AK120 appreciation thread

[FatalethaL]

Anyone one saw the audio shop at Far East SC? Its at one corner of level 5, close to where Qisahn is located. I saw the AK100 on sale there but they were closed when i went. They had tables and chairs around so it seems they do let people audition.

Wonder how much they sell...

that is E1...

and the AK100 is priced competitively.

 

[Jeremy1]

Then again, consider this. What makes an iem more important than the source that a pair of ciem can cost 1.5k and up and nobody's complaining, but everyone says a 1.5k dap is madness? Too used to cheap <1k sources already? Or ciem prices are also rip-off in the first place?

Because the improvement in sound is more noticeable when changing to a better IEM than to a better DAP...........................

 

[Mzeria]

that is E1...

and the AK100 is priced competitively.

hmm, saw their facebook page and they have the gold ak100, wonder if i should sell my J3 and get that

 

[Seth Lee]

Anyone one saw the audio shop at Far East SC? Its at one corner of level 5, close to where Qisahn is located. I saw the AK100 on sale there but they were closed when i went. They had tables and chairs around so it seems they do let people audition.

Wonder how much they sell...

they do have strange operating hours. only wednesday to saturday and in the afternoon.

 

[weng]

Cos he omo ma, run up and down msia and sg.

 

[FatalethaL]

hmm, saw their facebook page and they have the gold ak100, wonder if i should sell my J3 and get that

As the President of AK100 Gold Crubb....

I would say, "As the president of the AK100 Gold Crubb, I would consider and protect my member's interest in Audio product. In this (your) case, keep your J3 as your backup and own a AK100 Gold. I will appoint you as my Vice-President then. "

 

[justin007]

Am enjoying the ak120 tremendously, listening while running in. Even at lower volume I'm like enjoying the music... Now I appreciate the jh16 even more. Overall a pleasure. Now waiting to upgrade the last piece of the equation. Headphone cable! Then can sit back and enjoy the ride

 

[Jeremy1]

At last my ACS T1 is back from UK........................

 

[TeamStereo]

As the President of AK100 Gold Crubb....

I would say, "As the president of the AK100 Gold Crubb, I would consider and protect my member's interest in Audio product. In this (your) case, keep your J3 as your backup and own a AK100 Gold. I will appoint you as my Vice-President then. "

I want can! I got J3 also but peasant no money for AK100...

 

[justin007]

Don't know if anyone posted this review... But here goes...


“Fantastic Sound” - Stonemanty’s Review of Astell & Kern AK120

 

[Jeremy1]

Tested a few items in Jaben today and of course also the DX100.

Really addicted to the Fitear 435.

 

[miragez]

We can expect Fang to hold the international sale of HM-901 till further notice while he works on pricing.

He must be thinking "Nah bey, if AK120 can sell for S$1,599, there's no reason y my HM-901 can't sell for US$2,000. Sure got people buy one!"

This DAP war is just benefiting all the makers, not consumers.
Just pure madness.

LOLx I like this, it will never end actually guess the next AK130 will be S$2,000 and then you will start seeing Fiio Boss " hehe now my good chance to shine sell anything below $1000 sure alot of people buy.".

 

[justin007]

Ah... There is something interesting I read regarding the ak120... Since this thread is the AK120 appreciation thread, not the AK120 dissing thread, thought I post it..hopefully it has not been posted before.

The AK120 supports microsd cards.. That one is not a new information.. But what is new is that it supports exFat format that is usually the larger microsdxc cards native format. No need to reformat them to fat32. I think the transfer speed (copying,etc) using this format is faster... Me thinks, technically, the dap can support cards even bigger than 64gb with faster card writes.. Hmm interesting

 

[miragez]

Ah... There is something interesting I read regarding the ak120... Since this thread is the AK120 appreciation thread, not the AK120 dissing thread, thought I post it..hopefully it has not been posted before.

The AK120 supports microsd cards.. That one is not a new information.. But what is new is that it supports exFat format that is usually the larger microsdxc cards native format. No need to reformat them to fat32. I think the transfer speed (copying,etc) using this format is faster... Me thinks, technically, the dap can support cards even bigger than 64gb with faster card writes.. Hmm interesting

What I know is bigger the size of memory storage cards, the more power it needs to keep it standby + reading is this not true ? It will leech more battery just for this ?

 

[arcanehacker]

Ah... There is something interesting I read regarding the ak120... Since this thread is the AK120 appreciation thread, not the AK120 dissing thread, thought I post it..hopefully it has not been posted before.

The AK120 supports microsd cards.. That one is not a new information.. But what is new is that it supports exFat format that is usually the larger microsdxc cards native format. No need to reformat them to fat32. I think the transfer speed (copying,etc) using this format is faster... Me thinks, technically, the dap can support cards even bigger than 64gb with faster card writes.. Hmm interesting

Yeah.. at least now the full 2 x 64GB scan of songs doesn't take that long.. on the AK100 was like ridiculously long.

Technically yes as long as they are still SDXC.. however 128GB cards are not out yet.. even if it is, early adopters will pay a very high price here.. i remembered last 1 half or 2 yrs ago 64gb I got for my Note 1 was $150+.

 

[justin007]

Yeah.. at least now the full 2 x 64GB scan of songs doesn't take that long.. on the AK100 was like ridiculously long.

Technically yes as long as they are still SDXC.. however 128GB cards are not out yet.. even if it is, early adopters will pay a very high price here.. i remembered last 1 half or 2 yrs ago 64gb I got for my Note 1 was $150+.

Yah.. I think I will reformat all my sexy cards to exfat... Hopefully the ak120 is faster at reading and scanning my music..

But on the up note, the ak120 theoretically can support up to 2 terabytes per sd card slot... 4 tb total.. No more mp3s for me..

 

[alamakazim]

Yah.. I think I will reformat all my sexy cards to exfat... Hopefully the ak120 is faster at reading and scanning my music..

But on the up note, the ak120 theoretically can support up to 2 terabytes per sd card slot... 4 tb total.. No more mp3s for me..

..... 2tb have to wait til 2016 or even more

They should have problem with making it smaller

 

[SerSiTiv]

While I know most owners will be very quick to promote the AK120, but what do you guys really think about the AK120? Does the money spend give the gratification because of sound, or just cause it's priced higher and more "exclusive"?

 

[koicafex]

As the President of AK100 Gold Crubb....

I would say, "As the president of the AK100 Gold Crubb, I would consider and protect my member's interest in Audio product. In this (your) case, keep your J3 as your backup and own a AK100 Gold. I will appoint you as my Vice-President then. "

moi also huan be president reh

 

[koicafex]

Yah.. I think I will reformat all my sexy cards to exfat... Hopefully the ak120 is faster at reading and scanning my music..

But on the up note, the ak120 theoretically can support up to 2 terabytes per sd card slot... 4 tb total.. No more mp3s for me..

the sd card will cost more than ak120