In the field of HiFi portable player, Avery and can be said to be known to everyone and everyone. I have always thought that Avery And is an interesting brand, as early as 2018, it transformed its product line from numbering to A&norma, A&futura, A&ultima sub-brand matrix, and derived the KANN series of products. What's more interesting is that Avery and his three product lines use the flagship DACs of the three major brands of AKM, ESS and Cirrus Logic, so it can be said that although the price of the product is high or low, it is the flagship of the corresponding price. Seriously, in addition to Ailihe, I really can't imagine which brand can have such a large manpower and material resources to develop and optimize the flagship DACs of various brands.
Today we are going to talk about the latest product of the entry-level A&norma series, the SR25 MKII, which has always been small and portable, while bringing uncompromising sound quality, known as the HiFi small steel cannon. After three generations of change, the SR25 MKII can be said to be more and more perfect. While continuing the family design, the interior and exterior have been carefully optimized.
The SR25 MKII's outer packaging is very small, maintaining a consistent family design on the front, with a large "A" logo and the name of the SR25 MKII. A bevel on the silver casing echoes the classic "crooked neck" design on the machine.
On the back, nine Chinese words are used to write down basic parameters such as thrust, signal-to-noise ratio, and supported audio formats, and the basic information is clear at a glance.
Pulling out the inner layer, it is still the familiar black gift box design, which is attractive and elegant.
Open the lid and the SR25 MKII body will come into view. The classic gun gray body with a carbon fiber design looming in the light on the back.
The biggest change this time is the top, SR25 MKII conforms to the trend of the times, and the 3.5mm single-ended, 2.5mm and 4.4mm balanced interfaces are all ready at once, and enthusiasts no longer have to worry about the problem of adapter cables. At the same time, the three interfaces have been treated with an outer layer of gold edges, and the sense of refinement has been improved again.
It is still a familiar and easy-to-use roller design, which feels very good and is very smooth, and it will make a clicking sound when it is gently rotated.
Since the top is all left to the headphone holes, the buttons are all placed to the side. The four buttons arranged in an orderly manner, even if blind exercise, know that the corresponding buttons are power, the previous song, play/pause or the next song.
We end up going back to the front. The design of light and shadow has been well-known as early as the AK380 period, and sometimes I really admire Avery And's courage to make such an obvious asymmetrical screen design so pleasing to the eye.
In addition, Avery and the silver-plated shielding technology harvested in the development of the A&ultima series were shared with SR25 MKII, effectively improving the purity of sound.
Other accessories such as warranty cards, instruction manuals, data cables, films, etc., are not to be repeated. To complain a little is that the AK family has always not had a standard protective sleeve, and need to buy separately, all to five thousand gears, with a silicone water cover is not too much, right? And this configuration has long been a common standard in domestic players.
The DACs of the SR25 MKII have not been upgraded and are still two CS43198. The speed of copying files is not bad, basically reaching the speed of USB 3.0, but occasionally there will be a slowdown.
Charging only supports 10W fast charging, but this time the circuit has been re-optimized, and the continuous playback time can reach 20 hours, which is twice as much as the first generation.
Bluetooth supports LDAC, APTX-HD high bitrate format, with the current support of high bitrate wireless headphones more and more, its use cases will become more and more abundant.
The closed system of Android 9.0 supports mainstream streaming music such as Apple Music, Tidal and Spotify, which is convenient and ensures the stability and smoothness of the system.
In addition, SR25 MKII also supports some interesting and practical features, such as AK File Drop can transmit music wirelessly, no need for data cables; for example, BT Sink can make SR25 MKII can be both a Bluetooth transmitter and a Bluetooth transmitter; such as ReplayGain, which can adjust all songs to the same level, eliminating the need to frequently adjust the volume.
Let's talk a little bit about the sound of the SR25 MKII.
Let's start with the conclusion. The sound of the SR25 MKII is based on the continuation of Avery and tuning ideas, and the overall quality has been significantly improved compared to the AK70 period.
The low frequency sense is moderate and small, the lower potential is not prominent, the speed of rebound is slightly faster, and the overtones are also shallow, creating a more relaxed and cheerful atmosphere, clean and not paste.
The mid-range vocals have always been what Ailihe is good at, and the portrayal of the human voice is also in place: the feelings are rich, with a trace of dyeing, and the voice appears to be very three-dimensional and full.
The high frequency has a certain sharpening trace, retaining a relatively good sense of line and detail performance, which is exquisite and delicate.
The dynamic and transient aspects are decent, not exaggerated, and listening to popular music is perfectly sufficient.
It is worth mentioning that the balanced output headphone jack, whether it is a 2.5mm balanced interface or a new 4.4mm balanced interface, compared to 3.5mm single-ended has a significant improvement. The lateral sound field of the balance end is larger, the sense of space is more expansive, and the resolution is also improved, and I personally recommend using the balance end to drive the earbuds for a better sound experience.
Regarding the collocation of headphones, such as matching the broken army can achieve a good improvement and complementarity of the overall sound density, with sen rhyme lava, it has a good effect in the extension of low frequencies and high frequencies. In general, SR25 MKII clean, transparent, plain, warm style is still relatively versatile, with warm sound headphones can get a relatively balanced listening experience, with cold and thin headphones in the quality becomes more extreme at the same time, the listening will not be too exciting and annoying.
After three iterations, the SR25 MKII came to us in a nearly impeccable form. Avant-garde personality of the face value design, good-looking and easy-to-use operating system, worry-free and beautiful full-system hegemonic interface, greatly evolved sound quality, in the 5000 yuan file player, SR25 MKII comprehensive experience is very outstanding, worth recommending.