I find myself spending more time on the road these days. For pleasure now that I am retired, not for work. Without access to my music room I miss the satisfying connection with music played on carefully engineered gear. What to do? Headphones and amps even when called portable are a pain to drag around either on wheels or in the air. I once owned an Astell and Kern DAP about then years ago. I thought it was a marvelous piece of gear. I went back to their website and found they had just released their latest player, the SP4000. Released with it was a planar magnetic IEM, the Luna. The advertisements for both are composed of enigmatic, technical hyperbole which doesn't always translate into satisfying sound. Because of my favorable experience with A&K, I bit and pre-ordered both the SP4000 and the Luna IEMs. The SP4000 won't be hear for a few weeks although I can sample the Luna buds with other gear as they were in stock. Build quality for these little gems is off the charts high. I love Japanese watches (Grand Seiko), guitars (Sakurai, Kohno) and audio gear (Esoteric for example) for their attention to detail and thoughtful design. These IEMS reek of both.
I know we have an audience of audiophile enthusiasts on this forum so as a public service I will publish an amateur review of this pairing to hopefully help someone with the same longing I had. I also have a set of UE Pro Premium custom IEMS and a set of the almost new A&K Novus IEMS. I can't wait to see how each performs with what is surely an exemplary digital audio player. Stay tuned.
Cincy
I know we have an audience of audiophile enthusiasts on this forum so as a public service I will publish an amateur review of this pairing to hopefully help someone with the same longing I had. I also have a set of UE Pro Premium custom IEMS and a set of the almost new A&K Novus IEMS. I can't wait to see how each performs with what is surely an exemplary digital audio player. Stay tuned.
Cincy
