Astell&Kern

A&futura SE300 Titan Limited Edition

HK$18,880

The Future of Analog Sound, SE300

Innovative Materials Inspired by Astell&Kern’s craftsmanship

Carries the spirit of innovation from Astell&Kern, aiming to create products never before seen on the market. The fourth product in the series, the SE300, is equipped with an ultra-fine 0.01% R-2R DAC and a CLASS A/AB dual amplifier system. It adopts Astell&Kern's patented TERATON ALPHA technology and is paired with the brand's first in-house developed FPGA optimization chip. This allows the SE300 to produce a true, linear, and unique analog sound, fully embodying Astell&Kern's technical prowess, strength, and pursuit of sound quality. The SE300's sleek and stylish design perfectly blends with its advanced technology, making it a high-definition music player that values both sound quality and appearance.

In the process of pursuing excellent products, Astell&Kern bravely challenges the limits of material innovation, striving to present the most exquisite works. Not only does it convey the original acoustic effects, but it also integrates infinite creativity from innovative design, aiming at every detail. The SE300 Titanium Limited Edition is crafted from special materials and exquisite craftsmanship. It is a pioneer in material innovation, producing meticulous audio quality through the R-2R DAC and analog amplifier, while also offering a top-notch tactile experience. Explore the SE300 Titanium Limited Edition, bringing Astel&Kern's top-tier analog audio experience to your fingertips. The limited edition set also includes a delicate leather case, providing perfect protection for you.

 



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Making a unique mark by pioneering the use of titanium

The Future of Analog Sound, SE300A&futura, carries the spirit of innovation from Astell&Kern, aiming to create products never before seen on the market. The fourth product in the series, the SE300, is equipped with an ultra-fine 0.01% R-2R DAC and a CLASS A/AB dual amplifier system. It adopts Astell&Kern's patented TERATON ALPHA technology and is paired with the brand's first in-house developed FPGA optimization chip. This allows the SE300 to produce a true, linear, and unique analog sound, fully embodying Astell&Kern's technical prowess, strength, and pursuit of sound quality. The SE300's sleek and stylish design perfectly blends with its advanced technology, making it a high-definition music player that values both sound quality and appearance.

In the process of pursuing excellent products, Astell&Kern bravely challenges the limits of material innovation, striving to present the most exquisite works. Not only does it convey the original acoustic effects, but it also integrates infinite creativity from innovative design, aiming at every detail. The SE300 Titanium Limited Edition is crafted from special materials and exquisite craftsmanship. It is a pioneer in material innovation, producing meticulous audio quality through the R-2R DAC and analog amplifier, while also offering a top-notch tactile experience. Explore the SE300 Titanium Limited Edition, bringing Astel&Kern's top-tier analog audio experience to your fingertips. The limited edition set also includes a delicate leather case, providing perfect protection for you.

Realization of 24-bit Decoding with R-2R DAC

The R-2R DAC within the SE300 arranges 48 pairs (23xR and 25x2R) of 96 ultra-precision resistors to create analog signals, in turn realizing true Hi-Fi 24-bit decoding.

Ultra-precision resistor Design, the Key to Hi-Fi Sound

It is key to total the accurate current value with resistors that has the smallest error ranges in order to create Hi-Fi sound with an R-2R DAC. To realize this, Astell&Kern inspected each specifically selected ultra-precision resistor of 0.01% error range to complete the design of SE300.

Supporting Class A/AB Dual AMP Mode

The SE300 comes with a Dual AMP mode. Class A amplification that creates low distortions and natural sounds and a Class AB amplification that plays dynamic sounds with high efficiency so users can pick and choose from the two amps according to their listening preferences and genre of music that they are playing.

Experience the true sounds that only Astell&Kern can deliver with the SE300 that comes with an R-2R DAC and Class A/AB Dual AMPs born from Astell&Kern’s unique proprietary designs that reduces power consumption whilst enhancing output and removing noise.

Class A AMP mode

Class A AMP is an analog amp that offers the best linear output, amplifying signals without distortion or loss of signal and providing soft, warm, and natural sounds. The refined analog signal created directly by the R-2R DAC, reproduces a sound closest to the original analog audio through the organic and powerful Class A AMP.

Class AB AMP Mode

Class AB AMP is an analog amp that offers a powerful output with the added benefit of high efficiency.
This presents dynamic and crisp sounds with less harmonic distortion.

Ultra-precision TCR10 Specifications

To create Hi-Fi sound without distortions within such an extreme precision design, we analyzed and preconceived any potential impacts that may be caused by changes in temperature. The SE300 comes with special *TCR10 specifications to minimize the changes in the 0.01% resistor error range.

* TCR10: 10 ppm/℃ Low Temperature Coefficient of resistor

2-Step Gain Mode for the Perfect Hi-Fi Experience

For seamless use of sensitive IEMs and hard to drive headphones, a device must provide suitable output, respective of the connected device’s specification.

The SE300 supports a 2-step Gain Level mode to create the prefect match for a wide range of headphones and IEMs, maintaining an optimal sound output.
The two-step gain setting with "Normal" and "High Gain" modes can generate a high current output to create a powerful sound and excellent driver control.
With up to 6 Vrms from the balanced connections, driving high-impedance headphones has never been easier.

The Essence of A&K Audio Technologies

It would not have been possible to combine the exquisitely designed R-2R DAC with ultra-precision resistors and Class A AMP, which was considered impossible to miniaturize, without the innovative audio technology of TERATON ALPHA. SE300 is an innovative audio player that is applied with current and temperature control of TERATON ALPHA technology and an optimized FPGA design.

TERATON ALPHA, engineered through endless research, is Astell&Kern's unique technology that has been designed to produce audio playback that is as close to the original sound through effective power noise removal, efficient power management and unwavering amplification, and a fully converted audio output interface.
Circuit structures of R2R DAC and Dual A/AB AMP that are applied for the first time in the SE300 is completed with the sound solution of TERATON ALPHA, creating the purest form of sounds and music.

Implemented self-developed and optimized FPGA technology

The SE300 comes with Astell&Kern’s exclusively developed FPGA and provides optimized OS / NOS modes.

The SE300 uses an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) that we self developed for optimized design instead of using common off the shelf commercial semiconductor chipsets, relaying digital signals to the R-2R DAC through its algorithm. Astell&Kern’s FPGA, developed specifically for the SE300, supports the most ideal OS (Over Sampling) / NOS (Non-Over Sampling).

Enjoy the sound styles reproduced by NOS and OS modes, meticulously designed for the SE300's hardware and programs.

Supporting Optimized FPGA OS / NOS Modes
NOS (Non-Over Sampling) Mode

In NOS mode, the player reproduces the pure original sound without any digital processing, allowing users to enjoy the true unprocessed sounds decoded by the R-2R DAC itself.

OS (Over Sampling) Mode

OS mode offers partial digital processing that expands the bandwidth of the original signal to offer impressive details, with an expansive sense of space creating crisp and clear sounds.

New Experience, New User Interface

The SE300 comes with a redesigned Crimson-themed UI/UX transforming into a "true music player" for users to deeply connect with their music listening experience.

The new UI/UX is designed so that users can quickly browse music categories and re-discover songs within their music library.
We also added an easy album art search function so that users can re-discover the joy of viewing and interacting with music album art whilst listening to their music.

The crimson theme focuses on edge, simplicity, and dark mode keywords. The color theme of black with red highlights lowers visual fatigue and offers intuitive user experiences, and many other improvements were made to the device’s user-friendliness of app service, artist view, album sorting, and the album art search function.

General Specifications

Body Colour

Titanium Black

Body Material

Titanium

Display

5.46inch HD 1080 x 1920 touch screen

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 : DSD64(1bit 2.8MHz), Stereo / DSD128(1bit 5.6MHz), Stereo / DSD256(1bit 11.2MHz), Stereo

Output Level

[Normal] Unbalanced 2Vrms │ Balanced 4Vrms (Condition No Load)
[High] Unbalanced 3Vrms │ Balanced 6Vrms (Condition No Load)

CPU

Quad-core

DAC

Full Discrete R-2R

Decoding

Support up to 32bit / 384kHz 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 | 4.4m, 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)

Dimensions

3.01” (76.45mm)[W] x 5.49” (139.45mm)[H] x 0.69” (17.6mm)[D]

Feature Enhancements

Firmware upgrade supported (OTA)

Operating Temperature

0℃ ~ + 40℃ (32℉~ 104℉)

Audio Performance

Frequency Response

±0.038dB (Condition : 20Hz~20kHz) Unbalanced │Balanced
±0.45dB (Condition : 20Hz~70kHz) Unbalanced │Balanced

S/N

114dB @ 1kHz, Unbalanced │ 115dB @ 1kHz, Balanced (Normal Gain)
115dB @ 1kHz, Unbalanced │ 115dB @ 1kHz, Balanced (High Gain)

Crosstalk

-135dB @ 1kHz, Unbalanced │ -144dB @ 1kHz, Balanced

THD+N

0.006% @ 1kHz, Unbalanced │ 0.006% @ 1kHz, Balanced

IMD SMPTE

0.005% 800Hz 10kHz (4:1) Unbalanced │Balanced

Output Impedance

Unbalanced Out 3.5mm (1.3ohm) │ Balanced Out 2.5mm (1.3ohm), 4.4mm(1.3ohm)

Clock Source

Clock Jitter

25pS (Typ)

Reference Clock Jitter

500 Femto Seconds

Storage Capacity

Built-in Memory

256GB [NAND]

External Memory

microSD x1 (Max. 1TB)

Battery

Capacity

5,050mAh 3.8V Li-Polymer

Charge Time

about 3.5hours (9V 1.67A Charging)

Playback Time

about 12hours (Standard : FLAC, 16bit, 44.1kHz, Vol.50, LCD Off, Normal Gain)

Supported OS

Windows 10,11(32/64bit) MAC OS X 10.7

Place of production

Korea

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