{"id":138113,"date":"2021-11-08T13:26:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T13:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=138113"},"modified":"2021-11-08T13:26:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T13:26:12","slug":"astell-kern-acro-be100-bluetooth-speaker-with-silk-tweeters-and-a-kevlar-woofer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/astell-kern-acro-be100-bluetooth-speaker-with-silk-tweeters-and-a-kevlar-woofer\/","title":{"rendered":"Astell &#038; Kern ACRO BE100: Bluetooth speaker with silk tweeters and a Kevlar woofer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having distracted for a while from the reference portable players-DACs, Astell &amp; Kern\u00a0decided to try\u00a0themselves in the class of Bluetooth speakers with the ACRO BE100 model.\u00a0The design of the speaker is the familiar surface of the case covered with leather and the characteristic corner &#8220;hall&#8221; on the perforated grill. There are two colors: black and white.<\/p>\n<p>The signal to the built-in DSP is provided by a 32-bit DAC, supplemented by a Bluetooth 5.0 module with support for 24-bit codecs, among which it is worth noting aptX HD (48 kHz) and LDAC (96 kHz).\u00a0The onboard DAC is supplemented with a 50ps clock generator, which, according to A&amp;K, minimizes jitter.\u00a0There is also an analog input &#8211; AUX 3.5.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/45_techweek.jpg\" width=\"598\" height=\"446\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Under the grill there is an almost triphonic of two 1.5-inch silk dome tweeters and a woofer with a Kevlar cone.\u00a0They are served by three economical D-class amplifiers.\u00a0The total power can reach 55 W, and the declared frequency range was 50\u201320,000 Hz.\u00a0The DRC dynamic range control will protect your speakers if it gets too loud.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/46_techweek.jpg\" width=\"716\" height=\"526\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An encoder with a ribbed surface is designed to control the speaker. An indication is placed around it &#8211; it shows the operating mode and volume level.\u00a0In addition, the bass and treble tone can be adjusted in five levels.\u00a0The appearance of new items on sale is scheduled for early December.<\/p>\n<p>In the UK, the cost of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.astellkern.co.uk\/arco-be100.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Astell &amp; Kern ACRO BE100 Bluetooth speaker<\/a> will be \u00a3 450.<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having distracted for a while from the reference portable players-DACs, Astell &amp; Kern\u00a0decided to try\u00a0themselves in the class of Bluetooth speakers with the ACRO BE100 model.\u00a0The design of the speaker is the familiar surface of the case covered with leather and the characteristic corner &#8220;hall&#8221; on the perforated grill. There are two colors: black and [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/astell-kern-acro-be100-bluetooth-speaker-with-silk-tweeters-and-a-kevlar-woofer\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":138114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-138113","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-speakers","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}