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Sound lacks dynamic punch and top-notch timing

We'd like a tad more dynamic punch and drive to songs that need it though the Sony can sound a touch reserved when a song demands outright fun or aggression.ĭefinitely a neat compact player worthy of your consideration, especially if your budget doesn’t stretch to the more premium Astell & Kern SR35. It's a pleasingly detailed and clean performance, and we're impressed at how mature and evenly balanced it sounds for this price. The Sony player is adept enough to turn its hand to various genres and can even discern the differences in file qualities, while all sounding comfortable to listen to for long periods.

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Internally, NW-A306 is packed to the gill with features: the hi-res file support is extensive and excellent at this affordable price, the full Android OS means it effectively operates similarly to a smartphone (for better or worse) and lets you download your favourite music streaming app, and it even supports LDAC and aptX codecs over Bluetooth. The available onboard storage is rather small in comparison to other players, but it is possible to expand the storage thanks to the microSD slot.

The NW-A306's connections are minimal, but that's no bad thing: the USB-C cable lets you charge, transfer files and use the Walkman as a DAC, while the 3.5mm headphone jack can be used with a variety of good-to-great headphones. It's compact and fits in palms and pockets alike comfortably, and we love the scalloped textured back that gives us a good grip without sacrificing on style. Internal music storage space is only half of what’s availableĪs an affordable alternative to the iPod Touch, the new NW-A306 fits the brief perfectly. 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 doesn’t make hard work of your music however you would like to play it. 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 company’s line-up. It supports 32-bit/384kHz PCM, native DSD256 and MQA audio and has 2.5mm, 3.5mm and 4.4mm outputs to cater for a wide range of headphones. The SE180 is an all-in-one player in itself, too, with the default module containing the ESS ES9038PRO DAC.

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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 DAC configurations built into the player) in that it features an interchangeable DAC module design. How about a customisable PMP with interchangeable DAC modules? That's the idea here – and we liked it so much, we gave it What Hi-Fi? 20 Awards trophies. Read the full review: Astell & Kern A&norma SR35 Presentation is hugely likeable, with a tonal balance slightly on the rich side and a combination of power and finesse that feels very mature for a source at this level that most headphones will get along with just fine. The five-star player has the punch and rhythmic drive to keep you tapping along to upbeat tracks, and the insight to draw you into the details of those calmer ones. There's not a chance of the SR35 missing a beat with the music you send its way. The excellent SR35 boasts many of the features that made its five-star, What Hi-Fi? Award-winning predecessor so successful – including three headphone outputs (3.5mm, 4.4mm and 2.5mm), native playback of MQA, DSD256 and PCM up to 32-bit/384kHz files, 64GB of built-in storage (expandable by up to 1TB via a microSD card), and the neat ability to use the player as a performance-enhancing DAC device between your wired headphones and, say, laptop. But there's no arguing with the astonishing level of performance you get from it.

The SR35 stretches the definition of ‘entry level’, sitting a rung or two up the ladder from the affordable Sony NW-A306 and even pricier than the previous 'entry level' SR25 MKII it replaces.