{"id":152104,"date":"2022-12-07T15:29:29","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T15:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=152104"},"modified":"2022-12-07T15:29:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T15:29:29","slug":"astell-kern-hc3-budget-portable-dac-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/astell-kern-hc3-budget-portable-dac-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Astell &#038; Kern HC3: Budget portable DAC launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Astell\u00a0&amp; Kern\u00a0has released a low-cost portable digital-to-analog converter\u00a0HC3\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>It is designed to be used as an amplifier for headphones equipped with a 3.5 mm mini-jack.\u00a0The device is encased in an aluminum alloy housing and the installed connection cable is double shielded to provide a reliable shield against electromagnetic and radio frequency interference.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/techweek.png\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The DAC block is based on the\u00a0ES9219MQ\u00a0chip , which is characterized by low power consumption.\u00a0The model can be used with any signal sources, including those working on iOS &#8211; a special adapter from\u00a0USB-C\u00a0to\u00a0Lightning\u00a0is included in the kit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/137_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The company also offers a special application for smartphones and tablets on Android, which provides smooth volume control.\u00a0The weight of the device is\u00a020 grams\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astell\u00a0&amp; Kern\u00a0has released a low-cost portable digital-to-analog converter\u00a0HC3\u00a0. It is designed to be used as an amplifier for headphones equipped with a 3.5 mm mini-jack.\u00a0The device is encased in an aluminum alloy housing and the installed connection cable is double shielded to provide a reliable shield against electromagnetic and radio frequency interference. The DAC block [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/astell-kern-hc3-budget-portable-dac-launched\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":152105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-152104","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\/152104","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=152104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}