It has been a while that the AK100 has been out and it has received a vast array of praise from various reviewers and customers alike. Now however, Astell & Kern have announced the AK120 which doesn’t have one DAC but instead comes with two Wolfson 8740 DACs per channel. Offering supreme levels of sonic performance for your headphones! Capable of playing pretty much any common file format the new AK120 should be on the wishlist of any discerning listener. The specs for this beautiful device are as follows.

Astell & Kern AK120

Astell & Kern AK120

Specifications General

Dimensions * 59.2 x 89,0 x 14.4mm [B x L x H)
Weight * 143 g
Display * 2.4inch/6.1cm QVGA (320 x 240) IPS Touchscreen
Supported audio formats * AAC, ALAC, AIFF, WAV, FLAC, WMA, MP3, OGG, APE * FLAC, WAV
Sample rate * 8kHz ~ 192kHz (8/16/24bits per sample)
Maximum output voltage * 1.5V RMS
Output impedance * 3 Ohm
D/A converter * *2x* Wolfson WM 8740 24Bit DAC
Decoding * Able to 24-bit/192kHz bit to bit decoding
Charging port * Micro USB Type-B
Connections * USB 2.0, Optical In-/Output, 3.5mm stereo headphone output, USB D/A converter
Wireless * Bluetooth 3.0 Audio Performance

Frequency response * 10Hz to 20KHz +/-0.02dB (24bit 48Khz)
Signal to noise ratio * 113dB (1KHz 0dB, 24bit 48Khz)
Crosstalk * < -128dB (1KHz 0dB, 24bit 48Khz
THD + N * < 0.003% (24bit 48Khz)
SMPTE IMD  * < 0.0009% (1KHz 0dB, 24bit 48Khz)

Battery * 2,350mAh 3.7V Li-Polymer
Battery Uptime * Mac. 16 hours(based on MUSIC : FLAC, 16bit, 44KHz Vol. 37, EQ Off, LCD Off)
Charging time * ca. 5 hours Memory

Internal memory External * 64GB [NAND] * 2x 64Gb MicroSD
Operating system Supported Operating Systems * Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8