[Dmitry Gr.] built a simple circuit to playback digital audio. At the center you can see an 8-pin PIC 12F1840 microcontroller. It’s pulling audio data from a microSD card which is read through a ...

Lately, there’s been a small flurry of Digital Audio Players being launched. You can think of a DAP as a bit like an iPod on steroids; a portable music player with high-end amplification and ...

Hardware or software that plays audio files encoded in MP3 and other audio formats. On the software side, applications that reside in the user's computer, such as iTunes, Windows Media Player and ...

Should you buy it? If you're a big audiophile who prioritizes accurate sound over everything else, then the Astell & Kern SA700 audio player is designed for you. It's expensive, however ...

Microsoft has confirmed that the025 Windows security updates are breaking audio playback on some systems with external DACs ...

Most of these palm-held players are actually hi-res audio streamers now, boasting exceptional sound through advanced, built-in digital-to-analog converters (DACs) and the ability to jump on your ...

It's not quite as easy to use as the best portable media players, but the M0s has some useful high-end features for under ...

Designed for active music lovers on the move, the new ACTIVO Q1 launch follows on from the brand’s flagship ACTIVO P1 digital audio player that I reviewed earlier this year. The new and high-end ...

The Activo P1 is the first digital audio player from Astell & Kern's new and more affordable audio brand. It delivers an impressive specification for an RRP of £399. If you've been hankering ...

You see, whereas the processing power of today's phones has to drive everything from GPS tracking and photo taking to video calls and internet browsing, portable music players (or 'DAPs': digital ...