Korean audio brand Astell & Kern has brought out the ACRO CA1000 T , a headphone amplifier plan to advertize the bound of sound quality .
The ACRO CA1000 T travel along on from theACRO CA1000 headphone amp , and is the world ’s first equipment to feature a dual - tube triple amp system of rules and latest ESS flagship DAC .
The ES9039MPRO DAC from ESS is said to provide a “ clean , three - dimensional ” sound that improves on the late example with both power use of goods and services and noise reduced . In terms of how it fathom , you may expect the freshen circuit design to turn in a “ full , elaborate auditory sensation from cryptic and fat freshwater bass tone to crystal light in high spirits notes . ”
Also inside the CA1000 T are dual Twin Triode KORG Nutube tubes and a complete balanced circuit that separates left and right line with two vacuum tubes to make more born and softer sounds . Listeners can select between the Tube Amp and OP Amp mood to experience the signature sound Astell&Kern provides with its product .
The Teraton Alpha that ’s been present in A&K ’s recent gimmick is included to ply distortion - gratis audio recording at the highest output . There ’s also support for a four - stage Gain Level setting of up to 15Vrms to play nice with the most “ sophisticated ” in - ear proctor and headphones .
As is typical of Astell&Kern ’s products , it ’s a machine with alone looks , with its brushed grey aluminium body , abrupt edges and gold coloured telephone dial . porthole admit an XLR and RCA output , along with Wi - Fi , and Bluetooth connectivity . A tilted 4.1 - in touch screen with a 1280 x 720 resolution is incorporate to mesh the machine and change preferences . There ’s built - in storage of 256 GB that can be expanded to 1 TB via a microSD .
In damage of audio formats , the CA1000 T amply supports DSD512 and 32 - bit/768kHz , MQA 16X full decodervia a hardware renderer , as well asaptX HDandLDAC , so it ’s well covered for wired and wireless playback at high timbre .
barrage life is quoted at 11 hours with a Battery Protection Mode to aid keep full assault and battery life . Battery is charged up to 85 % when the modality is enabled and turn back to that level when fell to 80 % to avoid any subject from a long - term connectedness to the office supply .
If you require a this gimmick you ’ll have to pay a big sum , the ACRO CA1000 T is price at £ 2299 / $ 2,300 / € 2599 / AUD$3699 .
