Astell&Kern (A&Ok) have introduced that it will likely be debut its new flagship digital audio participant, the A&Ultima SP4000, at Excessive Finish Munich in Germany on Might 15. The iRiver subsidiary additionally introduced it’s going to launch two new in-ear screens (IEM) in Q3 2025.
In a press launch revealed on Thursday, A&Ok mentioned the A&Ultima SP4000 would be the first digital audio participant within the lineup to have full Android help. This implies customers will be capable of obtain any app from Google Play Retailer, together with Spotify, Soundcloud Pandora, and expertise lossless playback whereas streaming their favourite music.
Beneath the hood, the SP4000 has a brand new Octa audio circuit structure that pairs the AK4191 processor with just one AK4499EX analog DAC as a substitute of two with a purpose to scale back noise when delivering digital indicators; carries a brand new LDO regulator that reduces noise by as much as 97% in comparison with its predecessors, together with the A&Ultima SP3000 and SP3000M; and employs A&Ok’s second-gen digital audio remaster (DAR) expertise to ship extra pure and refined sound to the consumer. And, for the primary time ever, the SP4000 has a 99.9% pure copper Protect Can that’s precision-engineered to dam out varied varieties of noise and electromagnetic interference, leaving the audio high quality intact.
As for the brand new IEMs, A&Ok collaborated with 64 Audio to develop the 10-driver Common Match In-Ear Monitor. This headset homes a sophisticated isobaric cone-to-magnet driver configuration that helps ship excessive sound constancy. Then there’s its in-house IEM, Luna, which has a full vary single transducer unipolar micro planar magnetic driver that delivers a frequency response of 20Hz to 30KHz.
Excessive Finish Munich attendees will be capable of demo the SP4000 and the brand new IEMs from Might 15 by Might 18. Pricing data for the gadgets has not been disclosed, however A&Ok will share it nearer to the discharge date.
