ASTELL&KERN KANN CUBE

General Specifications

Model

KANN CUBE

Body Color

Wolf Gray

Body Material

Aluminum

Display

5inch (720 x 1,280) Touch display

Supported Audio Formats

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

MQA playback

Services(Tidal Masters), Local files, External USB, MQA-CD(ripped)

Sample rate

PCM: 8kHz ~ 384kHz (8/16/24/32bits per Sample) / DSD Native: DSD64(1bit 2.8MHz), Stereo
/ DSD128(1bit 5.6MHz), Stereo / DSD256(1bit 11.2MHz), Stereo

Output Level

[Phone Out]
High: Unbalanced 6Vrms / Balanced 12Vrms (Condition No Load)
Mid: Unbalanced 4Vrms / Balanced 8Vrms (Condition No Load)
Low: Unbalanced 2Vrms / Balanced 4Vrms (Condition No Load)
[XLR Out]
4Vrms (Condition No Load)

DAC

ESS ES9038PRO SABRE 8channel x2 (Dual DAC)

Decoding

Support up to 32bit / 384kHz Bit-to-Bit Playback

Input

USB Type-C input (for PC & MAC)

Outputs

Unbalanced Out (3.5mm) / Optical Out (3.5mm) / Balanced Out (2.5mm, only 4-pole supported)
/ XLR Out (Mini 5pin)

Wi-Fi

802.11 b/g/n (2.4GHz)

Dimensions

3.45 ”(87.75 mm) [W] x 5.51 ”(140 mm) [H] x 1.24 ”(31.5 mm) [D]

Weight

17.3 oz (493 g)

Feature Enhancements

Firmware upgrades supported (OTA)

Frequency Response

[Phone Out]
±0.027dB (Condition : 20Hz~20kHz) Unbalanced / ±0.025dB (Condition : 20Hz~20kHz) Balanced
±0.07dB (Condition : 10Hz~70kHz) Unbalanced / ±0.087dB (Condition : 10Hz~70kHz) Balanced
[XLR Out]
±0.025dB (Condition : 20Hz~20kHz) / ±0.032dB (Condition : 10Hz~70kHz)

Signal to Noise Ratio

[Phone Out] 117dB @ 1kHz, Unbalanced / 117dB @ 1kHz, Balanced
[XLR Out] 128dB @ 1kHz

Crosstalk

[Phone Out] -129dB @ 1kHz, Unbalanced / -136dB @ 1kHz, Balanced
[XLR Out] -146dB @ 1kHz

THD+N

[Phone Out] 0.0004% @ 1kHz, Unbalanced / 0.0005% @ 1kHz, Balanced
[XLR Out] 0.0004% @ 1kHz

IMD SMPTE

[Phone Out] 0.0005% 800Hz 10kHz(4:1) Unbalanced / 0.0006% 800Hz 10kHz(4:1) Balanced
[XLR Out] 0.0006% 800Hz 10kHz(4:1)

Output Impedance

Unbalanced Out 3.5mm (1.2ohm) / Balanced Out 2.5mm (1.6ohm)

Reference Clock Jitter

250 Femto Seconds

Capacity

7,400mAh 3.8V Li-Polymer Battery

Continuous Playback Time

up to 9 hours (Standard - MUSIC: FLAC, 16-bit/44.1kHz, Unbalance, Volume 80, EQ OFF, LCD OFF, LOW GAIN)

Charge Time

About 4 hours (Standard - 9V/1.67A Fast charging)
About 5.5 hours (Standard - 5V/2A General charging)

Built-in Memory

128GB [NAND]

External Memory

microSD (Max. 1TB) x1

Supported OS

Windows 7,8,10 (32/64bit), MAC OS X 10.7 and up