Subsidiary | |
Industry | Consumer electronics |
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Founded | October 2013; 6 years ago[1] |
Headquarters | South Korea |
28[2] (2016) | |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | media player |
Owner | Iriver |
Website | www.astellnkern.com |
Astell&Kern AK70 and AK300 Portable High-End Music Players MAX DELISSEN AN ART’S EXCELLENCE REVIEW. AK70 and AK300 I am of the generation that went to school with a Sony DD3 Walkman in their pocket. As far as portable hi! Went those days, that was the best you could get. The most expensive too. Astell & kern Magazine is your all-inclusive information guide with instructionals, comparisons, connections, and everything you need to know about Astell & Kern players and accessories. The Ultimate Hi-Fi Audio System. Based in South Korea, Astell & Kern is devoted to quality and fidelity. Welcome to the Astell&Kern Online Store! We at Astell&Kern believe in the power of music & provide the original sound without distortion. Our portable and home audio products offer the exact presence with tiny details bit for bit, exactly as it was recorded. Jul 11, 2016 Astell&Kern are best known for their chunky, funky, and wonderful sounding hi-res music players. The company's latest model, the AK70, loses none of the design cool, but comes in a new pocket. User Guide The AK70 can access and play back music files stored on a computer on the same network as well as output sound CONNECT through Astell&Kern speakers. MQS Streaming Server Installation 1. Visit the Astell&Kern website and download the server installer that corresponds to your operating system. Page 21 User Guide 4. A list of servers on.
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Astell&Kern (stylized as Astell&Kern) is a South Korean consumer electronics company founded in October 2013,[1] and is wholly owned by Iriver. The company manufactures media players, CD players, headphones, and home theater products.
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History[edit]
Roots and founding[edit]
In January 2013, iriver debuted the AK100 media player at CES 2013, to polarizing critical reception from critics at release.[3][4][5] In July, a pair of in-ear monitors dubbed the AKR01 were released to complement the media players.[6] In August, the AK100's successor, the AK120, was released with minor design enhancements but notoriously the addition of two Wolfson WM8740 DAC chipsets,[7] and was released to better reception. In October, Astell&Kern was founded by Iriver to develop the in-brand products.[1] A limited edition called the AK120 Titan was released shortly in December.[1][8]
Growth, icons and debuts[edit]
In 9 January 2014, the company debuted the AK240 for CES 2014, with it debuting Wi-FI connectivity, and an operating system based upon Android instead of Linux directly. Following the acquisition of Wolfson by Cirrus Logic, the company replaced the Wolfson DAC duo with Logic 4398 chipsets. At CES, the AKR02, the successor to the AKR01, debuted in February; Astell&Kern also revealed home theater products, such as a valve amplifier and cylindrical speaker, as well.[9] In May, collaborating with Jerry Harvey Audio,[1] the company released the AKR03 monitors, successing the AKR02, as well as the AK120II[10] and AK100II players, the second-generation of the AK120 and AK100 players respectively.[11] In honor of the 75th anniversary of Blue Note Records, the AK240 announced a 'Blue Note Special Limited Edition' on 17 October.[12][13]
In January 2015, the 'AK T5p' headphones, which were co-produced with Beyerdynamic, were released. In February, the company debuted the stainless steel model of the AK240, the AK240SS,[14] and the AK500N, a Network Audio System which can store 1TB of files in a solid-state drive, can stream lossless from PCs and NAS devices, and is noiseless when plugged in.[15] In April, the AK Jr. was released. Unlike other models, Jr. is an entry-level and much smaller media player than other models.[16] In June, the AK380 was launched for the first time.
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Expansion and product debuts[edit]
In August, the all-in-one system AK T1 was released, along with the Super Junior x AK Jr collaboration and the Beyerdynamic-produced AK T8iE monitors.[17] In November, Hyundai Card collaborated with Astell&Kern to create the AK100II x HCC model, as well as the AK320's debut and Beyerdynamic-produced AK T1p. In 2015, Astell&Kern collaborated with Japanese voice actress Kana Hanazawa to create the limited AK100II Kana Hanazawa edition, which would include a special song titled 'Tadoritsuku Basho' (A Place to Reach) pre-installed in the player.[18]
In 21 January 2016, the company released a Copper Edition of the AK380.[19] In February, the company released four sets of monitors co-produced with Jerry Harvey Audio: Layla II, Roxanne II, Angie II, and Rosie. In July, the company developed a new media player: the AK70.[17]
Products[edit]
Mastering Quality Sound (MQS)[edit]
Astell&Kern markets 24-bit audio with a 44.1 kHz to 192 kHz sampling rate under the name Mastering Quality Sound (MQS). Music sold with this tag comes in both the lossless formats: WAV, AIFF, FLAC, ALAC, APE as well as lossy formats: MP3, AAC, WMA and OGG.[20]
Hardware[edit]
Year | Model | Type | Spec | ||
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Capacity | Input | Battery | |||
2013 | AK100 | Media player | microSD | micro USB | 16 hours |
AKR01 | In-ear monitors | N/A | Phone jack | N/A | |
AK120 | Media player | 64GB 64GB microSD | microUSB 2x microSD | 16 hours | |
AK120 Titan | 128GB 64GB microSD | 14 hours | |||
AK10 | USBDAC/amp | N/A | micro USB | 11 hours | |
2014 | AK240 | Media player | 256GB 128GB microSD | microUSB | 10 hours |
AKR02 | In-ear monitors | N/A | Phone jack | N/A | |
AKR03 | |||||
AK100II | Media player | 64GB 128GB microSD | microUSB | N/A | |
AK120II | 128GBInternal and microSD | N/A | |||
AK240 Blue Note Special Limited Edition | 256GB 128GB microSD | N/A | |||
2015 | AK T5p | Headphones | N/A | Phone jack | N/A |
AK240SS | Media player | 256GB 128GB microSD | microUSB | N/A | |
AK500N | Network Audio System | 1TB | AES/EBU | 7 hours | |
AK Jr | Media player | 64GBInternal and microSD | microUSB | 6–8 hours | |
AK380 | 256GB 128GB microSD | 10 hours | |||
AK T1 | Sound system | N/A | Auxiliary | N/A | |
Super Junior x AK Jr. | Media player | 64GBInternal and microSD | microUSB | 6–8 hours | |
AK T8iE | In-ear monitors | N/A | Phone jack | N/A | |
Layla | N/A | ||||
Angie | |||||
AK100II x HCC | Media player | 64GB 128GB microSD | microUSB | N/A | |
AK320 | 128GBInternal and microSD | N/A | |||
AK T1p | Headphones | N/A | Phone jack | N/A | |
2016 | AK380 Copper Edition | Media player | 256GB 128GB microSD | microUSB | 10 hours |
Layla II | In-ear monitors | N/A | Phone jack | N/A | |
Roxanne II | |||||
Angie II | |||||
Rosie | |||||
AK70 | Media player | 60GB 140GB microSD | microUSB | N/A | |
2017 | KANN | Media player | 64GBInternal and SD+microSD | USB-C | 15 hours |
A&ultima SP1000 (SS/Cu/Bk) | 256GB Internal 256GB MicroSD | USB-C microSD | 12 hours | ||
2018 | AK70 MkII | Media player | 64GB Internal 256GB microSD | micro-USB microSD | N/A |
A&norma SR15 | 64GBInternal 400GB microSD | USB-C | N/A | ||
A&ultima SP1000M | 128GB Internal 400GB microSD | 10 hours |
References[edit]
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- ^Waniata, Ryan (10 January 2013). 'What does a $700 iPod' sound like? Our first listen with iriver's Astell & Kern AK100'. Digital Trends. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
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- ^Cericola, Rachel (31 July 2016). 'Astell&Kern Starts Shipping AKR01 In-Ear Headphones'. Electronic House. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^Stone, Steven (8 August 2013). 'Astell & Kern AK120 Portable Music Player Reviewed'. Hometheaterreview.com. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^'Advanced MP3 Players Astell & Kern AK120 Titan – The Ultimate Portable Hi-Fi Audio System with MQS and expandable memory up to 256GB'. Advanced MP3 Players. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^Waniata, Ryan (9 January 2014). 'Astell&Kern debuts the all new AK240 hi-res portable audio player'. Digital Times. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^'Astell&Kern AK120II and AK240: Reference Daps'. Headfonia. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^'Astell & Kern AKR03 Headphones – Specs & Detail'. SpecOut.[permanent dead link]
- ^'Bluenote'. Astell&Kern. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^'Astell&Kern Celebrates Blue Note with Limited Edition Box Set & Branded Player'. Blue Note Records. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^Hull, Scot (8 May 2015). 'AXPONA 2015: Astell Kern goes Solid Steel'. Part Time Audiophile. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^Darko, John H. (25 February 2015). '(Not) a revie of the Astell&Kern AK500N'. digitalaudioreview.net. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^Pendlebury, Ty (29 July 2015). 'Astell & Kern AK Jr review'. CNet. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ abWouk, Kris (22 July 2016). 'Astell & Kern Debuts AK70 High-Res Player, T8IE 2 In-Ears'. Digital Trends. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^'Astell&Kern AK100II KANA HANAZAWAエディション 追加販売決定のお知らせ'. iRiver Japan. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
- ^Langridge, Max (21 January 2016). 'Astell & Kern AK380 Copper edition brings sonic benefits'. What Hi-Fi?. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^'What is MQS?'. Astell&Kern. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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