Personal MP3 / MP4 Player, and Headphones RANT

[anonymous-user]

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[Podie]

Buy yourself a proper Digital Audio Player. They’ll play MP3s as well as other uncompressed formats.

I’ve had a series of Astell & Kern players over the last few years, with Shure earphones. Quiet, it ain’t.

Plenty of cheaper options on the market - Cowon, iBasso, Fiio to name a few.

[PurpleTurtle]

Why not just use your phone and get a radio player app on it?

That’s what the rest of the 21st century is doing.

[JimbobVFR]

A phone can be an excellent music player if you get the right one.

LG Phones with the Hi-fi quad DAC are excellent. I have an oldish G6 but the G and V series of phones also have the DAC and headphone jack.

Phones equipped with the DAC feature can even drive higher impedance phones that would normally require a separate headphone amp.

I sold my audioquest dragonfly device after getting the LG G6.

[Podie]

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They’ll still knock spots off a phone - even playing crappy MP3s. Move to a lossless format and they come alive.

All depends on your budget, but plenty of good players and earphones out there.