The Astell & Kern PD5 digital audio player follows the Award-winning SR35 with a 28-hour battery life and eight DACs

The Astell & Kern PD5 portable music player succeeds the SR35 with improved battery life and an upgraded eight-DAC architecture. It includes new features like EnviroTune for noise-adaptive sound and supports high-resolution audio formats for audiophiles.
Why it matters
This release highlights the competitive nature of the high-end portable audio market, where manufacturers are increasingly focusing on battery longevity and smart signal processing.
That's eight hours more battery than its predecessor, and twice the number of DACs
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(Image credit: Astell & Kern) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter How do you follow an Award-winning product? If you're high-end portable music player specialist Astell & Kern, you beef up the specs no end. The new PD5 follows the Award-winning A&norma SR35 with eight hours of extra battery life and twice the number of DACs.
Like its predecessor, the Astell & Kern PD5 can switch between the number of DACs at work. But whereas the SR35 could only switch between two and four, the PD5 can go from four to eight.
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