The prestigious South Korean firm Astell&Kern has just added a new member to its exclusive A&ultima series, the SP2000T, which completely redefines achievements in its category.

Building on the renowned musicality of the celebrated A&ultima SP2000, the SP2000T is the first product of its kind to incorporate a Quad DAC, Replay Gain function and a revolutionary Triple Amplification System, which allows the user to switch between different sonic characteristics of an amplifier. conventional operational (OP-AMP), a vacuum tube (TUBE AMP), and a hybrid scheme (HYBRID AMP), thus combining the unique warmth and musicality of vacuum devices with the clarity and dynamics of op-amps.

As we said, the SP2000T is also the first product in its class to incorporate Replay Gain functionality, which seamlessly and fully automatically adjusts the volume level of signals from sources encoded up to 24-bit/192kHz. Another fundamental engineering solution of the SP2000T is the use of the so-called “TERATON ALPHA Sound Solution”, used for the first time in the A&futura 180SE model and which aims to eliminate the noise coming from the power supply unit to make the power consumption and amplification are as efficient as possible. When it comes to “Hi-Res” compatibility, the SP2000T can play PCM files up to 32-bit/384kHz and DSD files up to DSD512.

Below, we detail the features of the new Astell&Kern A&ultima SP2000T portable audio player that is now available at www.audiohum.com

Astell&Kern A&ultima SP2000T 

The Astell&Kern A&ultima SP2000T portable audio player provides you with a variety of configuration options, which makes it unique and special for those audiophiles who like to go deeper and fine-tune the details of genres, albums and even their individual songs.

It is the first Quad-DAC player of the brand that allows two digital to analog converters for channel channel. In addition to four ESS ES9068AS chips that render the onboard MQA hardware, they support 8x MQA rendering and support up to 32-bit/384kHz bit-for-bit playback.

The Astell&Kern A&ultima SP2000T can decode files in DFF, DSF, ALAC, AAC, AIFF, MQA, WAV, FLAC, WMA, OGG, APE and CD formats. It also supports Bluetooth 5.0 to stream to an external speaker or your favorite music from a phone or tablet, and LDAC and aptX HD codecs for 24-bit streaming. It also has a built-in dual-blade Wi-Fi adapter.

Its internal structure consists of a double triode Korg Nutube vacuum tube with a lifespan of 30,000 hours that achieves a warm and detailed sound. It offers you headphone jacks with 2.5mm, 3.5mm or 4.4mm outputs.

This model will allow you to download apps and music to local storage, as well as select your preferred streaming services such as Apple Music, Amazon Music, Spotify, Tidal, SoundCloud, Qobuz, SiriuxXM, Tune-In, myTuner, Bandcamp or Deezer.

Its 5-inch touch screen with full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels has a USB type C port for charging. You can enjoy 9 hours of continuous playback with a quick charge time of 3.5 hours.

Includes a wooden case, a USB 3.0 to USB-C charging cable, a leather case, quick start instructions, and a microSD card slot cover.

Its dimensions are 78.1 mm wide x 141.1 mm high x 17.5 mm deep and it weighs 309 grams.

Place your order now at Audiohum.

Astell&Kern A&ultima SP2000T (€2,599)