Astell&Kern Acro CA1000 Music Player
Touchscreen interfaces have made accessing large music libraries and discovering new music easier than ever. Instead of fighting this trend, Astell&Kern have combined a smartphone-like touchscreen with a headphone amp to create the Acro CA1000 music player. It has four ESS ES9068AS DACs for pristine audio reproduction and support for 32bit/384kHz PCM and Native DSD512 playback. It also hooks up to nearly any audio system or pair of headphones, with 3.5mm and 6.35mm unbalanced and 2.5mm and 4.4mm balanced output jacks, as well as optical, coaxial, and Type-C USB digital outputs, as well as standard RCA analog outputs. A built-in battery allows it to move around as needed, and Bluetooth 5.0 with aptX HD and LDAC support allow it to conveniently connect to wireless speakers.