{"id":145224,"date":"2022-05-20T11:43:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T10:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=145224"},"modified":"2022-05-20T11:46:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T10:46:05","slug":"astell-kern-kann-max-rock-solid-powerful-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/astell-kern-kann-max-rock-solid-powerful-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Astell &#038; Kern Kann Max: Rock solid powerful player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kann series\u00a0of Hi-Fi players\u00a0from the Korean\u00a0brand Astell &amp; Kern\u00a0has its admirers, despite the rather large size of the devices.\u00a0Three generations of these players have shown that even a portable device can have enough power to unplug high-impedance headphones, which previously could only be used with\u00a0stationary amplifiers\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/106_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"825\" height=\"438\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Astell &amp; Kern Kann Max provides a maximum power of up to 15 V RMS in a more compact body than in the previous version.<\/p>\n<p>Max is the first Kann player with four ES9038Q2M DACs.\u00a0It is claimed that the DAC assignment for each individual amplification channel gives the sound more depth and realism, which in combination with other Astell &amp; Kern technologies should ensure unsurpassed sound quality and low distortion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/107_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"825\" height=\"438\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kann Max supports files up to 32 bit \/ 768 kHz PCM and natively supports DSD 512. The current file format is traditionally signaled by the colorful backlight of the volume control wheel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n<div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KANN MAX Product Intro Video\" width=\"662\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d8uGCObprL8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The new Kann is equipped with three headphone outputs of 2.5 mm, 3.5 mm and 4.4 mm, so you can connect both compact IEMs and full-size monitors demanding extra amplification without unnecessary adapters.\u00a0Each of the connectors has a PVD gold coating to reduce contact noise.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/108_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"825\" height=\"438\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Teraton Alpha Sound Solution eliminates noise from the power source and provides efficient energy savings.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget about wireless features.\u00a0There is Bluetooth 5.0 with support for aptX HD and LDAC codecs and BT Sink function, which allows you to control playback from a smartphone.\u00a0And Wi-Fi for use with streaming services, software updates, and AK File Drop.<\/p>\n<p>The autonomy of the Kann Max is up to 13 hours. Built-in 64 GB memory, memory cards up to 1 TB are supported.<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kann series\u00a0of Hi-Fi players\u00a0from the Korean\u00a0brand Astell &amp; Kern\u00a0has its admirers, despite the rather large size of the devices.\u00a0Three generations of these players have shown that even a portable device can have enough power to unplug high-impedance headphones, which previously could only be used with\u00a0stationary amplifiers\u00a0. Astell &amp; Kern Kann Max provides a maximum [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/astell-kern-kann-max-rock-solid-powerful-player\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":145229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-145224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145224","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=145224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}