While TVs have become better and better over the past 15 years, audio has taken several steps backwards. Many of us have sacrificed fidelity in pursuit of convenience and portability, adopting ...

FiiO just announced the Snowsky Disc, a brand-new digital audio player that blends throwback CD style with serious modern ...

Spotify ain't what it used to be, and we may have the perfect antidote.

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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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. The FiiO M23 can be used with Bluetooth earphones or wired ...

Ever since Sony introduced me to portable music with its iconic Walkman series, my enormous collection of tunes has never been far from reach. I've been through tape cassette players, mini-Disc and CD ...

Fiio’s M7 hi-res digital audio player (DAP) delivers wireless hi-res audio in a pocket-sized package for the audiophile on the go. But some head-scratching feature choices keep it off our Editor’s ...

The portable digital audio player (aka the MP3 player) has come along way since its inception. Back in the day, most MP3 players were equipped with either a paltry amount of flash memory (less than ...

Though it seems as if the iPod has been around forever, the device is actually only eight years old as of last week. Portable digital music players in general aren’t much older, as the first clunky, ...

Now that our smartphones are able to stream or play just about any form of media, one might think that the days of the dedicated MP3 player are over. After all, the most popular one of all time, the ...

Oct. 23, 2001 -- Apple Computer is trying to byte into the consumer music market. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company has introduced its new iPod, a portable music player that stores digital songs in ...