If you were going to do streaming, personally I would look at something a little newer in the AK line. The SA700 is already a few years old, running an older version of Android and only supports 2.4gHz Wi-Fi. If you were going to strictly play music from internal memory or microSD card, the...

Any decent quality cable should work without issue. I personally usually use Anker cables as they are the same as my Android phone and have tons around in various sizes and have never had an issue. Some of the cheaper cables on Amazon are usually poorer quality. The one you link to also...

There should be significant availability worldwide. Will have more information on specific country availability as it gets closer to launch in July.

For some reason, I could not post images on Head-Fi yesterday. Here are the additional case options. Case info - https://astellnkern.com/product/product_detail.jsp?productNo=157

Regarding Roon Arc, does anyone here have a DAP from a different manufacturer and are having issues logging into Roon Arc? I swear I saw some posts in other threads about other DAPs experiencing the same issue we've been seeing on the SP3000 and SP3000T, but can't find them right now. If so...

The ACTIVO CT10 was a collaboration between the music streaming service groovers Japan and IRIVER. It was only available for purchase in Japan and in limited quantities in the US. For the US market, the CT10 was supposed to be sold exclusively at a big box retailer who was looking to offer...

Please note, the Astell&Kern NOVUS, our latest collaboration with Empire Ears, is now expected to be available for purchase in June 2024.

Please note, the Astell&Kern NOVUS, our latest collaboration with Empire Ears, is now expected to be available for purchase in June 2024.

Yes the case is included

It actually is supported! It was one of the first apps we whitelisted as they were an MQA partner. You would need to sideload the APK onto the player. It was never really popular on our players, so we really don't promote it much.

After you copy the new version to the player, I assume you are then installing it?

Crazy it's only been 5 years. I feel like it has been much longer. Congrats on 5 years!

Astell&Kern will feature three new products at High End Munich 2024, including the previously announced SP3000T Digital Audio Player with vacuum tube amp and NOVUS, the second In-Ear Monitor Collaboration with Empire Ears. 📍Astell & Kern‘s New Brand Launch📍 ACTIVO, a new audio brand launching...

The cases available for separate purchase do look different. I'll have images to share in the next day or two.

Yes it does.

Currently listening to the new Pearl Jam album in full tube mode

SP3000T comes with a case. There will be additional colors available for purchase.

No. The SP3000T has extra buttons that the SP3000 does not have. There is a power button on top of the SP3000T and an extra button on the side to change amp modes without having to go into settings.

Unfortunately no update from Roon yet. The issue seems to be affecting only devices with the Qualcomm SnapDragon 665 CPU and not limited to AK. Other DAPs that use the same CPU are also experiencing the same issue. Reached out to the Roon team again to ask for an update.

Yes, it is compatible with the AK CD Ripper

Sorry, I thought I had replied. SoundCloud actually has always been supported, but at one point they changed the login authentication requirements to require Google Play Services to be installed on the device. Since AK does not have Google Play Store on our devices, it will not work correctly...

They would end up being repaired by EE for a shell repair. But since EE is not selling them and AK is, repair needs to be arranged directly with AK. If you reach out to EE, they will also ask you to reach out to AK to arrange support. You are welcome to reach out to me via PM for more info if...

Since Odyssey is an Astell&Kern product and not an EE product, you will need to reach out to us to arrange repair.

The extra step was not always there. It was a requested feature after a number of people enabled Line Out by accident while using headphones and complained it was too easy to enable line out by accident.

Once you enable Line Out in the settings, you need to turn the volume knob. You will see a Line Out button on screen. Press that on-screen line out button to enable Line Out. This is an additional safety step to make sure you do not enable Line Out with headphones/IEMs plugged in. You must...