[alvinmate]

Ok thanks..I just thought some versions after updating caused software issues. In that case I will just select the latest one.

 

[olddude]

The newest one.

 

[MartussDer]

Hello All,

It has been a while since I last posted due to my very busy schedule (3 years?). Anyway, for the past 3~4 years, I had myself the A&K SP1000, its AMP, the IER Z1R, Campfire Andromeda Gold Edition, and the Fiio M15 (among others).

To put it simply, as I don't have the luxury of time elaborating why: Fiio M15 is the better DAP than the SP1000, even with the AMP. SP1000 may win in the "organic" sound department in my opinion, but the M15 wins with a very, very, very revealing, effortless, and amplified sound (sound improved btw after a long burn-in period). Topnotch. Maybe the SP1000 owners like me cannot swallow the bitter pill that their very expensive players have been outdone by a DAP almost a third of its price, but I have woken up to reality - now I cannot deny M15's might over the SP1000.

Here are some pictures, with my IER ZIR and the latest Gold cable from ALO, alongside with the SP1000 with amp, the M15, and Campfire Andromeda Gold Edition:


I do not intend to sell my SP1000 with AMP though, as I still love its sound. But a message to Astell & Kern, please up your game after the SP1000/ SP2000. Fiio is now knocking on your door.

With what kind genre of music did you obtain that result? With jazz or instrumetal was the same?

 

[MartussDer]

Hello All,

It has been a while since I last posted due to my very busy schedule (3 years?). Anyway, for the past 3~4 years, I had myself the A&K SP1000, its AMP, the IER Z1R, Campfire Andromeda Gold Edition, and the Fiio M15 (among others).

To put it simply, as I don't have the luxury of time elaborating why: Fiio M15 is the better DAP than the SP1000, even with the AMP. SP1000 may win in the "organic" sound department in my opinion, but the M15 wins with a very, very, very revealing, effortless, and amplified sound (sound improved btw after a long burn-in period). Topnotch. Maybe the SP1000 owners like me cannot swallow the bitter pill that their very expensive players have been outdone by a DAP almost a third of its price, but I have woken up to reality - now I cannot deny M15's might over the SP1000.

Here are some pictures, with my IER ZIR and the latest Gold cable from ALO, alongside with the SP1000 with amp, the M15, and Campfire Andromeda Gold Edition:


I do not intend to sell my SP1000 with AMP though, as I still love its sound. But a message to Astell & Kern, please up your game after the SP1000/ SP2000. Fiio is now knocking on your door.

By the way. I would like to buy ierz1r. The 2.5mm output of sp1000 is enought to drive them? (Without the external amp only sp1000).

 

[magicguy]

Ierz1r needs power, forget the spk « alone ».
Maybe with the Additional Amp, it would be better...

 

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[MartussDer]

I may have been unclear, when I said the WiFi stopped working I mean it became completely non-functional and could not be turned on or off. The same for bluetooth. i.e. the entire wireless capability is effectively "dead". The first time this happened I did a factory reset and while that did not work immediately, when I came back at the end of the day, the wireless capability came back "on-line". Thinking this just a glitch I reloaded Tidal APK 2.12.2 it worked fine again for a day - and then disabled the wireless capabilities again. Since then I have had no luck with all manner of resets and running down the battery as far as it will go to see if I can get the hardware to do a full reset. (The system is however smart enough to not let the battery run down this far so that's not working!) The problem I think is that the RF section has received a command from the APK version which has shut it down in a way that the main A&K system cannot reset.

So in a partial sense the Tidal APK version has "bricked" my SP1000. Not happy at all. Have requested help from A&K and will see what they suggest. At this point I could not load a new version of the firmware because there is no WiFi. I realise there is a boot loader which can load it from an SD, but until there is a "fix" for this I suspect it is in the lap of the Gods as to whether the SP1000 spontaneously resets the WiFi module, as it did once, or not...

How did you fix the problem after some years bro?

 

[RodLaird]

How did you fix the problem after some years bro?

I did a follow up post at the time; the Distributor replaced the unit immediately with apologies. No problems since then. The audio quality has been a revelation relative to my previous AK320... A continuing pleasure.

 

[Kiats]

@JasonNYC Matter of curiosity. As you can see, I have quite a few of the AK DAPs. I’ve noticed that there was a spate of FW updates for the SP2000, the Kann Alpha, the SE 200 but there is no mention of the SP1000. Especially for the enablement of DAC filters. Is AK giving up the SP1000 for dead and stopping support for it? Thanks!

 

[TYATYA]

Can someone please tell me which version of the firmware update is recommended for SP1000. Thanks

1.20CM

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IF you have it

It is my current FW but I can not extract it for you (bcs I dont know how to do it).

Why 1.20? Bcs Sonarworks, NeutronMp, Netflix...ect are all on your hand!

 

[magicguy]

1.20CM

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IF you have it

It is my current FW but I can not extract it for you (bcs I dont know how to do it).

Why 1.20? Bcs Sonarworks, NeutronMp, Netflix...ect are all on your hand!

Netflix... ?

 

[TYATYA]

Netflix... ?

Yes.
I install any thing I want including Netflix, Youtube music...

 

[MartussDer]

Well everyone... I'm selling my SP1000 Cu. Based in Europe. Hit me up if interested

I am interested in spk amp cu. Do you have it?

 

[giangp1]

1.20CM

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IF you have it

It is my current FW but I can not extract it for you (bcs I dont know how to do it).

Why 1.20? Bcs Sonarworks, NeutronMp, Netflix...ect are all on your hand!

I dream about that firmware for a long time but cann’t do anything. Hic hic!

 

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