Save over £145 on Amazons regular price for a very well reviewed high end Hi res Audio player which has android built in to listen to Tidal directly in high resolution or upscale your Spotify tracks or of course your own collection in the very best quality there is.
14 comments
MBeeching
11 Jul 17#14
Don't tempt me, the Cayin only arrived yesterday afternoon! :smile:
MBeeching
11 Jul 17#12
Curses, that was an amazing price. Slightly jealous as I just bought a Cayin N3.
wandaluzt to MBeeching
11 Jul 171#13
There's still some Amazon Warehouse returns for £250. They're marked as used very good which is basically a return.
michaellynn
11 Jul 17#11
The lighting deal for this has expired.
ElGofre
11 Jul 17#10
The advantages of high quality audio gear don't get invalidated by a bit of outside noise, and not all environments you use them in will be noisy. I use my dedicated audio player when commuting because my headphones benefit from the more powerful amplifier than you'll find in a conventional smartphone.
Well you don't need to subscribe now, they still sell CDs after all. You can rip lossless audio from CDs easily and enjoy a high quality audio player that way if you want to. Subscription services are just a new avenue for consuming music that will appeal more to some people than it will to others.
Well the Oppo is DAC/amp rather than a player in of itself, so it's not really comparable without adding a few hundred other similar products into the mix!
But yeah, from the reviews I've read the AK Jr seems to have a slight edge in sheer resolution but there's not going to be a whole lot in it if you're listening with a relatively inexpensive pair of cans (in the grand scheme of headphones) like the K702s. I'd be choosing more on which has the design and features you like (the AK Jr is not an Android player so cannot use Spotify, Tidal etc).
Dj.CUE
11 Jul 172#8
Might sound odd but surely high quality audio is wasted on a portable player due to the normal uses of that player? On the train even the best noise cancelling headphones won't block out the noise of the train, same for most with road noises. I suppose on a plane it may work as intended or if you wanted to take some tracks to a friends house. Not sure normal audio is bad enough to warrant the cost of the player plus the subscription for the music.
That said I loved the mini disk concept and if Sony weren't so greedy it would of gone huge. Excellent quality music with portable disks that were nearly impossible to accidentally break, much better than CDs. The good thing was even mp3s sounded cleaner on mini disks and back then you didn't need to subscribe to get the music. So I suppose it is the newer equivalent but a bit more money. :man:
CampGareth to Dj.CUE
11 Jul 17#9
I think that's why high end active noise cancelling headphones are a thing, but they impose a quality tradeoff too. TBH this is why I've mostly stopped collecting FLACs, the quality gain is offset by the lost convenience of not being able to use radio stations/playlists/whatever they're called.
vegasbaby
11 Jul 17#7
How good is this one compared to Astell & Kern AK Jr High Resolution Audio, Fiio X5ii, and Oppo Ha 2, for sound quality wise? It would be used with some AKG K702 cans, with a look to purchase a headphone amp at a later date? Tia.
JellybearXo
11 Jul 17#5
Thank you Sounds excellent but £20 a month isn't there any way of a tidal deal anyone ?
gazzjenks to JellybearXo
11 Jul 171#6
Only "deal" I can see are for 6 months pre paid its £16.99 a month. Try it free for 30 days and see what you think is my advice
RobinA
11 Jul 17#4
Tidal = High Quality Streaming - £20.00/Month... How high a sound quality do you want???
JellybearXo
11 Jul 17#2
What is tidal I need high quality sound ?
gazzjenks to JellybearXo
11 Jul 17#3
It's a streaming service where you pay £20 a month for high quality hi resolution sound
RobinA
11 Jul 17#1
Listening to "Beggars Banquet" on mine at the moment, via Tidal. Excellent device if you want great sound!
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Well you don't need to subscribe now, they still sell CDs after all. You can rip lossless audio from CDs easily and enjoy a high quality audio player that way if you want to. Subscription services are just a new avenue for consuming music that will appeal more to some people than it will to others.
Well the Oppo is DAC/amp rather than a player in of itself, so it's not really comparable without adding a few hundred other similar products into the mix!
But yeah, from the reviews I've read the AK Jr seems to have a slight edge in sheer resolution but there's not going to be a whole lot in it if you're listening with a relatively inexpensive pair of cans (in the grand scheme of headphones) like the K702s. I'd be choosing more on which has the design and features you like (the AK Jr is not an Android player so cannot use Spotify, Tidal etc).
That said I loved the mini disk concept and if Sony weren't so greedy it would of gone huge. Excellent quality music with portable disks that were nearly impossible to accidentally break, much better than CDs. The good thing was even mp3s sounded cleaner on mini disks and back then you didn't need to subscribe to get the music. So I suppose it is the newer equivalent but a bit more money. :man: