Portable reviews & products

Updated Trickle-down technology and enhanced features squeeze even more out of Astell & Kern’s entry-level proposition – but not without a price increase.

UPDATED AudioQuest’s portable DragonFly DAC, the Cobalt, justifies its hefty price tag with an accomplished performance.

Updated A Freeview recorder and 4K Android streamer rolled into one – so is it best of both worlds or master of none?

Fiio throws the kitchen sink at its mid-market music player.

Astell & Kern’s flagship SP3000 portable music player is hugely expensive but ever so capable.

Sony’s hi-res A306 Walkman player is affordable, good to use and nice to listen to, but there are some issues that don’t let us enjoy its full potential.

FiiO has been in the game long enough to know how to deliver a pleasurable portable music player, and it nails the brief at this accessible level in several ways.

Sony’s NW-WM1ZM2 music player is superbly engineered but also surprisingly flawed.

Updated The A&futura SE180 introduces a quirky interchangeable DAC design and Astell & Kern’s flagship Teraton Alpha audio technology.

Updated Astell & Kern’s latest ‘entry-level’ music player is better than ever, with a price tag to reflect that.