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 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 ...

Having music available for when you’re on the move isn’t so much a luxury as it is a necessity. Can you imagine having to endure that bus ride / train journey / flight (or all three) without a ...

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 ...

Astell&Kern (A&K) has released a new version of its flagship portable digital audio player that is even more portable and more affordable. The A&K A&Ultima SP3000M takes virtually every feature found ...

Hard drive based digital audio players offer a nice advantage over other types of players; that being that they hold quite a bit more than flash-based or CD/MP3 combo units. The market for hard drive ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Astell&Kern’s sub-brand, ACTIVO, is increasing its product ...

Astell&Kern (A&K), the company that’s known among audiophiles as a leading manufacturer of high-priced, hi-res audio, portable digital audio players (DAPs), has just released its most affordable model ...

HiBy's R4 x Evangelion media player merges top-tier audio performance with stunning anime-themed design, perfect for fans of Neon Genesis Evangelion. At its core, this player is essentially an R4, ...

Philips must be trying to redefine the term “entry-level” with is SA4000 digital audio player, which sports a massive amount of built-in storage—512MB— and a seven-color backlit screen. Something ...

JVC rolled out its XA-F52 and XA-F112 digital audio players, 512MB or 1GB trinkets that play MP3s and WMA files, and have built-in mono microphones for voice recording. They can also directly record ...

A CD-ROM drive can be used as a stand-alone unit for playing digital audio CDs without interfacing with a computer. The stereo output of CD player available at the audio jack can be amplified using ...