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The best MP3 player for 2025
By Becky Scarrott last updated
Updated Looking for the best portable hi-res music player? Here's our pick of digital audio players from Astell & Kern, Sony and more.

FiiO JM21 digital audio player review: it's hard to believe it sounds this good for so little money
By Simon Lucas published
FiiO has come up with another intriguing product, and the JM21 is now making a play at the digital audio player entry level market...

This portable Hi-Res Audio music player has a tube amp and Android, for a serious mix of the retro and modern
By Henry St Leger published
If you want to enjoy Hi-Res audio on the go, then this new music player from Shanling may be one to check out.

This modern cassette player with Bluetooth (and matching retro wireless headphones) might've been my favorite music experience at CES 2025
By Ural Garrett published
CES 2025 A rechargeable tape player with Bluetooth headphones with recording capabilities.

Activo P1 music player review: Astell & Kern audio quality for considerably less cash
By Carrie Marshall published
Astell & Kern's new, more affordable audio brand hits the ground running with great sound and a decent price too.

FiiO M23 portable music player review: delicate yet muscular, assertive yet subtle, lavishly detailed and vaultingly dynamic
By Simon Lucas published
FiiO has become so well-known for its great-value, high-performance players that the M23 is almost unremarkable. Almost.

Astell & Kern A&norma SR25 MKII review
By Becky Scarrott last updated
If a three-figure sum starting with a six or seven still counts as 'entry-level' in your world, the MKII SR25 is money very well spent indeed.

Astell & Kern A&norma SR35 review: hardly an entry-level Hi-Res music player, but so, so worth it
By Simon Lucas published
Recalibrate your understanding of what ‘entry level’ means and there’s just so much to love about the A&norma SR35.
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