The ACRO L1000 is a desktop amplifier, headphone amp and DAC, complete with an eye-catching aluminium design. It will arrive in the UK later this month and cost ?799.
Tucked behind the large angled volume wheel you'll find 2.5mm, 3.5mm, 6.5mm and XLR audio outputs, plus speaker terminals for connecting to desktop speakers. A USB input allows you to connect your PC or Mac.
As you'd expect, the ACRO L1000 can play hi-res audio files up to 32bit/384kHz without downsampling, thanks to two AK4490 DACs (as found in the AK380) and a 32-but CPU. The L1000 also supports native DSD playback up to 11.2MHz.
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