Astell&Kern A&ultima SP2000 Portable Music Player

Description

A&ultima SP2000

SP2000 is the first Astell&Kern player to use separate, independent audio channels between the unbalanced and balanced outputs. This design offers much more power than ever before, in fact 6Vrms for balanced output and 3Vrms for unbalanced output.

With streaming music services becoming more popular, it is ever more important to have stronger and more reliable network reception for your audio experience. SP2000 supports Dual Band Wi-Fi with an improved 3-dimensional antenna design, ensuring that music streaming from the most popular services is better than ever.

The AK4499EQ DAC chip uses the most advanced Current Output Architecture technology. To take full advantage of this new architecture, Astell&Kern redesigned the Op Amp and analog amp block configuration completely. This new circuit design optimizes current consumption and brings out the most from these new DAC chips, for mind-blowing audio quality.

CD ripping and offline storage of streaming content is getting more popular, so it’s comforting to know that SP2000 offers twice the amount of internal storage compared to SP1000. 512GB internal storage can hold up to 700+ CDs or 8,000+ tracks of FLAC files (60MB/track).

Further, this amazing portable player is the first Astell&Kern model to support 32 bit/768 kHz and DSD512 (22.4MHz) playback, natively, without compression or loss.

Master Quality Authenticated (MQA)

MQA is an award-winning British technology that delivers the sound of the original master recording. The master MQA file is fully authenticated and is small enough to stream or download. SP2000 includes MQA technology, which enables you to play back MQA audio files and streams, delivering the sound of the original master recording.

Features

• Stainless Steel / Copper body finishes, for the best acoustics.
• Dual AKM AK4499EQ DAC.
• Native playback 32bit/768kHz PCM, DSD512 with zero compression or loss.
• Dual-Band Wi-Fi (2.4/5GHz)
• Twice the internal storage capacity of previous flagship models.
• Improved audio output power, greater acoustic details.

Specifications

• Frequency Response: ±0.015dB (Condition: 20Hz-20kHz) Unbalanced / ±0.010dB (Condition: 20Hz-20kHz) Balanced ±0.050dB (Condition: 20Hz-70kHz) Unbalanced / ±0.030dB (Condition: 20Hz-70kHz) Balanced
• STN Ratio: 124dB @ 1kHz, Unbalanced / 125dB @ 1kHz, Balanced
• Crosstalk: -138dB @ 1kHz, Unbalanced / -144dB @ 1kHz, Balanced
• THD: +N0.0005% @ 1kHz, Unbalanced / 0.0004% @ 1kHz, Balanced
• IMD SMPTE: 0.0003% 800Hz 10kHz(4:1) Unbalanced & Balanced
• Output Impedance: Unbalanced Out 3.5mm (1.5ohm) / Balanced out 2.5mm (1ohm)
• Clock Jitter: 25ps(Typ)
• Reference Clock Jitter: 200 Femto Seconds
• Battery Capacity: 3,700mAh, 3.8V Li-Polymer Battery
• Continuous Playback Time: Up to 8 hours (Standard – MUSIC: FLAC, 16-bit/44.1kHz, Unbalance, Volume 80, EQ OFF, LCD OFF)
• Charge Time: About 2.5 hours (Standard – 9V/1.67A Fast charging), about 5 hours (Standard – 5V/2A General charging)
• Built-in Memory: 512GB [NAND]
• External Memory: MicroSD (Max. 1TB) x1
• Supported OS: Windows 7,8,10 (32/64bit), MAC OS X 10.7 and up

Full Astell&Kern Range Available

Unilet Sound & Vision are official retail partners for Astell&Kern, providing sales, advice and assistance on their entire range of high-quality audio products. Please do get in touch if you would like a demonstration or wish to purchase.

More Information

• SP2000, by Astell&Kern
• See the full A&K range on Audio Sanctuary, our dedicated Headphones & Portable Audio platform.

Additional information

Brand

Astell&Kern

Astell means ‘Stars’ in Latin, and Kern means ‘Center’ in German. Their pursuit is to provide natural and original sound without distortion. The brand is known for portable audio, earphones and home audio products which showcase the presence of the original recording, often revealing miniscule details not previously noticed.

Choose Astell&Kern products to play back high-resolution music bit-by-bit, exactly as it was recorded.