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Astell&Kern A&ultima SP2000 Portable Player


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Astell&Kern A&ultima SP2000 Portable Player
Next Level, A & ultima SP2000

A & ultima SP2000 is the third player released in the A & ultima lineup.
A & ultima SP2000 features newly developed audio circuitry and amplifier design.

Stainless Steel and Copper body finishes for the best acoustics
Dual DAC of AK4499EQ from AKM
Native playback of 32bit/768kHz PCM and DSD512 without compression or loss
Dual Band Wi-Fi (2.4/5GHz)
Twice the Amount of Internal Storage of Previous Flagship Models
Improved Audio Output Power and Greater Acoustic Details

The 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, with 6 Vrms for Balanced output and 3Vrms for Unbalanced output. With this design, the SP2000 offers the ultimate audio experience as Astell & Kern's newest flagship player.

The design motif of the SP2000 resembles the dispersion of light around the player.

The main focus of the design is the volume wheel, which is the starting point of the usability design. The exquisite details of the crown pattern crossed over the pattern of the body, reflect the craftmanship and quality of the player.

General Specifications:-

Model: SP2000
Body Color: Stainless Steel / Copper
Body Material:Stainless Steel : Stainless Steel / Copper : Copper
Display: 5inch (720 x 1,280) Touch display
Supported Audio Formats:WAV, FLAC, WMA, MP3, OGG, APE, AAC, ALAC, AIFF, DFF, DSF, MQA(Support Scheduled)
MQA playback: Services(Tidal Masters), Local files, External USB, MQA-CD(ripped)
Sample rate: PCM : 8kHz ~ 768kHz (8/16/24/32bits per Sample) / DSD Native: DSD64(1bit 2.8MHz), Stereo / DSD128(1bit 5.6MHz), Stereo / DSD256(1bit 11.2MHz), Stereo / DSD512(1bit 22.4MHz), Stereo

Output Level: Unbalanced 3.0Vrms / Balanced 6.0Vrms (Condition No Load)

CPU: Octa-Core
DAC: AKM AK4499EQ x2 (Dual DAC)
Decoding: Support up to 32bit / 768kHz Bit-to-Bit Playback
Input:USB 3.0 Type-C input (for PC & MAC)
Outputs:Unbalanced Out (3.5mm) / Optical Out (3.5mm) / Balanced Out (2.5mm, only 4-pole supported)
Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4/5GHz)
Bluetooth:V4.1 (A2DP, AVRCP, aptXTM HD)
Dimensions: 3.00 ”(76.3 mm) [W] x 5.19 ”(132 mm) [H] x 0.61 ”(15.7 mm) [D]
Weight: Stainless Steel : 14.49 oz (410.8 g) / Copper : 15.25 oz (432.4 g)
Feature Enhancements: Firmware upgrades supported (OTA)

AUDIO PERFORMANCE

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

Signal to Noise Ratio: 124dB @ 1kHz, Unbalanced / 125dB @ 1kHz, Balanced
Crosstalk: -138dB @ 1kHz, Unbalanced / -144dB @ 1kHz, Balanced
THD+N: 0.0005% @ 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 SOURCE
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)

MEMORY
Built-in Memory:512GB [NAND]
External Memory: microSD (Max. 512GB) x1

OS

Supported OS:
Windows 7,8,10 (32/64bit), MAC OS X 10.7 and up

The SP2000 Case emphasizes the beauty of the original material.

The SP2000 Case is available in two types of leather and further enhances the SP2000's beautiful design and sophisticated crown pattern wheel.

The Black color case uses Buttero leather from Walpier. Buttereo leather uses the shoulder of cow hide. Neck creases of blood vessels are slightly visible in the shoulder area. However, the chrome tanning pigment technique is not used to conceal such scratches or patterns. Instead, the leather is dyed with vegetable tannin to keep intact the natural texture.

The high fiber density allows richness of colors or excellent color generation, like Italia, besides elasticity. Once familiarized, the moist texture of the material will be lustrous and transparent, providing a unique feeling.

Established in 1973 in San Miniato, Tuscany, Walpier Tannery has been in business for three generations and has a long tradition of making leather products based on vegetable tanning process. The tannery handles 100% cow hair leathers imported from France and is a member of Vera Pelle, Italy’s association of vegetable-based leather tanners.

The traditional vegetable tanning technology of Walpier Tannery has been handed down father to son for centuries in the Tuscany region. The tanning process usually takes 40 days by putting raw leather with natural tanning extracted from a variety of trees in a drum. This is a processing method only practiced by Italian tanners of the world.

Leather products that undergo the vegetable-based tanning process show the owner’s lifestyle vividly and make the products their own as it takes a long time to break in depending on the owner’s way of handling.

The Juniper Green color case uses Elbamatt leather from Tempesti. Elbamatt leather is made of high quality leather that has the highest density and thickness among the various parts of the cow and has a strong resilience against scratches due to its high oil content as a whole which can yield changes over time.

Tempesti, which laid the foundation of VERA PELLE, the association of Italian vegetable tanning, has been producing natural leather for four generations since 1945. Leather has been produced in Tuscany since the Etruscans settled in the area in the 8th century B.C., and for the past 3,000 years, Tempesti has honored that tradition by making the finest leather in rich colors.

Rawhide is carefully selected from farms that comply with strict animal and environment protection standards implemented by Northern European countries such as France, Sweden, Denmark, and Belgium, which are the world's top markets for rawhide.

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