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Astell & Kern A&Ultima SP2000

Personal music player

£3399

“This is the best A&K player we’ve heard. Actually, it could be the best portable music player we’ve heard”

A few thousand pounds may not be considered a flagship price for a lot of kit we test, but for a portable music player it’s pretty unorthodox. Yet Astell & Kern’s flagship A&ultima SP2000 comes in at over £3k – around three times the cost of most of the top smartphones or other music-playing devices you carry around in your pocket.

It’s unlikely, however, that this ‘portable’ player will spend much time in your pocket – the SP2000 is

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