Astell & Kern’s new hi-fi audio player has the strangest bezels on the planet - Yanko Design

(Continued from title) And that's maxim something, specially subsequently this year'south onslaught of notched phones. The screen, tilted a little less than 10° anti-clockwise seems similar a great idea in theory, but tin result in massively divisive opinions in practicality. The idea backside the tilted screen was probably to give you a gradually thickening bezel, while not compromising on the screen size. The thickened bezel and then plays host to the fat volume knob, a pattern item that is intended to stand out in function to a higher place the rest of the controls. It as well means less accidental screen-touching when held with your right hand.

Feature-wise, the A&norma SR15 (not a really tricky name, simply information technology isn't for regular music listeners either) is a great player with exceptional audio reproduction. It has a quad-core processor, letting it play incredibly heavy sound files with relative ease, and chip-for-flake support for files up to 24-bit/192 kHz (Tidal streams at 16bit, 44.1kHz). Being a dedicated audiophile's listening device, the A&norma SR15 comes with a MicroUSB port, for charging and file transfer, a balanced 2.5mm jack and a iii.5mm headphone jack for your conventional listening purposes, and even sports Bluetooth 4.1 for wireless listening. The screen is a touch-sensitive one, although its tilted nature besides results in a tilted UI, which I personally am vehemently confronting, merely each to their own, I guess.

Designer: Astell & Kern