Gauravdp
Member
I got an Astell and Kern AK Jr yesterday, without any memory card.
My intended aim is as follows:
I have some music stored in the form of mp3s (mostly 320 KBps) on my laptop (Win 10, 8GB, On board sound). I also have some CDs that I play on my laptop.
I listen to music on my headphones (Sennheiser / Grado) and more often on my Swans M200 MK III that I connect directly to my mobile phone / earphone output on my laptop.
I am dissatisfied by the sound quality from both the sources (cellphone / laptop) and hence bought this AK Jr to serve as an external DAC / dedicated music player to connect to my speakers / earphones. The reason for using this as an external DAC is that I would be streaming music from the net using my laptop, which I want to play using the AK Jr.
However, to my dismay, I find that the music quality (especially the loudness, even despite using the volume wheel) is much lower in AK Jr compared to when I connected to my mobile phone (One Plus One), which had much better output and loudness.
Also, when I am connecting the AKjr as an external DAC connected to my laptop using the USB port, there's no sound at all. (I tried both USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports, same results). The DAC is being sensed by the laptop, and it displays the AK as the default sound device when connected, yet there is no sound output. Completely zero, no sound in speakers or earphones connected to the AK. Obviously I'm missing something. Can anyone help?
My intended aim is as follows:
I have some music stored in the form of mp3s (mostly 320 KBps) on my laptop (Win 10, 8GB, On board sound). I also have some CDs that I play on my laptop.
I listen to music on my headphones (Sennheiser / Grado) and more often on my Swans M200 MK III that I connect directly to my mobile phone / earphone output on my laptop.
I am dissatisfied by the sound quality from both the sources (cellphone / laptop) and hence bought this AK Jr to serve as an external DAC / dedicated music player to connect to my speakers / earphones. The reason for using this as an external DAC is that I would be streaming music from the net using my laptop, which I want to play using the AK Jr.
However, to my dismay, I find that the music quality (especially the loudness, even despite using the volume wheel) is much lower in AK Jr compared to when I connected to my mobile phone (One Plus One), which had much better output and loudness.
Also, when I am connecting the AKjr as an external DAC connected to my laptop using the USB port, there's no sound at all. (I tried both USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports, same results). The DAC is being sensed by the laptop, and it displays the AK as the default sound device when connected, yet there is no sound output. Completely zero, no sound in speakers or earphones connected to the AK. Obviously I'm missing something. Can anyone help?