New TOL A&K DAP : the AK Ultima SP1000
Sep 7, 2018 at 4:44 AM Post #3,694 of 9,406
If I didn't already have the SP1000 SS then I would definitely buy this. Had it been available at the same time as buying my SP1000 I probably would have chosen this over the SP1000 due to the weight and size. That being said having owned the SP1000 for a while the size and weight is not a problem for me at all so in hindsight I probably would have made the wrong choice for the wrong reasons. Just goes to show you can sometimes have too many choices lol.

Got to be honest im not a huge fan of the blue colour either although it might look better in a blue leather case?

The firmware update is very welcome and helps make the SP1000 even more versatile IMHO.
 
Sep 7, 2018 at 6:25 AM Post #3,696 of 9,406
Like the form factor not that I don't like my SP1000, doesn't change things for me. The color however really is not for me at all.


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Sep 7, 2018 at 6:28 AM Post #3,697 of 9,406
We’ll share more details and specifics about the new firmware and features over the next few weeks.

So does the firmware apply to SP1000, and SE100?
 
Sep 7, 2018 at 6:39 AM Post #3,698 of 9,406
I don't understand their strategy.
How will they justify the price of AK SP 1000? SP 1000M is like a twin brother and less expensive. I don't think there will be any sound differences.
I am feeling that I have wasted my money on sp1000.

So i can understand that.....because the SP1000 will be the only player which you can use with an amp module in the future

NOMAX
 
Sep 7, 2018 at 6:44 AM Post #3,700 of 9,406
That be great, but it's been well over a year, and no one has made an optional accessory amp yet and from the looks of thing AK themselves has never hinted of ever coming out with one. Id love the options myself.
 
Sep 7, 2018 at 6:45 AM Post #3,701 of 9,406
So i can understand that.....because the SP1000 will be the only player which you can use with an amp module in the future

NOMAX
You are right .SP 1000M lacks the 5 pin balanced port for future external devices.
 
Sep 7, 2018 at 7:48 AM Post #3,702 of 9,406
Lets keep it real....in the past there were the ak380 aluminum ak380 cu and the ak380 ss, this is the sp1000 aluminium....is easy to understand....i think....there is the size diference that is obvious and the sound will not be the same, like in the past
 
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Sep 7, 2018 at 8:08 AM Post #3,703 of 9,406
That be great, but it's been well over a year, and no one has made an optional accessory amp yet and from the looks of thing AK themselves has never hinted of ever coming out with one. Id love the options myself.

Have trust..i think in the next 6 months we will see something for Sp1000

Regards Nomax
 
Sep 7, 2018 at 9:03 AM Post #3,704 of 9,406
This is the 240 guts being stuck in the 120ll and sold for less all over again, only in blue. When I moved from the 120ll to a 240SS there was a sonic improvement and a storage improvement (and a visual improvement). I'm guessing about $500 less. Again, ehh. Gonna be a lot of SP1000s on the For Sale thread soon, time to snap up a good used one.
 

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