Astell & Kern has announced the
availability of a new portable music and media player in the form of the Astell
& Kern A&futura SE15 which is now available to purchase priced at US$ 699
and features a tilted off centre screen. The new device forms the beginning of
A&K’s new A&norma “standard” line of devices which offer more
affordable devices based on the company’s more expensive hardware.
Internally within the A&futura SE15 music
player, Astell & Kern have equipped the device with a dual Cirrus Logic
CS43198 DAC powered by a quad core processor and equipped with a 3.3-inch WVGA
(800 x 480) TFT LCD all enclosed in an aluminium alloy body. Technology
provides users with the ability for native DSD and PCM playback up to
24-bit/192kHz, Bluetooth 4.1 with AptX HD support. “
