DIFFERENCE
In Sound Quality
Astell&Kern is the ultimate digital music source that brings you Mastering Quality Sound or MQS. Astell means ‘Stars’ in Latin and Kern means ‘Center’ in German. We believe Astell&Kern is the center of music.
Products
Why high-resolution audio?
Astell&Kern natively supports MQS, which is closest to the original sound that the recording artist intended. Mastering Quality Sound (MQS) is an acronym describing the collective lossless and high-resolution source formats that typically come encoded with 24-bit, 44 to 192kHz bit/sampling rates. Since MQS delivers about 6.5 times more detail than a conventional CD, listeners can enjoy a more realistic music experience.
About Us
Astell&Kern was established in 2012 in Seoul, Korea and is owned by Dreamus (formerly known as iRiver) a 21 year old $100m+ company also based in Seoul, Korea. Astell&Kern is dedicated to delivering best-in-class high-resolution audio devices for the playback of MQS (Mastering Quality Sound) studio-quality audio. Combining design and engineering excellence, craftsmanship and high-quality materials with state-of-the-art audio technology, Astell&Kern's range of award-winning portable music players and headphones deliver the ultimate music listening experiences on-the-move.
HERITAGE, FRONTIER AND POWER OF SOUND
Featured Media Players
Digital Audio Players are electronic devices capable of storing and playing high-resolution music or media files. Many digital formats, resolutions and encoding exist. Most DAPs can comfortably play most digital files. Astell&Kern’ DAPs are designed to provide experience for another value in music.
SP3000
Luxury Meets Innovation
KANN ULTRA
Fueling Your Sound
A&norma SR35
Successor to a class leader
A&futura SE300
Future of Analogue Sound
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