#Qube money review portable#

You use it as a DAP on the train and when you get to the office, you hook it up to your desktop amp for the best possible (sound) experience. Next to that the KANN can of course be used on the go as well, and that’s exactly what I’ve been doing this last week. The CUBE is more than just a DAP – it’s a perfect source for at home in your desktop setup and to enforce that “goal”, AK has even added a low noise 5-pin mini XLR output to hook it up to your desktop gear. The CUBE has 3 gain settings and the numbers are as follows: This player is designed to offer a very low noise floor, even with its massive power output. There you will learn that the CUBE has an unprecedented power output and that it uses dual ESS Sabre ES9038PRO DAC chips. The CUBE’s dedicated web page can be found right here on AK’s website. Well the KANN CUBE now is the largest, thickest DAP in the AK line-up but that’s perfectly OK and I’ll tell you why in a bit. The CUBE is the evolution of the original KANN, and if you remember that one, you’ll probably know it was a mini brick. And it’s the last one we’re looking at today.

#Qube money review portable#

As you could have read in The Munich High End Show Report Part 1, Astell&Kern was in Munich to introduce and launch four new products: The AK T9iE IEM, designed by JH, the SP2000 new reference portable player, the SP1000 AMP and the KANN CUBE. No more introduction is needed here as we’ve covered their gear and the company plenty of times.