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Audiophiles eager to get their mitts on iRiver’s Astell & Kern-branded AK120 should take note: the portable Mastering Quality Sound player just passed through the FCC’s labs. The $1,300 AK120 is the bigger, 2.4-inch sibling to the $700 AK100, promising to net deep-pocketed audio perfectionists improved stereo imaging and dynamic range; this is achieved by two Wolfson WM8740 DACs, each of which are dedicated to a single channel. The player features a physical volume knob and packs 64GB of onboard storage with support for up to 192GB through two microSD slots — which is perfect for storing your pick of AV, FLAC, WMA, MP3, OGG, APE, AAC, ALAC and AIFF (and eventually DSD) files, as well. With this next MQS player from A&K sure to hit stores soon, what’s the updated word about Neil Young’s streaming take on the action.

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Source: FCC

It seems that there still some room for Iriver’s DAP in Japan after all! Today the once extremely popular DAP (Mp3 Player) Korean manufacturer announced in Japan the Astell & Kern AK100 a luxury and High-end audiophile oriented DAP! Schedule to hit Japanese store October 27th the Astell & Kern AK100 comes by default with 32GB of internal memory as well as a a dual MicroSDHC port capable to expand the total amount of internal memory of the Astell & Kern AK100 up to …