Meze Elite with Astell & Kern Kann Ultra Audio Player Set

This bundle combines two masterpieces of modern audio technology – the Astell&Kern KANN Ultra and the Meze Elite. Together, they form a perfect symbiosis of technical precision, elegant craftsmanship, and emotional musicality. Listening to this duo will experience music with a depth that you not only hear, but also feel – pure, immediate, and boundlessly authentic.

The Astell&Kern KANN Ultra – Power meets control

With the KANN Ultra, Astell&Kern takes its legendary KANN series into a new era. This portable player offers the highest output power of any A&K device—up to 16 Vrms—easily delivering power and control to even the most demanding headphones like the Meze Elite.

Two ESS9039MPRO DACs guarantee breathtaking detail resolution, while the company's proprietary TERATON ALPHA technology ensures minimal noise, efficient power management, and flawless amplification. The result is a sound that is hard to beat in its purity and dynamics.

With its triple-output architecture (headphone / line / pre-out), the KANN Ultra offers maximum flexibility for any setup. Four gain levels allow precise adjustment to headphones of varying sensitivity – from sensitive in-ears to reference-class planar-magnetic over-ears.

An octa-core processor, the new Crimson UI, crossfeed function, and Bluetooth 5.3 make it the most modern and powerful Astell&Kern player ever—and the ideal gaming partner for the Meze Elite.

The Meze Elite – art, precision and emotion in perfect balance

The Meze Elite is no ordinary headphone. It's an audiophile sculpture—born from the fusion of art, science, and passion for sound. Over three years of development have resulted in a reference headphone that combines uncompromising clarity, impressive spatiality, and sensual musicality.

At the heart of the Elite is the Rinaro Isodynamic Hybrid Array® driver with the newly developed Rinaro Parus® diaphragm. This ultra-lightweight, biaxially oriented polymer film enables precise alignment of sound waves to the anatomy of the ear. The result: exceptional naturalness, transparency, and spatiality that make every sound image vivid and tangible.

With a frequency response of 3 to 112,000 Hz and total distortion of less than 0.05% THD, the Meze Elite operates in spheres that surprise even experienced audiophiles.

Its ergonomically perfect design with a carbon headband, leather headrest and a material composition of aluminum and glass fiber reinforced polymer ensures lightness, stability and maximum wearing comfort – even over many hours.

An interplay for the senses

In combination, the full potential of both devices unfolds:
The KANN Ultra, with its powerful, precisely controlled amplifier stages, delivers the energy and purity the Meze Elite needs to create its exceptional soundstage. Every note stands vividly in the room, voices seem physically present, and instruments breathe and separate effortlessly from one another.

The sound is expansive, deep, and yet intimate—analytically precise, but never cold. The Elite translates the energy of the KANN Ultra into emotional musicality that both touches and impresses.

The result is an audiophile symbiosis of technical perfection and emotional depth – an experience that makes music tangible in its most original form.

Technical highlights

Astell&Kern KANN Ultra:

• Dual ESS9039MPRO DAC
• Output power up to 16 Vrms (4 gain levels)
• Triple Output: Headphone / Pre / Line Out
• PCM up to 32 bit / 768 kHz, DSD512 native
• TERATON ALPHA sound architecture
• Octa-core processor & Crimson UI
• Crossfeed for immersive listening
• Bluetooth 5.3 (aptX HD, LDAC, LHDC)
• Wi-Fi 2.4/5 GHz, 128 GB storage (expandable to 1 TB)
• Battery: 8,400 mAh, up to 11 hours of battery life
• Weight: 390 g, aluminum housing in Astro Gray

Meze Elite:

• Rinaro Isodynamic Hybrid Array® driver with Rinaro Parus® diaphragm
• Frequency range: 3 – 112,000 Hz
• Impedance: 32 O
• Sensitivity: 101 dB SPL @ 1 mW / 1 kHz
• THD: <0.05%
• Open, circumaural design
• Weight: 430 g
• Aluminum frame, carbon headband, leather headrest
• Handmade in Europe