I am What Hi-Fi's managing editor and have been testing audio products – including portable music players and headphones – for over a decade. I do a lot of my listening when travelling, so a dedicated ...

The best MP3 players transform your music to superior high-resolution sound, thanks to built-in digital-to-analog converters (DACs) and the fact that, well, they're not your phone. These devices ...

A high-resolution software player, such as Sonic Studio and JRiver, are required to play high-end music, and a good sound card or external digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is required (see D/A ...

And if your music is on your phone, it even has its own DLNA server software built in so ... into other apps like USB Audio ...

If you've been hankering after a hi-res audio player but don't want to pay a premium ... Play Store and pre-installed apps including Apple Music, Spotify, Qobuz, TIDAL and more.

A large number of portable music players can play hi-res downloads But does hi-res music face the same hardware problem that helped to sink SACD and DVD-Audio? As it happens, a whole range of ...

One of the things I love about Astell & Kern's hi-res music players is how solid they feel: they're machined from high quality metal and feel reassuringly expensive in the hand. And now there's an ...

The Astell&Kern A&futura SE300 Titan digital music player is constructed using a grade ... Basically, any Hi-Res audio file will not only work, but be delivered losslessly. The device is charged ...

Qobuz music streaming service is being rolled out in Japan, a market ripe for expansion. Hi-Res music streaming service ... and dominated by a few major players. With an expansion rate of almost ...