Astell&Kern AK100II" in Kana Hanazawa version. Pre-order starts on July 10 with a limited quantity of 300 units!

As we have previously reported, the Astell&Kern AK100II KANA HANAZAWA Edition, a high-resolution audio player from Ayutto featuring popular voice actress Kana Hanazawa, will be available for pre-order starting July 10 in a limited edition of 300 units. The release date is July 31. The product will go on sale on July 31. The price is open price, but the price on the direct sales site "Akihabara e-market" will be 119,800 yen (tax included).

The Astell&Kern AK100II is a high-resolution audio player that is highly popular among audiophiles. DSD playback of up to 5.6 MHz (DSD to PCM conversion) is possible. An EQ that can be finely adjusted by the user in 10-band, 0.5dB increments according to the genre of music is also provided. Supported music formats are WAV, FLAC, MP3, WMA, OGG, APE, AAC, ALAC, AIFF, DFF, and DSF. Internal memory is 64 GB, and there is one microSD card slot for external memory up to 128 GB. The main unit measures 55 (W) x 111 (H) x 14.9 (D) and weighs 170 g. (*The above are specifications for the normal model.)

The Astell&Kern AK100II KANA HANAZAWA Edition is a collaboration model of the Astell&Kern AK100II, a high-resolution audio player sold by Ayutto, and has been specially designed by popular voice actress Kana Hanazawa The model is a collaboration model of the Astell&Kern AK100II high-resolution audio player sold by Ayuto. First, Kana Hanazawa's original logo mark will be laser-engraved on both the front and rear surfaces of the main unit. The original logo will also be engraved on the fresh blue case and the original logo will be engraved on the packaging.

In addition, a high-resolution sound source (24bit/192kHz) of "Arrival Place," an unreleased song newly recorded by Kana Hanazawa, will be pre-installed on the device. The music is composed by Yamato Kasai of the hot artist "Mili" and lyrics are by Reom (AQUA ARIS). The recording engineer is Yuji Sugiyama. In addition, Yoshitomo (AQUA ARIS) created the image artwork that expresses the world view of the song.

As a pre-order bonus, a special card will be included, from which a message voice by Kana Hanazawa can be downloaded.