We're calling it now: we’ve already found the best bargain in Amazon’s Spring Deal Days (25th-31st March 2025): the Astell&Kern CA1000T reduced from £2299 to just £999.
This high-end digital music system combines Astell&Kern's award-winning sound quality and exquisite design with a versatile feature list: just add headphones or active speakers to transform your sound, anywhere.
This sonic Swiss-army knife is a digital audio player, USB DAC and amplifier rolled into one, controlled via a pop-up display screen and a tactile volume dial. With both wireless and wired – plus digital and analogue – connectivity options, it can be the compact heart of any hi-fi set-up.
From streaming services to digital downloads to video and gaming, the CA1000T will play it all, in sublime quality. It's also Roon Ready and handles every file format you can think of (including MQA), supporting high-resolution audio playback up to native DSD512 and 32bit/768 kHz.
Better sound at home or work
The CA1000T is the ideal desktop system for all sorts of uses – plug in headphones or earphones for solo listening, or switch to active speakers when they suit the occasion. Connect your computer via USB for an instant audio upgrade (even to video calls) or wirelessly stream to or from networked devices.
Want to get more technical? The CA1000T was the world's first device to use the flagship ESS ES9039MPRO Dual-DACs and is a quad-core, triple-amp system with dual Triode KORG Nutube tubes to fine-tune your sound. The system easily drives high impedance headphones, with 4-step gain levels to maximum 15Vrms output.
And the CA1000T has another trick up its sleek metal sleeve: Lithium Polymer battery power means technically you can take it anywhere. At almost a kilo (980g) and measuring 10.5 x 4.5 x 15.6 cm, it's not going to fit in your pocket, but once you've heard what it can do, we're betting you'll find bag space for it on the next trip to your office/co-working space/hotel.
Ins and Outs
The CA1000T boasts excellent connectivity options. Its front panel houses 3.5mm, 6.35mm unbalanced, and 2.5mm 4.4mm balanced headphone outputs.
Round the back, the system has both XLR and RCA outputs, plus 4.4mm, optical and coaxial inputs. Here's where you’ll find USB-C ports for both charging and computer connectivity, and a microSD card slot that handles memory cards with a capacity of up to 2TB – enough to hold thousands of albums, even at high-resolution.
Art of the deal
At £999, the CA1000T is an absolute steal, offering high-end performance for mainstream money. This is a rare chance to own one of Astell&Kern’s most versatile audio systems: don’t miss out.
The CA1000T is available for £999 as part of the Amazon Spring Deal Days promotion, which runs from 25-31 March, while stocks last.
