New Astell&Kern CA1000T impressions thread.

Apr 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM Post #271 of 297
battery on ca1000t is really bad how to fix mine took 4 hours from 100% down to 15%
Stated battery life is based on certain conditions listed on our website. Tube mode uses more power than pure op-amp mode. Also depending on the output level you are using. Obviously Super gain will use more power than low gain mode. Streaming uses more battery than playback from tracks on the device itself.
 
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Apr 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM Post #273 of 297
Stated battery life is based on certain conditions listed on our website. Tube mode uses more power than pure op-amp mode. Also depending on the output level you are using. Obviously Super gain will use more power than low gain mode. Streaming uses more battery than playback from tracks on the device itself.
I tried between op-amp and tube but the battery condition did not improve, the power between the gains is really too small, my iem has to run in supper gain mode, volume 80/150, is the power parameter 15vrm really correct?. Please explain, thank you.
 
Apr 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM Post #274 of 297
Another new CA1000T owner checking in! Loving it so far - sound is incredible, brought a new found love to the Mest Jet Black for example - a set I wasn't sure on but love now with this source... hybrid mode and around 11. I don't really stream (mostly in the car) so all listening so far via local files and some with my CDT via COAX which is also fantastic. Only thing that slightly irks me is the screen size, the text etc a bit small for my aging eyes :) It would be a fantastic device even at full price, but at the reduced price it is truly stunning. It's basically the solution to a 'problem' I didn't know I had in terms of being pretty much a hybrid DAP and desktop solution... albeit not a DAP I'll be going walking with, but nor do I with most DAPs I own/have owned!

Pictured earlier with a Miter case which arrived today... on my home office desk (which clearly doubles as a music room...)

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I love the versatility of it where you have a desktop experience anywhere you want... hooked up to my Audiolab 9000CDT

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Kitchen table... which I where I'm sitting currently and now hooked up to my laptop while I browse Bandcamp.

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No picture, but it has also sat on my bedside locker each night since it arrived for some music before I sleep. I love how sturdy it feels, no fear of it sliding off the locker which I was often worried about with DAPs.
How is CA1000T for IEM owners, is it much noise?
 
Apr 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM Post #276 of 297
Does ca1000t tube sound similar to c9ii.
Does ca1000t like LP ea4 , enable signal enlarge? Thanks !
No it doesn’t .. they might both have Nutubes implemented, but the amplification stages are vastly different, with the amplification system in the CA1000T providing a more neutral and technical leaning signature than the ClassA amplification stage of the C9 and (even more so) the C9ii … In Solid state mode they will be closer in Class AB mode, but in Tube mode ClassA and Hyper mode the C9ii will definitely sound different and (from my personal perspective) much better than the CA1000T
 
Apr 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM Post #277 of 297
No it doesn’t .. they might both have Nutubes implemented, but the amplification stages are vastly different, with the amplification system in the CA1000T providing a more neutral and technical leaning signature than the ClassA amplification stage of the C9 and (even more so) the C9ii … In Solid state mode they will be closer in Class AB mode, but in Tube mode ClassA and Hyper mode the C9ii will definitely sound different and (from my personal perspective) much better than the CA1000T
Thank you very much🙏
 
Apr 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM Post #278 of 297
Curious what DAC filter some use. I like this one:
  • Linear Phase Slow Roll-Off—Low group delay and symmetrical inputs response. Less ringing than fast roll-off with punchy bass and clean highs
 
Apr 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM Post #279 of 297
Yup did all that. My problem is at Step 9, after entering credentials, Spotify "we want to make sure you are a human" and the final steps takes you to a web browser and that is when error loading page comes.
I have tried login with 2 different accounts, restart device, reinstall different versions of Spotify without luck.
I am also having this same problem with mine unfortunately and have also tried all the suggested steps.
 
Apr 28, 2025 at 4:47 AM Post #280 of 297
Yup did all that. My problem is at Step 9, after entering credentials, Spotify "we want to make sure you are a human" and the final steps takes you to a web browser and that is when error loading page comes.
I have tried login with 2 different accounts, restart device, reinstall different versions of Spotify without luck.
Ok, found a bad workaround. If you create a new spotify account (I did it on the device), you can log in with that one for some reason.
Unfortunately, I still haven't found a way to log in with the old account though.
 
Apr 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM Post #281 of 297
Hello everyone!

I wonder if there is anyone here who owns both a CA1000 and a CA1000T. If so, I would like to ask why you kept both (besides the fact that you can afford it :wink:).

In particular, I would like to understand if the difference in sound between the CA1000 and CA1000T in transistor mode is so big and what exactly is it? Perhaps there are other reasons

Thanks in advance for your opinion
 
Apr 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM Post #282 of 297
Any recommendation for a short optical cable to connect to the iBasso D16? Both have a 3.5 connection.
 
Apr 30, 2025 at 5:31 AM Post #283 of 297
Do you know how to install UAPP on CA1000T?
 
Apr 30, 2025 at 5:35 AM Post #284 of 297

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