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Astell Kern AK380 256GB Portable High Fi Sound System The Astell Kern AK380 Digital Music Media Player is geared for the pro sound engineer audiophiles enthusiasts who demand the very best. Now in a sleek new black finish the AK380 delivers the best music playback on the market. Evolved to Serve Pro Audio Astell Kern has stayed on the course offering the truest and most natural sound possible. In order to become a device that professionals want Astell Kern decided to make a bold move and restart all processes from the beginning. The new AK380 offers the most authentic sound from any digital music format with enhanced features that are sought after by Pro Audio. Every bit of the AK380 was designed for Pro Audio in mind. The sound that Pro Audio people have been looking for starts with the AK380. 32 bit 384kHz bit to bit Playback The circuit design of the AK380 including the DAC can handle 32 bit music natively is ready for all 32 bit processing. Bring it on! Other products have traditionally used sample rate converter SRC method down sampling for playback but the AK380 is capable of playing back 32 bit 384 kHz original sound without any down sampling. As a result the AK380 plays up to 32 bit 384 kHz all 24 bit music files or double layer DSD 5.6MHz natively without conversion or compression. PEQ Parametric EQ A parametric equalizer PEQ1 was added to the AK380 to deliver detailed adjustment of the original sound and an audio digital signal processor DSP was added to aid in this process. This frees up CPU cycles previously needed for calculating graphic equalizers GEQ allowing more detailed and accurate calculations via the dedicated DSP. The audio DSP expands the existing 10 band 0.5 dB graphic equalizer GEQ2 to 20 band 0.1 dB to more precisely ...
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