Astell & Kern AK240 Portable Music Player

Mark Fleischmann has posted a review of the Astell & Kern AK240 portable music player ($2500) at Sound and Vision. His conclusions:

“Is Astell & Kern’s AK240 worth 10 iPod classics? For most readers, the question is academic (and probably irritating). But this is the best portable audio player I’ve enjoyed to date, with unassailable build quality, sweet aesthetics, not-half-bad ergonomics, and stupendous sound, including the special attraction of uncompromised DSD playback. It’s also remarkably versatile, with Wi-Fi connectivity for file transfer and streaming from computers, Bluetooth to reach your main system or wireless speakers, and the USB DAC feature for wired computer playback.”

You can read the full review here.