Astell&Kern A&Ultima SP1000M High Resolution Digital Portable Audio Player

Astell&Kern is the ultimate Hi-Fi audio system

Astell&Kern is the ultimate digital music source that brings you Mastering Quality Sound or MQS. Astell means ‘Stars’ in Latin and Kern means ‘Center’ in German. We believe Astell&Kern is the center of music.

Original music performances recently have been captured in digital almost exactly as they were performed due to new and advanced recording technologies currently available. These great-sounding recordings are mainly listened to in inferior sound formats, such as MP3 or streaming services. With the debut of the MP3 format, music lovers scarified the quality of the sound for the convenience of being able to carry their music collection wherever they went. Because MP3 heavily compresses the original file for the sake of convenience, you only hear inferior vocals and instruments, and the full soundstage and ambience from the original recordings is missing. The movement of the original performance often disappears when listening to compressed MP3 music. After agonizing over these issues, Astell&Kern was our solution to the poor quality of musical sound for the sake of portability, and our way to ultimately bring back the original sound quality of the music, MQS, back to music artists, recording engineers and professionals.

Astell&Kern pursuit is to provide the natural and original sound without distortion. It offers almost the exact presence with tiny details you wouldn’t have noticed from other music systems by playing back high-resolution music bit for bit, exactly as it was recorded. The exact sound without missing any bit of the live performance in recordings is what Astell&Kern is known for.

The power of true sound from Astell&Kern has been experienced and also from famous audio exhibitions around the world. Astell&Kern is now admired by music lovers from many countries, including USA, China, Japan, UK, France, and many more around the world.

Ultra Portable & Ultra Performance

A&ultima SP1000M Gold

Give a new value to a musical instrument!

A&ultima’s second product, SP1000M, which was created with no compromise to sound, gives a new value to Gold.

For the sound close to the original recording, enjoy the beautiful musical instrument created from the combination of the gold plating and brass materials, 99.7% purity combined.

• Octa-Core CPU for Next-Level Performance

• AK4497EQ Dual DAC for Highest Sound Quality

• 4.1 Inch HD Display

• Highest Quality Audio of SP1000

• Brass Body, Gold Plated 99.7%

• DNLA-Based AK Connect App

• Open APP Service for Music Streaming

• Internal memory of 256GB, plus microSD card slot

Astell&Kern, a global leader in portable high-resolution audio players and accessories, announces a new player in their flagship player line, the A&ultima SP1000M.

Equipped with a 4.1 inch, HD-resolution screen, the A&ultima SP1000M provides sharp images and vivid colors to display album art, music playback and player information. The redesigned, music-centric GUI that debuted on the full-sized SP1000 is also used on the SP1000M. USB Type-C 3.0 support allows data transfers that are twice as fast as other Astell&Kern players. The A&ultima SP1000 also provides 10 hours of music playback and includes support for fast charging.

Get Warmer and Vivid Sound with the brand new gold plated brass housing
With the same DAC combination, AK aim to further improve the audio quality of A&Ultima SP1000M Royal Gold by utilizing new material for the housing framework. After prolonged study, gold plated brass has been picked to improve grounding performances, thus providing a more vivid and warm sound signature. While the Golden surface is also important in reducing oxidization

Great Performance for the Ultimate Experience
The A&ultima; SP1000 is equipped with an octa-core CPU which allows the player to produce the exact musical detail present in the original recording without distortion and provides a quick, lag-free operation. The A&ultima; SP1000M features faster booting times, speedy file transfers, lag-free processing and a new intuitive user interface for the ultimate player experience.

Ultimate Sound Quality
The latest AK4497EQ dual-DAC design and the upgraded CPU in the A&ultima; SP1000M allows for accurate playback of native 32bit/384kHz audio with no compromise on sound quality.

The music is played back, bit-for-bit, just as the artist and engineer intended for it to be heard. The A&ultima; SP1000M also supports native bit-to-bit DSD playback up to 11.2MHz for the best sound possible.

New Android APK support
New firmware will debut with the SP1000M that adds Android APK support, allowing users to install additional music streaming services to their player by simply copying and installing the corresponding APK file for the music service they wish to add.

Faster Charging, Quicker File Transfer
Next generation USB Type-C support allows file transfer speeds up to 10Gbps and supports both data transfer and charging from the same cable. USB 3.0 protocol transfers data twice as fast when compared to other Astell&Kern; players. Charging with a fast charger (at 9V/1.67A) takes only two hours and allows up to 12 hours of continuous playback.

Model：SP1000M

Body Color：Gold/ Lapis Blue

Body Material：Gold:Gold plated Brass/ Lapis Blue:Aluminium

Display：4.1 inch (720 x 1,280) Touchscreen

Supported Audio Formats：WAV, FLAC, WMA, MP3, OGG, APE, AAC, ALAC, AIFF, DFF, DSF

Sample rate：PCM : 8kHz ~ 384kHz (8/16/24/32bits per Sample) / DSD Native: DSD64(1bit 2.8MHz), Stereo
/ DSD128(1bit 5.6MHz), Stereo / DSD256(1bit 11.2MHz), Stereo

Output Level：Unbalance 2.1Vrms / Balance 4.2Vrms (Condition No Load)

CPU：Octa-Core

DAC：AKM AK4497EQ x2 (Dual DAC)

Decoding：Support up to 32bit / 384kHz Bit to Bit Decoding

Input：USB 3.0 Type-C input (for charging & data transfer (PC & MAC))/ Connection Mode : MTP (Media Device)

Outputs：PHONES (3.5mm) / Balanced Out (2.5mm, only 4-pole supported)

Wi-Fi：802.11 b/g/n (2.4GHz)

Bluetooth：V4.1 (A2DP, AVRCP, aptX™ HD)

Dimensions：2.67 ”(67.9 mm) [W] x 4.60 ”(117 mm) [H] x 0.66 ”(16.9 mm) [D]

Weight：Gold：313 g/ Lapis Blue:203g

Feature Enhancements:Firmware upgrades supported (OTA)

Frequency Response：±0.062dB (Condition: 20Hz~20kHz) Unbalance / ±0.061dB (Condition: 20Hz~20kHz) Balance
±0.68dB (Condition: 10Hz~70kHz) Unbalance / ±0.67dB (Condition: 10Hz~70kHz) Balance

Signal to Noise Ratio：120dB @ 1kHz, Unbalance / 123dB @ 1kHz, Balance

Crosstalk：138dB @ 1kHz, Unbalance / 144dB @ 1kHz, Balance

THD+N：0.0007% @ 1kHz, Unbalance / 0.0006% @ 1kHz, Balance

IMD SMPTE：0.0004% 800Hz 10kHz(4:1) Unbalance & Balance

Output Impedance:Balanced out 2.5mm (1ohm) / PHONES 3.5mm (2ohm)

Clock Jitter:25ps(Typ)

Reference Clock Jitter:200 Femto Seconds

Battery Capacity:3,300mAh 3.7V Li-Polymer Battery

Continuous Playback Time:Up to 10 hours (Standard – MUSIC: FLAC, 16-bit/44kHz, Volume 75, LCD Off)

Charge Time:About 3 hours (Standard – 9V/1.67A Fast charging)

Built-in Memory:Gold:256GB / Lapis Blue:128GB [NAND]

External Memory:microSD (Max 400GB) x1

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