The Astell & Kern A&ultima SP4000 is the brand’s newest flagship digital audio player, and it is priced accordingly. If you measure the worth of a product by how relatively heavy and remarkably shiny ...

For quality purposes, some people prefer to use home audio CD players over streaming to listen to their favorite tunes.

Compaq Computer is putting a new spin on its digital audio players. The Houston-based company announced on Monday two new players that use discs instead of expensive flash memory cards to store songs.

Entry-level by price, first class by nature, the FiiO M21 does what much more expensive devices claim to do: play music in excellent quality.

The HiBy R6 III 2025 is a premium digital audio player designed for music lovers who seek top-quality sound. With advanced hardware and high-end DAC chips, it delivers exceptional audio performance.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Lately, there’s been a small flurry of Digital Audio ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. The FiiO M23 can be used with Bluetooth earphones or wired ...

The concept of a portable digital audio player (DAP) goes back to 1979, the beginning of the bits- and-bytes era of music recording. At the time, all such devices—like most digitally recorded music of ...

You might be surprised to learn that MP3 players still exist. Not only that, but they’re popular with people who take their music seriously – the kind that roll their eyes at lossy Spotify streams and ...

PowerAmp is a premium music player renowned for its focus on audio quality and customization. It supports a diverse range of audio formats, including WAV, FLAC, AIFF, ALAC, APE, and more. Key features ...

This past summer, Marantz revealed its new flagship “Series 10” range of hi-fi components. It consisted of three products: the Model 10 integrated amplifier, the SACD 10 SACD/CD player and the Link ...

WMP shipped with recent editions of Windows, and it can play anything with the proper DirectShow codec. It’s also a decent librarian. Alas, poor Winamp! We knew it well. One of our favorite audio and ...