Jamie Lendino of PC Magazine thinks that Iriver missed the boat on this new portable media player. While others seem to feel that no mixing and mastering engineer worth his/her salt should be without one. What do you think?
Iriver Astell & Kern AK100
“Iriver’s Astell & Kern AK100 ($699 direct) is a portable media player with the chops to surpass not just CDs in audio quality, but SACD and DVD-Audio as well—thanks to its support for 24-bit, 192kHz lossless FLAC and uncompressed WAV files. The thing is, while no one denies the incredible sound of lossless audio, the leap to 24-bits and 192kHz is much less convincing, particularly when it comes to the final, mastered result….”
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