{"id":153915,"date":"2023-01-13T18:25:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T18:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=153915"},"modified":"2023-01-13T18:25:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T18:25:54","slug":"astell-kern-acro-ca1000t-desktop-player-and-headphone-amplifier-with-tube-output","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/astell-kern-acro-ca1000t-desktop-player-and-headphone-amplifier-with-tube-output\/","title":{"rendered":"Astell &#038; Kern ACRO CA1000T: Desktop player and headphone amplifier with tube output"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new Astell &amp; Kern ACRO CA1000T\u00a0headphone amplifier model\u00a0is designed more for desktop use, but it also has a built-in battery.<\/p>\n<p>It is capable of providing up to\u00a010 hours of\u00a0continuous playback.\u00a0The main features of the device are the DAC block, built on top-end\u00a0ES9039MPRO\u00a0chips , and an amplifier with three modes of operation &#8211; pure tube, hybrid and transistor.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/142_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>KORG Nutube\u00a0miniature double triodes are installed in the tube stage\u00a0.\u00a0The amplifier has a fully symmetrical circuit and is built according to the\u00a0Teraton Alpha\u00a0proprietary topology , which effectively eliminates power supply noise.\u00a0The maximum output voltage is up to\u00a015 V\u00a0, which is enough to drive any headphones.\u00a0To connect signal sources, both digital and analog physical inputs are provided, including XLR and USB-C, as well as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless adapters with\u00a0aptX HD\u00a0and\u00a0LDAC support\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/143_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The player works with\u00a0PCM streams 32 bit \/ 768 kHz\u00a0and\u00a0DSD512 , full\u00a0MQA\u00a0support is also announced\u00a0.\u00a0The model is Roon Ready\u00a0certified\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>The Astell &amp; Kern ACRO CA1000T\u00a0headphone player and amplifier\u00a0sells for\u00a0$2,300 worldwide\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Astell &amp; Kern ACRO CA1000T\u00a0headphone amplifier model\u00a0is designed more for desktop use, but it also has a built-in battery. It is capable of providing up to\u00a010 hours of\u00a0continuous playback.\u00a0The main features of the device are the DAC block, built on top-end\u00a0ES9039MPRO\u00a0chips , and an amplifier with three modes of operation &#8211; pure tube, [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/astell-kern-acro-ca1000t-desktop-player-and-headphone-amplifier-with-tube-output\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":153916,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-153915","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\/153915","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=153915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}