Astell & Kern PD20 Portable Music Player

Description

The new Astell & Kern PD20 features quad ESS DAC architecture, advanced amplifier modes, and personalized sound tuning, it delivers exceptional clarity and dynamic range in a premium portable design. With high-resolution decoding, powerful headphone outputs, and modern wireless connectivity, the PD20 allows you to tailor your music playback exactly to your preferences.

The new PD20 offers a customizable listening experience by allowing users to adapt both tonal balance and amplifier characteristics to their preferences. Its personalised sound calibration ensures that music is optimised for individual hearing profiles, while the powerful amplification stages provide clean drive for a wide range of headphones. Combined with high-resolution playback and wireless streaming support, it functions equally well as a portable audiophile player or a premium digital source for headphones and hi-fi systems.

The Case Is Available In Gray Or Marine. Please Indicate Choice In The Check Out Notes. Thank You.

Features:

• Quad-DAC architecture for high-resolution audio performance
• Selectable Class A, Class AB, and Hybrid amplifier modes
• Personalised sound calibration via hearing test
• Extensive high-resolution format support including DSD512
• Large internal storage with expandable memory

Specifications:

• Body Color

  Silver

• Body Material

  Aluminum

• Display

  6inch 2160 x 1080 Touch screen

• Supported Audio Formats

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

• 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

  Unbalanced 5Vrms │ Balanced 10Vrms (Condition No Load)

• CPU

  Octa-Core
  

• DAC

  ESS ES9027PRO x4 (Quad-DAC)

• Decoding

  Support up to 32bit / 768kHz Bit to Bit playback

• Input

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

• Outputs

  Unbalanced Out (3.5mm), Optical Out(3.5mm)
  Balanced Out (4.4mm, 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, SBC, AAC)

• Dimensions

  3.05” (77.5mm)[W] x 6.12” (155.7mm)[H] x 0.68” (17.3mm)[D]

• Weight

  about 11.04oz (313g)

• Feature Enhancements

  Firmware upgrade supported (OTA)

• Operating Temperature

  0℃ ~ + 40℃ (32℉~ 104℉)

• Frequency Response

  ±0.005dB (Condition : 20Hz~20kHz) Unbalanced │ ±0.010dB (Condition : 20Hz~20kHz) Balanced
  ±0.020dB (Condition : 20Hz~70kHz) Unbalanced │ ±0.020dB (Condition : 20Hz~70kHz) Balanced

• S/N

  124dB @ 1kHz, Unbalanced │ 127dB @ 1kHz, Balanced

• Crosstalk

  -133dB @ 1kHz, Unbalanced │ -140dB @ 1kHz, Balanced

• THD+N

  0.0003% @ 1kHz, Unbalanced │ 0.0004% @ 1kHz, Balanced

• IMD SMPTE

  0.0006% 800Hz 10kHz (4:1) Unbalanced │Balanced

• Output Impedance

  Unbalanced Out 3.5mm (0.7ohm) │ Balanced Out 4.4mm(1.7ohm)
  * Audio measurement specifications are based on AMP Class AB.

  • Clock Jitter

    25pS (Typ.)

  • Reference Clock Jitter

    250 Femto Seconds

• Built-in Memory

  256GB [NAND]

• External Memory

  microSD x1 (Max. 2TB)

• Capacity

  5,770mAh 3.8V Li-Polymer

• Charge Time

  about 4hours (PD3.0 Charging)
  

• Playback Time

  about 14hours (Standard : FLAC, 16bit, 44.1kHz, Vol.50, Class AB, LCD Off)

  • Supported OS

    Windows 8,10,11(32/64bit) MAC OS X 10.7