the current UI is good enough for my daily commute and the occasional home use.
I do prefer AK100ii UI over ZX-1 Android.
To me, AK100ii is way way more polished than those on Calyx, DX's, HM's, Fiio's, etc

 
In what way would you define polished? I'm curious as I haven't obviously used anything other than the AK unit

 

[dpastern]

  The software is most certainly not the same - there are all kinds of goodies in the AK240 that I don't have on my 100II and Im a little ticked there isn't an update. Examples:
 
Qobuz application (Shown only under European time zone)
When it’s paired with a smartphone via bluetooth, a notice is shown on AK240 when you get a phone call.
 
Im mostly interest in the phone ringing thingy... but all I get is:
 

 
That's interesting, cos bluetooth is meant to be identical in the 3 units, both from a software and functionality point of view.  So, this works with your AK240 with the same phone, but not the AK100 II?  Don't forget that bluetooth is a very flakey connection setup.  In all my years in tech support, I've never seen bluetooth work well.  
 

   
Sorry guys, I've been crazy busy with CanJam lately that I haven't been able to finish up the full AK100II and AK120II reviews yet.  

 
That's OK Warren - we understand you're busy.  Thanks for taking the time to consider doing reviews on the lesser models in the new AK range though - we do appreciate them.
 

  so,
my AK120II  arrived today yayyy. What a sexy beast she is 

 
listening with my se846's.I wouldn't say it is base light at all ,no need to eq anything.
 
wow this thing eats battery for fun though, compared to my nexus 5,you can literally see the percentage go down

 
Can't be any worse than my ageing iPhone4S - a few games of candy crush, a few minutes on twitter and listening to music for an hour are good enough to take the battery down from 100% to 80% for me (it's never been the same after I upgraded to iOS6 to be honest).

 

[MacedonianHero]

  so,
my AK120II  arrived today yayyy. What a sexy beast she is 

 
listening with my se846's.I wouldn't say it is base light at all ,no need to eq anything.
 
wow this thing eats battery for fun though, compared to my nexus 5,you can literally see the percentage go down

 
I have the AK100II to review and I agree, the bass is very good with my SE535s. It's not fat, nor bloated, but it goes deep and hits hard when needed. 

 

[Wyd4]

I have the AK100II to review and I agree, the bass is very good with my SE535s. It's not fat, nor bloated, but it goes deep and hits hard when needed. 

I only eq bass in on the noisy train for the commute.

Fine everywhere else

 

[shsh]

anyone compared RWAK100II vs AK120II?
 
Would like to know how big is the gap between this 2.
 
Thank you.

 

[Wyd4]

So.
Is it worth reterminating my iems to balanced lol.

Ak100ii
Unique melody mentor.

 

[mashiron93]

So.
Is it worth reterminating my iems to balanced lol.

Ak100ii
Unique melody mentor.

this is the question that I'm looking for too
I'm curious whether the change will be significant