Premium audio hardware manufacturer and design
company Astell&Kern have this week unveiled their latest creation in the
form of the A&ultima SP2000 digital audio player, which will become the
company’s flagship device. The new A&ultima SP2000 will be officially
launching in a few month’s time during July 2019 and will be priced at US$ 3,499.
The SP2000 digital audio player supports up to
32-bit/768KHz bit-to-bit playback of high resolution PCM audio and native
playback of DSD up to DSD512. It is powered by a Octa-Core CPU supported by
512GB of internal memory and fitted with a 5-inch touchscreen. The A&ultima
SP2000 will be available in Stainless Steel and Copper finishes and offers MQA
support, pending final testing and certification, as well as dual-band Wi-Fi close
to the inclusion of a stereo antenna.
During the High End 2019 Munich event
Astell&Kern has unveiled four new products :
- Two new players – the A&ultima SP2000 & KANN CUBE featuring the latest high-performance DACs
- The SP2000 is Astell&Kern’s first player to support 32bit/768kHz high resolution PCM and DSD512 native, bit to bit playback
- SP1000 AMP provides more power output and improves playback time when combined with the SP1000 portable player
- New AK T9iE In-Ear Monitor by partner Beyerdynamic features an acoustic vent port with filter
