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I am saying I prefer the AK70's and a lot of other outputs and DAPs over the Mojo. It's just not my thing.
I just got it today. The batterry drains quite fast and it gets warm when playing music. About 15 mins of playing music with volume at 100/150, battery dropped about 9%-10%. For my hearing i think it's less details than my old dp-x1.
I tried the DPX1 and AK70 a few mins ago. AK70 was good via balance out but when I used the USB to connect to my Hugo and tried DSD playback was full of stutters and other file types get pops and ticks...that was a deal breaker.
Has the new firmware fixed the problem? or was it just a wrong setting I did on the AK70? The DPX1 worked flawlessly on the Hugo but usb output was limited to 192/24 I believe when I tried some DSD files.
I was really hoping the AK70 be my 1st AK player as feedback on the DPX1's balance ports made me iffy to use it (due to reports of it falling off)
I just got it today. The batterry drains quite fast and it gets warm when playing music. About 15 mins of playing music with volume at 100/150, battery dropped about 9%-10%. For my hearing i think it's less details than my old dp-x1.
The dac of AK70 is the same as AK100ii , so it is about 2 year before the ESS Sabre dac. I think that explains the difference.
To all AK70 owners, I would like to ask for your observation for the AK70 battery charging. I got a demo loan for review purpose. When measuring the battery charging, I was quite surprise that even after battery fully charged, after around 6 hours, AK70 still drawing around 200 mA of current, and it makes the player slightly warmer than room temperature. I wait for like 9 hours, still drawing the same 200 mA. Btw, player is turned off before charging, and I use Aukey smart charger, capable to deliver more than 2A per port.
Do you observe that even when the player is turned off and battery fully charged, the player stays warm when connected to charger?
Thanks!
iRiver doesn't recommend using power chargers with a fast charging capability. Above 2A can damage the device I heard.