AKM Factory fire - will have a terrible impact on the audio indusrty

[AllenB]

Thank you Marcel.

 

[kn0ppers]

Now I see why their parts are out of stock everywhere. Good thing I managed to grab a few AK4490s before they were gone, but this puts an end to any ambitions with AK4499 :/

 

[phase]

According to an Asian news source, “ AKM's production lines will not be fully operational until March 2022.”

 

[phase]

And it looks like they are taking requests for samples for the 4490,4493, must be close…

 

[Simon1972]

They did a press release in Feb stating q2 this year

 

[phase]

Looks like the AK4490R, and the AK4493S will be the reasonable parts moving forward, however there’s been nothing offered that I am aware of.
Maybe next year…

 

[dreamth]

Did anyone extinguished the fire in the mean time?

 

[MarcelvdG]

😀

 

[EUVL]

Many "new" products :
https://shenzhenaudio.com/products/...ecoder-dac-with-remote-control-hi-res-decoder


Patrick

 

[Simon1972]

Yeh check out ASR, they've reviewed a handful of new AKM chip equipped dacs.