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rjohn79395 Posted 4 years 1 month ago

AKM's factory in Japan has burned down, putting them out of business for six months to a year. Their DAC's are used in a number of high end audio components, including Marantz (my SR 7010 has a AK 4458 DAC), Anthem, etc.

This will be interesting. What will those audio component manufacturers do for the next year? Substitute other DAC's in their products? I love the Velvet sound DAC's AKM manufactures. Guess we'll have to see.

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roni44 Posted 4 years 1 month ago

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Sad to hear, hope no serious injuries. My integrated amp uses AK4490 "Velvet Sound" and love it. Done some comparison against other stand alone DAC, still prefer AKM's sound signature.

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