# Astell&Kern (A&Ultima) - SP2000 Digital Audio Player - Official Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** DACs and Digital\ **Created:** [October 16, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/astell-kern-a-ultima-sp2000-digital-audio-player-official-thread/4016 "2019-10-16T20:57:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 50
**Author:** ![Torq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/torq/32/16384_2.png) [@Torq](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Torq)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/astell-kern-a-ultima-sp2000-digital-audio-player-official-thread/4016/50 "2020-09-04T17:01:53Z")
> [@Henry](#): > > I have never seen a phone or any android device need a reset to fix the audio output stage. This is my first official audiophile DAP though. I have. And I’ve seen weirder stuff than that, as well. With the SP2000 specifically, I initially had an issue where it was taking forever to index/scan media, the UX started getting wonky and playing music at that point resulted in sour, sharp, sounding mess (see [here](https://forum.headphones.com/t/astell-kern-a-ultima-sp2000-digital-audio-player-official-thread/4016/5)). That was fixed simply by reformatting the media card in the SP2000 (even though it had come from an SP1000M) and reloading my music. It’s been perfect ever since. > [@Henry](#): > > Do you think this could be a lemon and still contact A&K? Or do these things sometimes happen in the software? I suspect you’re fine now. > [@Henry](#): > > Any way to run diagnostics on it? Not that I know of. > [@Henry](#): > > From your view, do you feel the detail in the Mojo and SP2000 are equal, just different tuning (warmth)? Or is the SP2000 truly superior? On technical performance, I’d put the Mojo closer to the SR15/SR25 than the SP1000 or SP2000, which compete with the Hugo 2 more than they do the Mojo. > [@Henry](#): > > Taron and Resolve mentioned they are liking Odin over U12t. How are you feeling about it? Would it replace your U12t? I don’t have the U12t. Never have; just a period with them on loan, alongside the tia Fourté, tia Trió and U18t … so I’m familiar with them. I’d definitely put the Odin ahead of the U12t. It might just be the best overall IEM I’ve heard. > [@Henry](#): > > Do you have your current setup / collection of DACs/Amps/IEMs/Headphones posted somewhere? I thought I saw it in some forum posts before. Would love to see and learn where to go next. I put posts for my “Top 10” in various categories in my “[I’m Sailing Away](https://forum.headphones.com/t/im-sailing-away/5367)” thread, so you might have seen that, or it could be that you’re referring to my entries in the “[Reviewer’s References & Disclaimers](https://forum.headphones.com/t/reviewers-references-disclaimers/3046)” thread. Neither is really what you’re asking for, as neither catalogs all of my gear, just either my favorites (which I definitely don’t own all of) or just that I use in reviews (which is a subset of my total collection). Normally I keep my profile updated with my current gear list, but I need to update that as a **lot** has changed in the last few months. Ahead of me doing that, however, my portable/transportable setup looks like this: - DAPs/Portable DAC/Amps - IEMs (And then probably a couple of dozen IEMs I bought to play with, resulting form the “Cheap IEM” thread, from things like $18 KZ pieces, to the RTA20i and BGVP DMG, that I don’t remember when I last used). --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.headphones.com/t/astell-kern-a-ultima-sp2000-digital-audio-player-official-thread/4016)._