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The best MP3 player for 2025
Updated Looking for the best portable hi-res music player? Here's our pick of digital audio players from Astell & Kern, Sony and more.
This modern cassette player with Bluetooth (and matching retro wireless headphones) might've been my favorite music experience at CES 2025
CES 2025 A rechargeable tape player with Bluetooth headphones with recording capabilities.
Activo P1 music player review: Astell & Kern audio quality for considerably less cash
Astell & Kern's new, more affordable audio brand hits the ground running with great sound and a decent price too.
FiiO M23 portable music player review: delicate yet muscular, assertive yet subtle, lavishly detailed and vaultingly dynamic
FiiO has become so well-known for its great-value, high-performance players that the M23 is almost unremarkable. Almost.
Astell & Kern A&ultima SP3000T portable music player review: another huge step forward in energetic, open sound
The Astell & Kern A&ultima SP3000T is another seismic step forward to create the perfect portable music player
Mechen M3 review: A jack of all trades digital audio player but a master at none
The Mechen M3 MP3 Player is an all-in-one entertainment machine that only supports a very limited number of file formats.
HiFi Walker H2 review: An MP3 player with wide-ranging file support but rough edges
The HiFi Walker H2 is an MP3 player that reaches above its price in its support for audio formats, but falls flat when it comes to basically everything else
Majority MP3 Player review: one of the best cheap music players to consider
The Majority MP3 is a cheap and cheery music player that’s easily portable, easy to use and, most importantly, eminently affordable.
This Android phone for audiophiles offers a hi-res DAC, balanced output and 3.5mm jack – plus a cool cyberpunk look that puts Google and OnePlus to shame
Stylish audio brand Moondrop’s first phone is more of a hi-res digital audio player with OnePlus and Google Pixel features.
