Hi-Fi Standards Redefined, AK SR25 – a development of the brilliant SR15, with improved features including extended battery life. The essence of Astell&Kern’s philosophy that sound quality is never compromised is exemplified in the SR25, which expresses every musical detail and bit-perfect playback as only Astell&Kern can.
Hi-Fi Standards Redefined, Astell & Kern SR25 – a development of the brilliant SR15, with improved features including extended battery life. The essence of Astell&Kern’s philosophy that sound quality is never compromised is exemplified in the SR25, which expresses every musical detail and bit-perfect playback as only Astell&Kern can.
A&norma SR25
The Astell & Kern SR25 is the second model in the Astell&Kern A&norma standard line.
Beginning with the AK70, Astell&Kern’s goal was to bring high resolution audio and the Astell&Kern sound to more music lovers.
This goal continued with the successor to the AK70, the A&norma SR15, and now evolves further as the SR25, a premium product that fully embraces Astell&Kern’s philosophy and technology, now available to the masses.
The SR25 is the latest answer to our never-ending question of “How do we get closer to the original sound the artist intended?” The SR25 improves on the SR15 by:
Adding a new, faster Quad-Core CPU paired with the Dual Cirrus Logic CS43198 Master Hi-Fi level DAC, first used on the SR15
Native playback support for DSD256
A new class-leading performance mode for ultra-high quality playback without compromise
Newly designed circuitry to improve sound quality enhancements Addition of Bluetooth LDAC codec to give users more options for higher quality wireless sound
The essence of Astell&Kern’s philosophy that sound quality is never compromised is exemplified in the SR25, which expresses every musical detail and bit-perfect playback as only Astell&Kern can.
Perfect Circuit Design for the Highest Sound Quality
Proper playback of DSD256 and 32bit/384kHz digital audio requires a high-performance CPU and fast memory speed, along with an audio path suitable for high-speed signal processing.
Optimizing the length of the audio path is a very important part, as failing to properly do so can create a time delay between the signals resulting in sound abnormalities.
With the SR25, the Astell&Kern team developed a completely different PCB design from the existing SR15 to process the high speed signals where required, resulting in audio path lengths that are the same, allowing for super-high resolution sound without any delay. Furthermore, newly designed audio patterns and power circuits for distortion-free signal transmission and noise rejection are applied to each channel.
The result is an Ultra Low Noise Filter that allows you experience Astell&Kern’s flawless sound, with Zero Noise, on the SR25.
TheNEO iDSD Performance Edition contains top-notch audio components to back-up the outstanding balanced circuit design.
Quality components and the Performance Edition extras – theiPurifier3andS/PDIF iPurifier2– mean audio with even more clarity and texture.
The latest offering from iFi Audio, the ifi Neo brings-together years of technical know-how distilled into a single beautiful product offering outstanding performance at a remarkable …
Meet the ifi hip-dac 3 — a portable hi-res DAC/headphone amp, now in Titanium Shadow with more versatility.
A lovely little DAC headphone amplifier, high performance and lots of clean power in a tiny portable unit. The ifi hip-dac 3 is a highly flexible pocket-sized go-anywhere DAC/amplifier
The Astell&Kern SR35 is the latest and greatest “entry level” player yet from Astell & Kern boasting enhanced power, connectivity and speed.
Successor to the multi-award-winning SR25 MKII, the premium hi-resolution audio device is the first to feature the brand’s own New Generation Amp technology and an interchangeable Quad DAC Mode as well as a brand-new user interface.
The ifi Zen CAN 3 is a superbly powerful little headphone amp at a bargain price, high-power and top performance at a real-world price.
Today the world is busy, fast, and full of noise. We know the power of music, and how it’s capable of taking you out of this world to someplace new. Somewhere …
Manage Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behaviour or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behaviour or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
A&norma SR25
Dale (verified owner) –
Lovely bit of kit. Excellent build quality and detailed sound.