Fiio M23 review
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.
Trickle-down technology and enhanced features squeeze even more out of Astell & Kern’s entry-level proposition – but not without a price increase.
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.