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The Astell and Kern AK300 at Newport 2016

2016-06-06
Jimmy from wrestling career here at 2016 the show at Newport and want to show off some of our latest products and some of our existing stuff so yeah I'm here with Brian from audio head and we're really excited to be here so got the a K jr. this is our entry-level model it's our single back model our lightest and slimmest model a single deck wilson 8740 DAC 64 gigabytes of internal storage space the high res audio support play back up to 24 192 and single rate DSD single-ended 3.5 millimeter headphone output you can use it as a USB DAC a lot of different ways that you can use this you can use it with your car as well and real thin real lights are most portable and thinnest product and prices start at $4.99 for the a K jr. and it's paired up with our aka t5p headphone that we work with biodynamic on it's based on the original existing t5p it's the non removable cable version 32 ohms of output impedance and cabled in our balanced headphone output 2.5 millimeter TRS jack also comes with a adapter for 2.5 to 3.5 so you can use it with a wide variety of other devices as well moving on we have the aka 100 gen - that's our single DAC model as well this one actually comes with the balanced tip own output a revised user interface based on Android 64 gigabytes of internal storage space as well and also a single DAC model which uses the Cirrus Logic CS 43 98 DAC also you can use this as a USB DAC as well and prices start at 899 the a k100 Gentoo moving on we have the AKP II's this is by dynamics very first Tesla driver in your monitor another collaborative product that we were goodbye dynamic on very light very comfortable this is with removable MMC ex connectors and also comes with two sets of cables for balanced and single end at 3.5 millimeter jack next to that we have the a k120 Gen 2 a lot of you guys probably heard about this already but this is our dual DAC model that Achatz each Cirrus Logic 43 98 DAC to each audio channel bringing wider dynamic range and an channel separation compared to our take a junior in the a K 100 models 128 gigabytes of internal storage space Wi-Fi capable just like our a K 100 was which I forgot to mention and also has the balance depth on output as well price 120 is 69 you also have the a kti you here again but this one will use the balance cables that we work with crystal cables on so this is a pure silver and silver gold core that are cabled in the 2.5 millimeter balanced and of course as a standard MMC a connector so you're just not limited to just using this with kid II's you can use it with a wide variety of different MMC X connector headphones and this is actually also available in a 3.5 millimeter jack as well so you're not just limited to 2.5 and they also crystal cables and Esalen Kern also make to pin cable as well for 2.5 and 3.5 so you can use it with custom in-ear monitors with specific to point connection very cool and this is the new guy right no actually this one is the akq 40 Blue Note edition so this was the part of our $6,000 collection so this is just a player from it but we will be selling just the player itself with the entire blue look like a Blue Note collection loaded onto it very cool 75 Blue Note albums all in high res preloaded into the player it just doesn't come with the 75 separate micro SD cards or the coffee table book or the Jacob the big the stand for the microSD card this will run for $29.99 a standard 8k 240 will be $24.99 but if you try to buy 75 separate Blue Note albums that'll be more than $500 in itself so makes a pretty good value for a big jazz fan it's cool a k2 42 for 256 gigabytes of internal storage space also with dual cirrus logic CS 43 98 decks creating the dual mono output only different main difference between that and a K 240 well this one will play DSD formats natively without conversion to high rate high res PCM where the a K 100 in the 120 will marry cool standard a K 240 will be $24.99 the blue note and then there's also a stainless steel version of the a k2 48 which was a limited edition release is they're both $24.99 now the ek 240 is also connected with the t5p and 2.5 millimeter balance - and next to that is our brand new a K 300 yeah so this is aa the US debut for the a K 304 for the Newport Show it's the it's a single single deck model so it's we considered that the entry-level model of the a Kate 300 single single deck version it's the AKM a cage 4490 DAC from Japan this one will also have the same balanced tempo an output 64 gigabytes of internal storage space as well updated slightly bigger screen the plate ID the UI is a little bit different than some of the other players but if you're used to they came 100 and no to 40 playback players then this will feel very familiar hmm you can also use this with the cradle the which is optional with the balanced output so you can connect it to your preamp and you can also connect this to a power source so you can charge it at the same time as well the aka 300 retails for it's going to be between $8.99 and $9.99 prices should be completely set by the end of this month retailers and online very very soon and this is the least expensive version of the 300 line then is that correct yes that is correct very cool so moving on we have the akt1 P this is the biodynamic version of our collaborative product with them it's actually based on the original t1 p except it's a 32 ohms of output impedance where the original t1 p is a 600 ohm output impedance headphone this one is based on their gen 2 t1 p so that they do have removable cables and they do come with a set of balanced 3.5 unbalanced and the adaptors for each ones as well and the t1 p retails for 1,100 so we have another 300 here and then at the end here is the a K 320 the 320 is just like the 300 different body finishes more of a silver finish and the 320 is a dual deck model just like her a k1 20 128 gigabytes of internal storage space it's got the vcxo femto clock for a really low clock jitter as well and also the 20 band parametric EQ and I forgot to mention those two features are also available under a cake 300 as well 128 gigabytes of internal storage space and also features the dual deck which is the same deck as a K 300 which is the aka 4490 DAC from a KN and retails for $17.99 so moving on in the back here we have the entire product lineup of our a K 300 series with the a k 300 the 320 turn that on here and then three different flavors of their top-of-the-line a kuat so this is the standard version the meteoric Titan version which is the Illumina duralumin version the black version here and our top-of-the-line copper version all the way to the right now this is our flagship model it still uses the AKM 4490 Dax but just like the akt 40 will playback DSD formats natively with that conversion to high res PCM 256 gigabytes of internal storage space vcx authentic lock 20 band parametric eq as well and this will playback DSD formats natively and PCM up to 32 bit 383 82 so oh and I also forgot to mention we have the entire siren series headphones except for the Leila twos which which will be coming for the show so we have the Rosie's that Angie's the rocks and twos the Angie T's by the way and the Leila tooth which are supposed to be right here but they will be here for the show coming very soon and another new product we have this year is our aka recorder so the recorder you've got to know vinyl turntable your healthy turntable and this is hooked up with the sim audios moon photo preamp the diploma premium connected the RCA 2 mini jack or if you have RC a community jack as well it'll connect directly to the recorder here where you can if you use if you connect it with the a kiiier T and the recorder is compatible with any of our 300 series but with the 380 you can record up to 32 bit 384 and 16 bit all day up to 32 bit and up to double rate DSD as well while it can also rip vinyl straight into DSD you can also record live performances into DSD or any of the PCM audio PCM waveform at with the separate mic adapter to an XLR mini XLR mics and take it to a concert to record live performances if you're recording your own performances you can do that as well so very very flexible type of DSD recorder saves directly on to the player as a DSD format or PCM format and can offload it save it on to your computer or to a microSD card and so forth so we'll have a different couple of different options where you can just grab the recorder to use it as a deist vinyl rip or you can grab the entire set up with it with a mic the DSD am pack and comes in a carrying case just like this with the Pelican case pricing is still TBD but it should range from the amp pack only from $6.99 the entire kit I believe it'll be somewhere between $8.99 and $9.99 for the entire kit here so that includes the tripod the impact of and the mic along with the mic holders as well so the ant the vinyl turntable that we're using right now is a c-sharp with the same audio component preamps and yeah that's kind of the lowdown on our entire product line as far as portables go right now and we also have an attempt an attachment room which is directly right next door and that has our entire home audio lineup that includes our akt1 and RAK 500 and series set with the full council for three speakers
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