I saw the "AK100 II" today in a headphone shop in Toronto today ("The Headphone Shop" actually) near where I was picking up lunch close to my house. I digress. I didn't have the 8s with me so there was no point auditioning it. The price point is around that of the Sony ZX1 (not available - yet in North America).
It does have some nice features (Balanced and normal jacks - A reason to upgrade my cable) 64GB built in with SD slot. bigger screen than my iPod (I just listen to music) and lots of other features.
It is not as ascetically pleasing as the ZX1 but.... it ain't ugly either and it is quite compact.
I thing he said it was 2ohms impedance.... At that point we are beyond my brains pay grade.
Any thoughts on how this would pair up with the 8s say vs an Fiio X5.
Thoughts are most appreciated. Graph while pretty mean nothing to me (Stock charts yes..Sciencey Charts not so much).