Fueling Your Sound

The KANN series is adored by audiophiles all over the world for its performance that focuses on ultra-high output and clear sound.
KANN ULTRA, the 5th product in the KANN series, continues the success of the KANN series by providing the highest output of any Astell&Kern player, the inclusion of Triple Output Sound, and an optimized processor and UI/UX to make it even easier to enjoy clear sound performance.

With four Gain Modes that provides up to 16Vrms of desktop Hi-Fi level output and sound, and ES9039MPRO Dual DAC chips, KANN ULTRA perfectly powers many of today's headphones with high resolution. A separate Pre/Line Out allow users to enjoy the sound with a variety of different devices.

• Triple Output Mode Featuring Separately Configured Circuit and Amplifier Designs
• HEADPHONE OUT / PRE-OUT / LINE OUT
• Next-generation Octa-Core processors with significant high-performance improvements
• Supports 4 preset gain settings with ultra-high output up to 16Vrms (Headphone Out)
• Equipped with ES9039MPRO Dual DACs
• Features Digital Audio Remaster (DAR) technology
• Supports playback up to 32bit/768kHz, Native DSD512
• Features Astell&Kern's unique TERATON ALPHA technology
• Battery 8,400 mAh (up to 11 hours of playback)

Triple Output, Triple Sound

• Model

  KANN ULTRA

• Body Color

  Astro Gray

• Body Material

  Aluminum

• Display

  5.5inch HD 1080 x 1920 touch screen

• Supported Audio Formats

  WAV, FLAC, WMA, MP3, OGG, APE, AAC, ALAC, AIFF, DFF, DSF, MQA

• Sample Rate

  PCM : 8kHz ~ 768kHz (8/16/24/32bits per Sample)
  DSD Native: DSD64(1bit 2.8MHz), Stereo / DSD128(1bit 5.6MHz), Stereo
  DSD256(1bit 11.2MHz), Stereo / DSD512(1bit 22.4MHz), Stereo

• Output Level

  - HEADPHONE OUT
  [Low Gain] Unbalanced 2Vrms │ Balanced 4Vrms (Condition No Load)
  [Mid Gain]Unbalanced 4Vrms │ Balanced 8Vrms (Condition No Load)
  [High Gain]Unbalanced 6Vrms │ Balanced 12Vrms (Condition No Load)
  [Super Gain]Unbalanced 8Vrms │ Balanced 16Vrms (Condition No Load)
  - PRE · LINE OUT
  Unbalanced 2Vrms │ Balanced 4Vrms (Condition No Load)

• CPU

  Octa-core

• DAC

  ES9039MPRO x2

• Decoding

  Support up to 32bit/768kHz Bit-to-Bit Playback

• Input

  USB Type-C input (for charging & PC & MAC)

• Outputs

  - HEADPHONE OUT
  3.5mm(Unbalanced Out, Optical Out), 4.4mm (Balanced Out, only 5-pole supported)
  - PRE · LINE OUT
  3.5mm(Unbalanced Out), 4.4mm (Balanced Out, only 5-pole supported)

• Wi-Fi

  802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4/5GHz)

• Bluetooth

  V5.3 (A2DP, AVRCP, Qualcomm® aptX™-HD, LDAC, LHDC)

• Dimensions

  3.24” (82.4mm)[W] x 5.55” (141.1mm)[H] x 0.96” (24.4mm)[D]

• Weight

  About 13.75oz (390g)

• Feature Enhancements

  Firmware upgrade supported (OTA)

• Operating Temperature

  0℃ ~ + 40℃ (32℉~ 104℉)