Digital music players and smartphones pretty much caused an extinction event for portable analog audio. But RecordingTheMasters is banking on a comeback for tapes with the launch of Mystik portable ...

Our Audio expert Chris Haslam gives his personal recommendation for buying a modern portable cassette or CD player ...

Renowned audio brand iBasso proved it could challenge Astell&Kern and other giants in the digital audio player (DAP) space ...

Play tapes on-the-go with FiiO’s $99 transparent portable audio cassette player with USB-C charging and 13 hour battery life. In the past several years, listening to vinyl records has re-inserted ...

High-resolution MQA-format music playback is coming to portable music players for the first time through sister brands Onkyo and Pioneer. Pioneer is adding MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) playback ...

The great draw of portable MP3 players is quantity. I remember when my wife and I took a six-month backpacking trip back in 1999. We never even considered bringing an MP3 player, which might have had ...

Sure, most of us satisfy our music-listening needs these days using our phones, tablets, and smart speakers, but that doesn't mean a dedicated MP3 player or portable music player is a completely ...

Every audiophile wants access to their high-quality music files while on the go, and Astell&Kern has just released a suite of new gear to help fulfill that need. Priced at $700, the AK70 MK II is the ...

Goodbye, iPhone?

The Audio-Technica Sound Burger is a portable record player that allows you to bring a fully functional analog option for music wherever you want to go. Its compact size and modern connection options, ...

Chinese manufacturer Gemei is coming out with the X21, an otherwise run-of-the-mill portable audio player save for its ability to play Monkey’s Audio files. Monkey’s Audio format files can be ...

Today Victor-JVC announced [JP] they will be adding a new portable audio player to their Alneo series of portable media players, the XA-M10/20/40. Hitting Japan in early September, the 1GB XA-M10 is ...