Astell&Kern - A&ultima SP3000T
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Designed in Korea
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Storage
Storage is important. Even in this era of streaming music, you’d want to make sure you have enough space to store your amazing collection of music on your player. Imagine a long flight, it’s your offline files you’re going to be listening to.
Keeping your entire collection of Hi-Resolution music in one place is the most convenient way of carrying your music library. However, Hi-Resolution files are heavy. Most songs in a FLAC format can be about 100mb per track. So more space is always better.
Most players support both internal storage and expandable storage via an external memory card. Make sure you check both - the internal memory on players, and consider the maximum supported size of the expandable storage. It’s best to keep your library of offline files in expandable storage and use the internal storage for saving files from streaming apps.
At the time of writing this article, MicroSD cards for 256 GB were easily available and affordable for less than Rs. 2000. Higher capacity cards are also available, but that seems to be the sweet spot.
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Presenting The Astell&Kern A&Ultima SP3000T - The Blend Of Analog Warmth With Digital Precision
Aesthetic Design
At the back of the player, a transparent panel reveals the warm glow of the orange-lit vacuum tube, adding to its aesthetic appeal.
LED Lit Volume Wheel
The Astell&Kern SP3000T features LED lights inside its volume wheel, providing real-time information such as bit depth and AMP mode.
3 Headphone Outputs
The Astell&Kern SP3000T offers three headphone output options - 2.5mm, 3.5mm and 4.4mm. You can enjoy your music with your favourite IEMs or headphones.
USB Type-C Port
The Astell&Kern SP3000T has a USB Type-C input for charging and connecting to your desktop audio devices.
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All You Need To Know About The Astell&Kern A&ultima SP3000T
Unbalanced Out (3.5mm), Optical Out (3.5mm) Balanced Out (2.5mm, Only 4-Pole Supported | 4.4m, Only 5-Pole Supported)
Capacity : 5,050mAh 3.8V Li-Polymer
External Memory : microSD x1 (Max. 1TB)
Body Color : Silver
DSD Native: DSD64(1bit 2.8MHz), Stereo / DSD128(1bit 5.6MHz), Stereo/DSD256(1bit 11.2MHz), DSD512(1bit, 22.4MHz) Stereo
+0.006dB (Condition: 20Hz~70kHz) Unbalanced | +0.024dB (Condition: 20Hz~70kHz) Balanced
Clock Jitter : 200 Femto Seconds
2. Shrunken Calfskin Case
Other Details
Generic Name | Digital Audio Player |
Importer Details | Importers Name: Ferrari Video Address: 63/18, 1st Main Road, Gandhi Nagar, Chennai - 600020 Contact No: 044-24420733 |
Net Quantity | 1 |
Manufacturer Details | Name: Dreamus Company Address: 18-gil 5, Bangbaero, Seocho-Gu, Seoul, Korea 06664 |
Package Contents | Astell&Kern A&ultima SP3000T |
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Luxury Meets Innovation: Difference in Sound Quality
Explore CollectionAstell&Kern SP3000T is a TOTL DAP that blends digital precision with analog tube warmth, providing a unique listening experience. Building on the SP3000, the SP3000T takes things further and offers a unique music-listening experience.
There is a dense, analogue tone to stringed instruments and drums. I think it would be easy to say it's warmth, but there is more to it than that. Decay is slower, but the attack is just as sharp.
SP3000T, especially in Tube High Current mode, adds a sweet analog texture to the sound, especially in mids, to give it more musicality without compromising on retrieval of details or adding a tube-related distortion
The SP3000T is one of their best music players to date both sonically and aesthetically. Versatility is the other big takeaway here.
The best thing about the Astell & Kern A&ultima SP3000T is the sound it makes. Truly, it is one of the best MP3 players around and then some.
My overall take is that the SP3000T shares a rather similar tonality with the A&K SP3000 when used in solid state mode; both exhibit a rather neutral tonal balance with excellent transparency and most instruments have rather accurate sounding timbre.
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Battery Life: Upto 10 Hours
Battery Capacity: 5050mAh
Battery Life: Upto 10 Hours
Battery Capacity: 4200mAh
Battery Life: Upto 18 Hours
Battery Capacity:
8350mAh
3.5mm (Single-Ended)
4.4mm (Balanced)
2.5mm (Balanced)
3.5mm (Single-Ended)
4.4mm (Balanced)
3.5mm (Single-Ended)
4.4mm (Balanced)
Upto 6.3 Vrms
Upto 6.3 Vrms
Upto 1120mW @ 32 Ohms
Upto 1 TB of Storage
Upto 1.5 TB of Storage
256 GB of Internal Storage
USB-C & Bluetooth
USB-C & Bluetooth
USB-C & Bluetooth
PCM: 8kHz~ 768kHz (8/16/24/32bits per Sample)
DSD Native: DSD64(1bit 2.8MHz), Stereo / DSD128(1bit 5.6MHz), Stereo/DSD256(1bit 11.2MHz), DSD512(1bit, 22.4MHz) Stereo
PCM : 8kHz ~ 768kHz (8/16/24/32bits per Sample)
DSD : DSD64(1bit 2.8MHz), Stereo / DSD128(1bit 5.6MHz), Stereo / DSD256(1bit 11.2MHz), Stereo DSD512(1bit, 22.4MHz), Stereo
32 Bit/768kHz & DSD512
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