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Astell&Kern SP3000

£3,799.00

The new flagship portable music player from South Korean portable audio brand is made from the same premium grade stainless steel used by luxury watchmakers.

Astell&Kern SP3000

For a limited time only

NEW FLAGSHIP DAP

Featuring a new user interface, the flagship Astell&Kern A&ultima SP3000 Portable Music Player features a watch-grade 904L stainless steel body

ASTELL&KERN A&ULTIMA SP3000 PORTABLE MUSIC PLAYER

Astell&Kern SP3000 front back

The new flagship portable music player from South Korean portable audio brand is made from the same premium grade stainless steel used by luxury watchmakers

A&ultima SP3000 features the latest audio technologies, Astell&Kern say it is the world’s first digital audio player with independent Dual Audio Circuitry with complete separation of balanced and unbalanced output.

ASAHI KASEI AK4499EX DAC CHIP

It’s also the first to use the new flagship AK4499EX DAC chip from Asahi Kasei, used in innovative HEXA Audio Circuitry structure that separates digital and analogue signal processing.

Other spec highlights including a Qualcomm Snapdragon 6125 Octa-Core processor and support for high-resolution aptX-HD and LDAC wireless streaming.

The SP3000 has support for all key formats (including MQA, Native DSD 512) and streaming-service connectivity.

Roon Ready, too. Replay Gain technology keeps your listening at the volume level of your choice, with no irritating jumps or dips in volume as you move through tracks.

WATCHMAKER DETAILS

Astell&Kern SP3000 Wheel

The Astell&Kern A&ultima SP3000 Portable Music Player has a watch-style crown control joining a new 5.46in full high-definition display and a new generation on-screen interface.

The Astell&Kern SP3000 comes in a choice of black and silver finishes, with its body made from 904L stainless steel, which the brand says is the first time this premium-grade, metal has been used on a portable player.

Extremely durable and resistant to corrosion, 904L stainless steel is the metal of choice for luxury Swiss watch brands.

ASTELL&KERN A&ULTIMA SP3000 ARTISAN LEATHER CASE

A&K Leather Case

The Astell&Kern SP3000 comes with a premium leather case made by ALRAN, who has been hand-crafting leather since 1903 in Tarn, France, and supply many leading luxury brands.

The SP3000’s case is developed with ALRAN’s unique Hand-Boarding technology, which processes the leather by rubbing it in various directions using wooden planks, so you can feel the texture of the surface.

STREAMING HUB

The Astell&Kern A&ultima SP3000 Portable Music Player can also be used as a streaming hub for your main HiFi system, too.

TERATON ALPHA

Astell&Kern’s TERATON ALPHA technology has been further refined for the SP3000.

Designed to produce audio playback that is as close as possible to the original sound, the tech combines effective power noise removal, efficient power management and amplification, and a fully converted audio output interface.

The HEXA DAC structure and independent dual audio circuit, implemented for the first time in the SP3000, are paired together with the TERATON ALPHA’s sound solution.

Additional information

Colour

99.98% Pure Copper (Copper), Stainless Steel 904L (Black), Stainless Steel 904L (Silver)

Special Offer

with free Astell&Kern Pathfinder IEM, without free Astell&Kern Pathfinder IEM

Brand

Astell&Kern

Astell&Kern

Astell&Kern is the ultimate Hi-Fi audio system

Astell&Kern is the ultimate digital music source that brings you Mastering Quality Sound or MQS. Astell means ‘Stars’ in Latin and Kern means ‘Center’ in German. We believe Astell&Kern is the center of music. Today, original music performances can be captured in digital almost exactly as they were performed due to new, advanced recording technology currently available. However, these high quality recordings are mainly listened to through inferior sound formats, such as MP3 or through streaming services. With the debut of the MP3 format, music lovers sacrificed sound quality for the convenience of being able to carry their music collection wherever they went. Because the MP3 format heavily compresses files for the sake of convenience, the vocals and instruments you hear are only an inferior version of the original. The soundstage and the ambience of the original performance often disappears when listening to compressed MP3 music. After pondering these issues, Astell&Kern was our solution to poor sound quality for the sake of portability, and our way in reviving the original sound quality of music, MQS, for music artists, recording engineers, and professionals. Astell&Kern's pursuit is to provide natural and original sound without distortion. It showcases the presence of the original recording with miniscule details you may not have noticed from other music systems, while playing back high-resolution music bit by bit, exactly as it was recorded. The ability to play back the exact recording of any live performance is what Astell&Kern is known for.  

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