DETAILS
PRODUCT Astell&Kern A&futura SE180
ORIGIN South Korea
TYPE Digital Audio Player
WEIGHT 380g
DIMENSIONS (WxHxD) 77 x 137 x 20mm
FEATURES
32-bit/384kHz & DSD-capable
ESS DAC with add-on AKG Module
Quoted battery life: 10.5 hours
256GB internal storage
DISTRIBUTOR Armour Home Electronics
WEBSITE astellnkern.com
The SE180 goes about offering this choice in a slightly different way to the SE200. For starters, it’s less expensive and this reflects that it’s rather less complex internally as there’s only a single DAC. This is an ESS 9038PRO, which can handle PCM files up to 24-bit/384kHz and DSD natively to 256. One advantage of slimming down to the one DAC is that the SE180 mimics the KANN Alpha in having three available connections; the conventional 3.5mm, a four pole 2.5mm balanced connector and a 4.4mm Pentaconn output; both of which can output to XLR as well.
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