Astell&Kern A&Ultima SP3000T Steel Edition

The epitome of luxury listening, Astell&Kerns A&Ultima SP3000T Steel Edition is crafted from pure copper, driving the brands philosophy of focusing on excellence in sound quality.

The new SP3000T Steel Edition is set to take the award-winning player to new heights.

Sculpted using Stainless Steel, the material is known for its excellent sound transmission and resonance properties, enhancing brightness and richness of tones in the musical instruments heard in music.

Seen throughout Astell&Kerns line-up of out-front players and accessories, the SP3000T Steel Editions choice of finish provides outstanding electrical conductivity and high shielding performance.

And with a special multi-layer coating to the player which enhances durability, the beautiful finish and lustre to the special edition SP3000T will remain protected from corrosion and oxidisation without the need for maintenance.

SP3000T Copper Key Features

• High-quality casing enhances sound and performance
• Dual RAYTHEON JAN6418 MIL-SPEC Vintage Vacuum Tubes
• TRIPLE AMP SYSTEM allows listeners to select the right tones for your music
• Separate digital and analogue signal processing 
• High-performance Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU
• QC 3.0 Fast Charging Supported

• Model 

  SP3000T

• Body Colour 

  Silver

• Body Material 

  Stainless Steel with Pure Silver Plating

• Display 

  5.5 inch 1080 x 1920 Full HD touch screen

• Supported Audio Formats 

  WAV, FLAC, WMA, MP3, OGG, APE, AAC, ALAC, AIFF, DFF, DSF, MQA

• Sample rate 

  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

• Output Level 

  Unbalanced 3.3Vrms Balanced 6.3Vrms (Condition No Load)

• CPU 

  Octa-Core

• DAC 

  AKM AK4191 x2 (Dual Modulator) & AKM AK4499EX x2 (Dual DAC)

• Vacuum Tube 

  RAYTHEON JAN6418 x2

• Decoding 

  Support up to 32bit / 768kHz Bit to Bit playback

• Input 

  USB Type-C input (for charging & PC & MAC)

• Outputs 

  Unbalanced Out (3.5mm), Optical Out(3.5mm)
  Balanced Out (2.5mm, only 4-pole supported | 4.4mm, only 5-pole supported)

• Wi-Fi 

  802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4/5GHz)

• Bluetooth 

  V5.0 (A2DP, AVRCP Qualcomm® aptX HD, LDAC, LHDC)

• Dimensions 

  3.33" (84.7mm)[W] x 5.57" (141.5mm)[H] x 0.70" (18mm)[D]

• Weight 

  about 17oz (483g)

• Feature Enhancements 

  Firmware upgrade supported (OTA)

• Operating Temperature 

  0 ~ + 40 (32~ 104)

• Frequency Response 

  ±0.005dB (Condition : 20Hz~20kHz) Unbalanced ±0.003dB (Condition : 20Hz~20kHz) Balanced
  ±0.006dB (Condition : 20Hz~70kHz) Unbalanced ±0.024dB (Condition : 20Hz~70kHz) Balanced

• S/N 

  120dB @ 1kHz, Unbalanced 124dB @ 1kHz, Balanced

• Crosstalk 

  -136dB @ 1kHz, Unbalanced -145dB @ 1kHz, Balanced

• THD+N 

  0.0005% @ 1kHz, Unbalanced 0.0004% @ 1kHz, Balanced

• IMD SMPTE 

  0.0007% 800Hz 10kHz (4:1) Unbalanced 0.0007% 800Hz 10kHz (4:1) Balanced

• Output Impedance 

  Unbalanced Out 3.5mm (1.5ohm) Balanced Out 2.5mm (1.5ohm), 4.4mm(1.4ohm)

• Built-in Memory 

  256GB [NAND]

• External Memory 

  microSD x1 (Max 1.5TB)

• Capacity 

  5,050mAh 3.8V Li-Polymer

• Charge Time 

  about 3.5hours (QC3.0 Charging)

• Playback Time 

  about 10hours (Standard : FLAC, 16bit, 44.1kHz, Unbalanced, Vol.50, LCD Off, LED On, OP AMP Mode)

Manufacturer Site

• Astell & Kern