[justone]

wow, trading dap for a cable.
really worth that upgrade? considering to invest a lil on some silver cable.

 

[aaf evo]

wow, trading dap for a cable.
really worth that upgrade? considering to invest a lil on some silver cable.

I love cable rolling lol.

 

[justone]

I love cable rolling lol.

which cable used best with your legend x?

 

[aaf evo]

which cable used best with your legend x?

PW Audio 1950s by far. Feel free to PM me so we don’t spam this thread.

 

[szore]

its beneficial for poor me to get some soon-to-be-ex-TOTL dap and wait for sp2k (loop goes on)

I'll sell you my Blue...

 

[CreditingKarma]

You just described KANN Cube. So, you already got your dream DAP waiting for you

I'm hoping for SP2k to be more portable, closer to SPKM size.

Yes but i already have an sp1000cu I don't want to down grade to the kann cube. I will just keep my fingers crossed for the sp2k.

 

[greenmountain]

As it is only 1 or 2 days to Highend I hope there will be all the info. There will be also a new competitor (even design wise): Float by borg.audio https://darko.audio/2019/05/munich-high-end-2019-borgs-feature-packed-future-fi/
I hope some can listen to these and compare them to SP1000/SP2000

 

[nicolitis]

Question... did you turn on the "External USB" (icon) from the pull-down menu on your SPKM after everything was connected?

Only an idiot would not have done that!!

Yep that was me.

Thank you, all good now.

Thanks Jason too, I had been using a power outlet, it was just the external USB I hadn't clicked on.

 

[DonR]

You're not an idiot... I just recall the same exact problem happening to me when I first tried the ripper. The solution I shared was what I discovered that fixed it for me - I'm glad it worked!

 

[aaf evo]

Here we go!

 

[twister6]

As just announced by A&K: SP2000

The SP2000 is the latest portable player from the Astell&Kern A&ultima line that integrates the latest flagship Asahi Kasei DACs, the AKM AK4499EQ. The SP2000 features two AK4499EQ DACs, arranged in a dual-mono configuration to provide a wider soundstage and better stereo separation. The SP2000 is the first Astell&Kern player to use separate, independent audio channels between the Unbalanced and Balanced outputs. This design offers much more power than ever before, with 6Vrms for Balanced output and 3Vrms for Unbalanced output and offers the ultimate audio experience as Astell&Kern’s newest flagship player.

The SP2000 supports up to 32-bit/768KHz bit-to-bit playback of high resolution PCM audio and native playback of DSD up to DSD512. It also features an Octa-Core CPU, a 5-inch touchscreen, 512GB of internal memory (double of previous Astell&Kern players), MQA support (pending final testing and certification) and dual-band Wi-Fi with a stereo antenna, for improved network performance when streaming music. The A&ultima SP2000 will be available in Stainless Steel and Copper bodies with a unique crown pattern volume/power wheel.

NativeDSD Music specially produced the "NativeDSD Presents: 5 Tracks in DSD 512" sampler to demo on the SP2000 at High End Munich. NativeDSD.com provides listeners a top-quality resource for DSD, DXD and Analog-to-DSD Music in Stereo & Multichannel channel configurations, directly from record labels and engineers making these recordings. They share Astell&Kern’s goal of getting you as close to the actual performance as possible.

The A&ultima SP2000 will be available in July 2019 for $3,500.

 

[twister6]

and here is another surprise for those who are thinking about selling their SP1000, new SP1000 add-on amp module:

A new amplifier module for the SP1000 will also debut at the High End 2019 Show. The Astell&Kern SP1000 AMP delivers high gain balanced 10 Vrms and unbalanced 6.2 Vrms output, providing more power to drive more power-hungry headphones. The SP1000 AMP docks with the SP1000 player to provide a one-piece, seamless device for charging and volume control, unlike using a separate amplifier which requires additional cables and controls. Equipped with a 3,700mA battery, the SP1000 AMP supports continuous music playback of up to 9 hours. The SP1000 AMP will retail for $800 and will be available in June 2019.

 

[scootermafia]

What is the new price of SP1000 or SP1000M?

 

[scootermafia]

Also why did I get no dealer emails from A&K until I saw the deets in my news feed

 

[Ken.nz]

The T9ie is also getting released.

https://us.astellnkern.com/blogs/news/astell-kern-launches-four-new-products-at-high-end-2019-munich