The answer to the value of premium found in SE200
The SE200 is the second model from the Astell&Kern A&futura premium line of Digital Audio Players.
The SE200 is the second model from the Astell&Kern A&futura premium line of Digital Audio Players. After the first model SE100, we were once again thinking about the nature of the word premium and asked ourselves, “What is the value of premium in Hi-Fi and how can we express it with a product?” We decided to “Let’s make One device that nobody can duplicate” We wanted to try something no one else has tried before, including Astell&Kern.
The result is the SE200. We introduce the second product from Astell&Kern’s premium A&futura line, is the SE200. We hope that you will experience our answer to the value of premium found in SE200.
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Equipped with the world’s first Multi DAC (1x AK4499EQ + 2x ES9068AS)
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Independent AMP structure designed to compliment each DAC’s characteristics and DAC
Filters to create your own sound -
Audio performance to feel premium Hi-Fi sound presented by Astell&Kern
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Upgrades that add a Premium value experience
World’s First Multi-DAC DAP
The A&futura SE200 is the world’s first Multi DAC player. Since the release of the Dual DAC AK120 player
in 2013, we have not seen any products feature more than Dual DACs in the last seven years. This prompted us
to ask the question, “Why hasn’t there been more than two DACs in a player?” So, we set out to become the
first manufacturer to use more than two DACs and the result is the SE200.
The SE200 features the latest audiophile DACs from ESS, the ES9068AS in a Dual DAC configuration. We then
added a single AK4499EQ, AKM’s flagship DAC that is used in our flagship SP2000. Combining the three DACs,
we have produced the world’s first multi-DAC DAP. This pairing exhibits the philosophy of the A&futura
line to pursue fundamentally different sound than found in typical DAPs. To properly implement multiple
DACs, we needed to spend twice the amount of time on development and double the amount of time in properly
tuning the player.
Astell&Kern is not content to keeping things the same all the time. We are constantly working to improve
on what we have already achieved to bring the most accurately reproduced and best sound to our products.
The SE200 was not designed with one AMP circuit, but multiple, different AMP designs to optimize the
different characteristics of the AKM and ESS DACs that are used in the player.
By separating the signals for each channel of Balanced and Unbalanced, we designed independent circuits that
do not interfere with each other to provide the best sound possible.
General Specifications
Model: SE200
Body Color: Moon Silver
Body Material: Aluminum
Display: 5.0inch (720 x 1,280) Touch display
Supported Audio Formats: WAV, FLAC, WMA, MP3, OGG, APE, AAC, ALAC, AIFF, DFF, DSF, MQA
MQA playback: (Tidal Masters), Local files, External USB, MQA-CD(ripped)
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: Unbalanced: AKM 3.0Vrms / ESS 2.0Vrms (Condition No Load)
Balanced: AKM 6.0Vrms / ESS 4.0Vrms (Condition No Load)
CPU: Octa-Core
DAC: Multi DAC: AKM AK4499EQ x1 (Single DAC) / ESS ES9068AS x2 (Dual DAC)
Decoding: Support up to 32bit / 384kHz Bit-to-Bit Playback
Input; USB Type-C input (for PC & MAC)
Outputs: Unbalanced Out (3.5mm) x2 / Balanced Out (2.5mm, only 4-pole supported) x2
Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g/n (2.4GHz)
Bluetooth: V4.2 (A2DP, AVRCP, Qualcomm® aptXTM HD)
Dimensions: 3.02 ”(76.9 mm) [W] x 5.20 ”(132.2 mm) [H] x 0.62 ”(15.8 mm) [D]
Weight: 9.66 oz (274 g)
Feature Enhancements: Firmware upgrades supported (OTA)
Audio Performance
