{"id":159802,"date":"2023-04-08T09:35:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T08:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=159802"},"modified":"2023-10-18T06:07:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T05:07:25","slug":"astell-kern-releases-a-new-anorma-sr35-hi-res-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/astell-kern-releases-a-new-anorma-sr35-hi-res-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Astell\u00a0&#038; Kern releases a new\u00a0A&#038;Norma SR35\u00a0hi-res player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Astell\u00a0&amp; Kern has released a new\u00a0A&amp;Norma SR35\u00a0hi-res player\u00a0built on a quad-core processor and capable of working with\u00a032bit\/384kHz\u00a0signals and\u00a0DSD256 stream.\u00a0This is how MQA\u00a0file decoding is declared\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/120_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The digital-to-analog converter in the player is based on four\u00a0CS43198\u00a0chips from\u00a0Cirrus Logic\u00a0, two per channel.\u00a0This improves the signal-to-noise ratio and reduces the level of non-linear distortion.\u00a0All major functions are controlled via physical keys on the left panel, a rotary knob on the right panel, and a\u00a03.6-inch\u00a0touch screen with a resolution of\u00a0720 x 1080 pixels\u00a0.\u00a0The body of the device is machined from aluminum alloy, the back wall is covered with a layer of carbon fiber and impact-resistant glass.\u00a0The player measures\u00a064 x 108.3 x 16.1 mm\u00a0and weighs\u00a0184 grams\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/121_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To connect headphones, the player is equipped with three connectors &#8211; unbalanced 3.5 mm and balanced 2.5 mm and 4.4 mm.\u00a0The output voltage is up to\u00a03.1 V\u00a0at the 3.5 mm output and up to\u00a06 V\u00a0at the balanced outputs.\u00a0The model has received Roon Ready\u00a0certification\u00a0, and the built-in Bluetooth adapter supports the\u00a0aptX HD\u00a0codec .\u00a0A full charge of the battery is enough, according to the manufacturer, for\u00a020 hours\u00a0of operation.\u00a0Built-in memory is\u00a064 GB\u00a0, expandable up to\u00a01 TB\u00a0using microSD cards.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/12_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Astell &amp; Kern A&amp;Norma SR35\u00a0hi-res player\u00a0is sold on the European market for a retail price of $900.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astell\u00a0&amp; Kern has released a new\u00a0A&amp;Norma SR35\u00a0hi-res player\u00a0built on a quad-core processor and capable of working with\u00a032bit\/384kHz\u00a0signals and\u00a0DSD256 stream.\u00a0This is how MQA\u00a0file decoding is declared\u00a0. The digital-to-analog converter in the player is based on four\u00a0CS43198\u00a0chips from\u00a0Cirrus Logic\u00a0, two per channel.\u00a0This improves the signal-to-noise ratio and reduces the level of non-linear distortion.\u00a0All major functions are controlled [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/astell-kern-releases-a-new-anorma-sr35-hi-res-player\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":159803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-159802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hi-fi","tag-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159802","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=159802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}