Is it true that it is not equipped with X artifacts Astell & Kern AK320 player talk

When the new Astell & Kern AK300 was released, I only came to talk about the use of the AK320. It was obviously out of place. In fact, AK320 I heard from the Spring Festival intermittently, there have been four months, in the past four months, regardless of whether he is on a business trip or out of the street (produced even if, I'm really sorry the audience floor), AK320 are inseparable from me, obviously I have a deeper understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of this machine, which also makes me more confident to have a chat. Of course, this post only used a small amount of space to talk about the machine itself. It was more of a shallow view of my consumer psychology on this machine and some people.

 

Where do you start with? Let's start with X (which stands for the second letter of the English alphabet). The word "Assemble X" on Astell & Kern is worn on the AK320. It is indeed very indecent and it should not be (do not use Cantonese to pronounce the word). But why should we mention these two words? It was because some time ago that a website Xiaobian wrote about the manuscript of my guidebook for headphones. At that time, it was coincidental that the big Olympics of Shanghai Dance Heaven was smashed by a big guy in the audio show. Think of this material, as well as the AK320 and AK local tyrants at the beginning of the article. But I didn't write the article after thinking about it, because in my opinion HIFI is a serious proposition. In addition, AK320 really is not suitable for X.

 

Talk about my recent encounters. First of all, with the AK320 taking the security check, will be asked by security personnel: "What is this?" I thought Nima's 13000 or so players do not know, Shannon. Well, in retro terms, it seems that very few people really know and understand what a HIFI player is. It's not surprising that there are fewer people who know this is Astell & Kern. Imagine that if I take SONY+BEATS in my hand, I'm sure someone will immediately recognize it, and I'm sure someone will think I'm fashionable. The environment dictates that, just as Mr. Ma Weidu once said in the program that he went to Switzerland to buy a watch with a Chinese tour group, the tour guide did a lot of work on the road and told a lot about the history of the brand of Patek Philippe, which resulted in ten tyrants coming to the counter. Rolex. Because in China, ROLEX, OMEGA these brands are well known, some people's consumer psychology, watches are worn for others to see, is used to highlight their identity and social status of luxury goods. Another example is Wenzhou people's scramble to purchase Porsche, CARRTIER Blue Balloons and Estee Lauder cosmetics in the past few years. Some brands are good, but after certain vulgar consumer groups become a manpower, they also lose their own force. In the long run, the brand image and spiritual symbol it conveys to audience groups will inevitably be compromised. Of course, this is not to say how Wenzhou people are, and you are talking about the general consumption phenomenon in China. At present, A&K has not fallen into the embarrassing position of certain brands.

 

A few days ago, I returned from Korea and spent a half-day stay in Tianjin. I encountered a thing that better reflected the general phenomenon. At the coincidence of light rain, the eyes of Tianjin were forced to close operations. One of the crowds who went out with us to return the ticket was not a decent, but also swollen and wealthy woman. She quickly wrapped her GUCCI bag with a plastic bag after leaving home. Let me immediately think of those who wrapped and wrapped their RIMOWA suitcases around the major airports. It is conceivable that either this type of person really cherishes his belongings, or that such people really have spent long time money to buy a so-called good heart. But in the end it is people playing the package or the package is perfect, such consumption, may satisfy their own vanity, but the final product has become a burden to your life. In the eyes of those who have the purchasing power of such items, this is a relatively naïve practice and consumption habit.

 

A&K users seldom appear in the forums or other forums to exchange experiences with other people. An agency has also tried to increase the amount of user registration and increase the activity by giving away some valuable attachments. But no effect. Because this kind of person usually does not care about the few little money. To give a real example, someone last attended a LEICA user's party in Beijing. Of course, the scale was small, only a dozen people. After the photographic enthusiasts had played the AK380 player in their hands, the next day 380 became the standard object of this small circle of members. But these people usually just listen to music, look at it as a fine toy, and never show off. So the real luxury goods consumers usually care more about whether the purchased products can bring their own extreme user experience and inner satisfaction. Naturally, they will not share with the general public. Such brands were only spread through word of mouth in the early days. Therefore, AK380, AK320 these machines often see reports of various vertical media, but it is difficult to see a decent evaluation or user experience text. Reading this, surely everyone will not be surprised.

 

Talk about Astell & Kern AK320. In fact, before using the AK320, I listened to the AK380 for several weeks. Of course, here again we must know Xiaotang mustache. Those who knew him naturally knew who his surname was, and they were not introduced here. Just a few days ago I had just held a "headphone and life" music performance and audition in Shanghai. Thanks to him and several other big brothers for years, I was exposed to a lot of equipment.

 

The AK320 retains most of the elements of the AK380 in terms of appearance, software interaction, and manipulation. It uses an aviation-grade hard aluminum housing , a 4-inch WVGA 480x800 resolution touch screen, and the top of the fuselage is still a dual headphone jack: a 3.5mm unbalanced jack and Optical output (2 ohms)/2.5 mm (1 ohm) balanced jack. Back of the fuselage and volume buttons AK380 is different, with the use of AK   JR player similar design, with the volume knob on the same machine in a horizontal back plate. While the fuselage backplane abandoned carbon fiber, high strength change with scratch-resistant glass.

 

In terms of configuration, compared to the flagship product Astell & Kern AK380, the AK320 has reduced its fuselage capacity from 256GB to 128GB and supports 128GB TF card expansion. The DSD hard solution function was cancelled . Using two AKM AK4490 DAC decoder chip, support for audio files DSD 2.8MHz and DSD 5.6MHz encoding format,   At the same time it will be replaced with 24bit 176kHz PCM format output ( ie, soft solution) . AK320 supports WAV, FLAC, WMA, MP3, OGG, APE (Normal, High, Fast), AAC, ALAC, AIFF, DFF, DSF and other audio formats. The sampling rate is 8kHz ~ 192kHz (8/16 / 24bits , etc.). Bluetooth module still supports Wi-Fi and supports 4.0 transmission protocol, the internal battery is 3400mAh. Of course, the AK320 can also use some of the peripheral accessories of the AK380 , including AMP, CD burners and pedestals and other peripheral products . Of course, the AK320 is superior to the AK380 in terms of heat output and power consumption , and the standby time is slightly longer than that of the AK380.

 

In terms of sound, personal feeling AK320 is inferior to AK380 in the sound field dimension, but it has excellent full vocal and density, low-frequency strength is just right, speed sense is excellent, and transient performance is excellent. Of course, it's a bit more delicate, natural and resistant than AK380.

I tried to match the SHURE SE846, A&K T8iE, the original sound reproduction KM16 and the Astrid AK60 three-unit ring iron. The sound from the AK320+T8iE has excellent low-frequency volume and ambience, and the vocal details are prominent, but the high-frequency peak seems to have made some cuts, not giving enough brightness, of course, after the replacement of the crystal color upgrade line There will be noticeable improvements. The remaining three ring iron headphones and multi-unit moving iron can reflect excellent sound details and textures, as well as fine, bright but not harsh high frequencies. The instrument is well-organized, tri-band balanced, delicate and natural, but lacking in low-frequency intensity, not suitable for listening to powerful rock music.

 

Back to the starting point, think right, AK320 in the end is not suitable for loading X? Although the price of 12888 will not force you to sell SHEN (read four times) like the AK380, it is still far out of reach for most HIFI enthusiasts. The price has shaped its destiny so that it can only become a plaything in the hands of a few local tyrants. Of course, if there is a hand in hand, spare time, taste and smell, Imagine in Le Hai, leisurely and unhappy? It is believed that the inner satisfaction and ultimate user experience it brings to the consumer is far more important than loading X.

 

 

 

 

 

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