Astell&Kern Company Profile
Finding the right sound - AK Style
Astell & Kern AK120 II Music Player
Astell&Kern is a branch of iRiver, a South Korea-based electronic and entertainment company started by former Samsung executives. AK, since its creation in 2012, is best known for high-end music players, portable audio devices or hi-res "iPods".
As the Financial Times notes, Astell&Kern, much like Chord Electronics, is committed to fidelity and quality. To say Astell&Kern media players are HOT would be an understatement. As consumers learn about the need for higher resolution music files to feed our high quality media players, those made by Astell&Kern have thrived.
Astell & Kern's music players are natural partners with great DACs and amps such as Chord's Hugo and Mojo and great headphones or in-ear-monitors (IEMs) such as Astell&Kern Siren Series IEMs, Audeze LCD-4 headphones, Fostex TH900 mk2 headphones, and/ or Sennheiser HD800S Headphones.
What makes AK different?
Astell & Kern creates the best music players in the world as our customer reviews note plus their technology is easy to learn and navigate as a newby or a technology wizard. Our founder Drew Baird and the staff at Moon Audio recommend Astell&Kern high resolution music and media players for people who love “mobile audio”.
Astell & Kern (A&K) music players are "iPods on steroids". If you love to listen to music “on the go” and want hi-fi sound AK Digital Audio Players (DAPs) are essential listening gear with Mastering Quality Sound (MQS).
MQS includes high-resolution digital music recording formats from 16-bit/44.1kHz to 24-bit/192kHz. Sound engineering tech-speak can be confusing. More is usually better. Higher amounts of information can mean better sound with crisper highs and fuller lows (bass). The trick is to process and play as much information as possible or as much information as your recordings started with in the first place.
Playing all the high res information captured during the music recording process is Astell & Kern’s expertise. You will not believe what your ears were missing once you try AK music players!