Can You Recommend a Good High Res Digital Audio Player?
Sony HAP-Z1ES HDD player. I own 2, one in each system. It will play all the different music files and works on the Linux operating system. There is an app for both iPhone and Android. I like this better than an Aurender N100H and a Wyred4sound Dac2 DSD SE combo which I had in the system previously. The dac inside the Sony HDD player is first rate as well. |
Though not a direct answer to your question, something to consider as you’re thinking about DAPs... in case you are in the market for an android phone...worth checking out the latter videos by John Darko if you haven’t already..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsc8H-ffzLY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht45Xbp283U&t=91s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoDcFzwhlhk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzR__lMWS3s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r4Sj16zp3I |
I just purchased an A&K AK70 new from Amazon -- not a current model but great value at $450 or so. A&K have a broad range of excellent models any of which would meet your needs so look out for a deal at the price that suits you. The interface is pretty foolproof -- on the DAP it's 100% intuitive and the only nit is needing to use an Android file access app to synch with my Mac which is clunky but works ok -- for some reason the album art doesn't always synch but for me thats not a big deal Matching them with a great set of IEMs (I use the Campfire Audio Andromedas with the SXC8 cables (costing in total 3x the DAP) is the way to go and provides great performance on the road -- I find myself rediscovering tracks in my digital library I then love to explore back on my main system |
