{"id":172938,"date":"2023-10-22T10:02:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T10:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=172938"},"modified":"2023-10-22T13:47:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T12:47:18","slug":"astell-kern-launches-kann-ultra-the-most-powerful-hi-res-player-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/astell-kern-launches-kann-ultra-the-most-powerful-hi-res-player-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Astell &#038; Kern launches Kann Ultra the most powerful Hi-Res player yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new Astell &amp; Kern Kann Ultra\u00a0portable digital player and headphone amplifier\u00a0has become the most powerful in the brand&#8217;s line, both in terms of processing and output power.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/134_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Astell &amp; Kern Kann Ultra\" width=\"870\" height=\"272\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Astell &amp; Kern Kann Ultra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The maximum voltage on the balanced headphone output in Super mode is 8 V, and the digital-to-analog conversion unit is built on a dual\u00a0ES9039MPRO\u00a0chip from\u00a0ESS Saber\u00a0.\u00a0The latest eight-core processor is responsible for signal processing, providing upsampling of PCM signals and their conversion to DSD.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/135_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Astell &amp; Kern Kann Ultra\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Astell &amp; Kern Kann Ultra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A wide selection of digital filters allows the user to adjust the sound to their preferences.\u00a0An unbalanced 3.5 mm\u00a0and a balanced\u00a04.4 mm\u00a0jack is provided for connecting headphones\u00a0; charging and digital signal supply are carried out via the\u00a0USB-C\u00a0port .\u00a0The power supply traditionally uses proprietary\u00a0Teraton Alpha\u00a0technology , which provides a significant reduction in power noise.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/136_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Astell &amp; Kern Kann Ultra\" width=\"870\" height=\"272\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Astell &amp; Kern Kann Ultra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The capacity of the built-in battery is\u00a08400 mAh\u00a0, the storage capacity is\u00a0128 GB\u00a0.\u00a0The player weighs\u00a0390 grams\u00a0with overall dimensions of\u00a082 x 140 x 24 mm\u00a0, the body is made entirely of aluminum.<\/p>\n<p>The Astell &amp; Kern Kann Ultra\u00a0Hi-Res player retails for\u00a0US$1,540.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Astell &amp; Kern Kann Ultra\u00a0portable digital player and headphone amplifier\u00a0has become the most powerful in the brand&#8217;s line, both in terms of processing and output power. The maximum voltage on the balanced headphone output in Super mode is 8 V, and the digital-to-analog conversion unit is built on a dual\u00a0ES9039MPRO\u00a0chip from\u00a0ESS Saber\u00a0.\u00a0The latest [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/astell-kern-launches-kann-ultra-the-most-powerful-hi-res-player-yet\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":172947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-172938","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\/172938","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=172938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}