You're really well spoken and thought-out in these reviews. No wandering into esoterica and jargon or preening about topics your audience might be too "asleep" to fully follow. Clear solid opinions. Subbed.

are you able to play spotify in this? nice review

I’m very happy with my SE200, but I was very interested in the SE180 when I first found out about it.

ok they may have another modul soundcards, but as the prosesor & ram that lack of power i might consider go with another daps. it would go the other way of AK use SD 888 series chip and 12Gb of ram & amoled screen.

Where is your empire ears valkrye mark 2 review video bro???

hi there is rarely a comparison between different type of portable devices for example between a dap, a dongle and a dac/amp. the ultimate goal of these different genres of products is same afterall. so how should consumers know what they should expect from them sound quality wise. i want to buy a portable and have a 1k budget and sound quality is my only priority but don't want to pay more than it is necessary. don't care if it is dap, dac or dongle. which type of product should i investigate? tx

Hello, which player (Astell & Kern SA700 vs Astell Kern Kann Alpha), Astelle A&Norma SR25 has the better sound, i.e., bass, treble, voices, speech, the best package ebend. I would be very happy to receive a few tips. My best wishes and stay healthy Of course I subscribed to your channel and added a thumb to the top

Please review the Sp2000T, would love to hear your option.

I see Twice and Dreamcatcer, you my sir are a man of culture

Can you review the kann alpha and sr25 MK 2…

Very happy with my SE200 too. Like you I prefer the AKM side, but it’s interesting to have the choice and explore the differences. (Also happy I picked mine up in a Black Friday sale for a 30% discount!) Not that convinced by the SE180 concept. As you say, you’d end up paying significantly more to buy future ‘cartridge’ thingies to swop with what’s already there, which just seems unsatisfactory. It also chunks up the design and weight too much for me, it’s lost the sleek elegance of the SE200.

You are the only reviewer that don't seems to like the SE180 sound, everyone else said it competes with ibasso dx300 with a R2R dac like signature

Bad OS in the age of nice cheapo phones is unacceptable imo. Also, you only have to a few things a phone does - how hard can it be?

Dreamcatcher- wind blows I see you with the heat

As much as I have wanted to get a Astell and Kern dap, the software side leaves much to be desired. Hearing that that some can no longer support tidal or other streaming services makes me nervous as well. Seeing some of their not that old recent caps that no longer support tidal is really disappointing. When you see a ibasso dx300 with a smartphone screen and performance and good sound quality that comes in under these Astell and Kern should wake up. I know their optimizing their os for music playback but it shouldn't be trading that for a unresponsive dap that goes oboleste quick. Another things is Astell and Kern seems to release new units rather quick making what you just bought obsolete quick. A lot to spend on a file music player with no streaming capability in the future.

looking at buying the se180 as is currently on special for the same price as a used dx300. still worth it? cant even find a new dx300 for sale(australia)

Can you review FIIO M15? Thanks for reviews😉

I got the SR25 and compared it to the M11 Limited. The Fiio DAP is so much better that I don’t think I can trust A&K with my money again. Their DAP’s are outrageously unresponsive and unintuitive.

"It's 2021 and, if you're asking me personally, this level of performance is simply not acceptable." You're exactly right, and this shit needs to be called out every time, over and over. Because you're paying so much? Well yeah, sure. But also, as you clearly said... IT'S 2021 FFS!!!

Hey Precog. Since you listen to a lot of J-Pop songs, you should listen to Yoasobi lol

I retuned my sp2000 because it runs slower than Kindle. And it sound worse than Chord Hugo 2.

How does the se180 compared to fiio m15？

Se200 or dx300 for SQ?

I hope I'm wrong, but I think in five years all the DSPs will be gone. I am still sad that Oppo no longer builds Blu Ray players.

I have a A&K dap and the sound quality sucks in comparison to a iPhone with a chord Hugo 2 or with my Woo wu8. It was my biggest hp purchase regret. Never again.

An AI generated presentation?

This guy needs more personality. He sounds like hes reading.