A&futura is a premium line of players with advanced features that bring the original performance to life. The SE100, the first model of A&futura, is designed for you to feel the quality of premium Hi-Fi from the moment you hold it.
OVERVIEW
A&futura is a premium line of players with advanced features that bring the original performance to life. The SE100, the first model of A&futura, is designed for you to feel the quality of premium Hi-Fi from the moment you hold it.
A&futura SE100 shows Astell & Kern’s dedication to provide both premium quality and value to listeners – including an eye-catching design. It features a 5-inch touchscreen, Octa-core CPU, and the best audio performance in its league. Astell & Kern is committed to delivering the original performance as the artist intended you to hear, and the SE100 is a symbolic example of this vision and effort.
A&futura SE100 introduces an 8-channel DAC chip. 8-channel DACs have previously only been available for premium home audio systems, pro-audio workstations, and recording studio equipment. It is making a debut for the first time in an Astell & Kern portable system. Your favorite tunes will now sound fundamentally different with even greater dynamic range and refined sound.
Amplifiers play a critical role in Hi-Fi audio systems, which is why Astell & Kern have developed technology that brings 4.1Vrms of balanced output power with minimal noise. As the output power increases, the noise fluctuates louder as well. However, A&futura SE100 shows 123dB of SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio) at 4.1Vrms of audio output. At the same time, the noise level on single-ended is even smaller; it produces 122dB of SNR. Pure sound is the result – allowing for powerful, yet clean sound to be delivered gracefully by the SE100.
An enhanced voltage-controlled crystal oscillator (VCXO) high-precision clock has been utilized in the A&futura SE100. The reference jitter of Astell & Kern’s implementation has improved performance to 800fs (femto seconds), meaning that the SE100 faithfully reproduces your music by precisely measuring and accurately timing the synchronization of all instruments, vocal and even ambience sound recorded in your digital music file together.
The A&futura SE100 supports native bit-to-bit DSD playback up to 11.2MHz for the best sound possible. The music is played back, bit-for-bit, just as the artist and engineer intended for it to be heard.
FEATURES
• ESS SABRE ES9038PRO
• 32bit 384kHz bit to bit play
• Native DSD
• Octa-Core CPU
• Parametic EQ
• 800fs VCXO Clock Jitter
• USB Type-C Fast Charging
• 720 x 1,280 Touchscreen
• Metal Body (Aluminum)
SPECIFICATIONS
• Model: SE100
• Body Color: Titan Silver
• Body Material: Aluminum
• Display: 5inch (720 x 1,280) Touchscreen
• Supported Audio Formats: WAV, FLAC, WMA, MP3, OGG, APE, AAC, ALAC, AIFF, DFF, DSF
• Sample rate: PCM : 8kHz ~ 384kHz (8/16/24/32bits per Sample) / DSD Native: DSD64(1bit 2.8MHz), Stereo / DSD128(1bit 5.6MHz), Stereo / DSD256(1bit 11.2MHz), Stereo
• Output Level: Unbalance 2.0Vrms / Balance 4.1Vrms (Condition No Load)
• CPU: Octa-core
• DAC: ESS SABRE ES9038PRO 8channel
• Decoding: Support up to 32bit / 384kHz Bit to Bit Decoding
• Input: USB 3.0 Type-C input (for charging & data transfer (PC & MAC)) / Connection Mode : MTP (Media Device)
• Outputs: PHONES (3.5mm) / Balanced Out (2.5mm, only 4-pole supported)
• Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g/n (2.4GHz)
• Bluetooth: V4.1 (A2DP, AVRCP, aptXTM HD)
• Dimensions: 2.98 ”(75.8 mm) [W] x 5.22 ”(132.7 mm) [H] x 0.6 ”(15.3 mm) [D]
• Weight: 8.5 oz (241 g)
• Feature Enhancements: Firmware upgrades supported (OTA)
• Frequency Response: ±0.038dB (Condition: 20Hz~20kHz) Unbalance / ±0.028dB (Condition: 20Hz~20kHz) Balance ±0.074dB (Condition: 10Hz~70kHz) Unbalance / ±0.030dB (Condition: 10Hz~70kHz) Balance
• Signal to Noise Ratio: 122dB @ 1kHz, Unbalance / 123dB @ 1kHz, Balance
• Crosstalk: 138dB @ 1kHz, Unbalance / 144dB @ 1kHz, Balance
• THD+N: 0.0007% @ 1kHz, Unbalance / 0.0006% @ 1kHz, Balance
• IMD SMPTE: 0.0006% 800Hz 10kHz(4:1) Unbalance / 0.0005% 800Hz 10kHz(4:1) Balance
• Output Impedance: Balanced out 2.5mm (1ohm) / PHONES 3.5mm (1.5ohm)
• Clock Jitter: 800 Femto Seconds
• Reference Clock Jitter: 250 Femto Seconds
• Battery Capacity: 3,700mAh 3.8V Li-Polymer Battery
• Continuous Playback Time: up to 11 hours (Standard – MUSIC: FLAC, 16-bit/44kHz, Volume 75, LCD Off)
• Charge Time: About 2 hours (Standard – 9V/1.67A Fast charging)
• Built-in Memory: 128GB [NAND]
• External Memory: microSD (Max 400GB) x1
• Supported OS: Windows XP, Windows 7,8,10 (32/64bit), MAC OS X 10.7 and up
