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The Astell & Kern A&norma SR25 is the latest in what has been a long line of excellent, What Hi-Fi?В Award-winning, вЂentry-levelвЂ™ portable music players.

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Read the full Astell & Kern Kann Alpha review Live recordings are leant a degree of spaciousness and realism rarely heard. Fundamentally, players such as this must deliver hi-res music in a portable design вЂ“ and it delivers this in spades. The Alpha is as meticulous and honest as it is zealous, with an expansive presentation, punchy bass and good levels of detail. The biggest selling point? Sound quality.

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There's 24-bit and DSD file compatibility three headphone outputs (2.5mm and a new balanced 4.4mm, plus a 3.5mm unbalanced headphone jack/optical) a microSD card slot to expand the 64GB of onboard storage and support for 33 music streaming services over wi-fi (although these are a little hit and miss to implement).

The Alpha also supports MQA-CD playback, by way of Astell & KernвЂ™s CD-Ripper. It's similarly wide-ranging when it comes to wireless codec support ( LDAC, aptX HD, aptX, AAC and, naturally, SBC Bluetooth). It's still slightly bulky but will fit in a coat pocket and supports most music file formats, including MQA, FLAC, ALAC, AIFF, WAV and native DSD256. And thanks to the rearrangement of various components and the use of smaller resistors and capacitors, it promises added power in a smaller and more portable chassis. It boasts a more powerful built-in headphone amplifier than the previous Kann series players it succeeds, too.

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The Kann Alpha is the third player in the Kann series, yet the first Astell & Kern player to implement Bluetooth 5.0 (complete with aptX HD). Read the full review: Astell & Kern A&futura SE180 With built-in wi-fi as well as direct access to streaming service apps in its menu, the SE180 doesnвЂ™t make hard work of your music however you'd like to play it.В Whether you consider the modular design valuable or not, even straight from the box, the SE180 is one of the best performance-per-pound offerings in the companyвЂ™s line-up. It supports 32-bit/384kHz PCM, native DSD256 and MQAВ audio and has 2.5mm, 3.5mm and 4.4mm outputs to cater for a wide range of headphones. After all, the SE180 is an all-in-one player in itself, with the default module containing the ESS ES9038PRO DAC. Of course, these can be considered optional extras experimental paths that can be taken or completely ignored.

The concept: Astell & Kern releases a series of DAC modules, all with different sonic characters, so that owners can purchase them and swap them in over the standard supplied module, if they so wish. To personally tailor your sound, the SE180 goes one step further than the slightly older SE200 (which has two user-selectable DACВ configurations built into the player) in that it features an interchangeable DAC module design. The new SE180 is the third model in Astell & KernвЂ™s near-flagship A&futura range, following the inauguralВ SE100В andВ SE200, both of which gainedВ Awards from this very publication in 20 respectively (and are listed below). How about a customisable PMP with interchangeable DAC modules? That's the idea here вЂ“ and we liked it so much, we gave it a What Hi-Fi? 2021 Award. All of the models below also support hi-res files (such as DSD, FLAC and PCM files), with some also adding native MQA playback to that compatibility list, so you can listen to hi-res Tidal Masters through compatible players and play back downloaded MQA music in the best sound quality possible. Every player here supports MP3 and AAC files of course, but we can all do better than that in 2022. Whatever your budget, you'll be surprised at what you can get for your money these days.

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How to choose the best portable MP3 player for you We've rounded up the best MP3 players across a range of prices, from budget Cowons right through to higher-end Astell & Kerns. Whether you want to save your phone's memory (and battery) or need your on-the-go sound to be as good as it can possibly be, look no further than our pick of the best MP3 players on the planet.Дespite the demise of the iPod (Apple waved goodbye to the last remaining model in May), the music player market still has a few reputable brands in it today.

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