Justice filesĪstell & Kern's A&norma SR25 MKII supports virtually any file you could offer it, including DSD256 and 32-bit/384KHz PCM. The gloriously bijou Cowon Plenue D3 also boasts 64GB of built-in storage, which is expandable to 192GB with the addition of a 128GB microSD card – note that it cannot take a 1TB card, so you do need to check the spec sheet of your potential player to avoid disappointment if you've already bought one of the more accommodating microSD cards (yes, I speak from personal experience here).
Buy a 1TB microSD card, slot it into its rightful place and have at all that glorious extra storage. The quite brilliant Astell & Kern A&norma SR25 MKII, for example, holds a built-in memory of 'only' 64GB, but it's expandable. How? Removable microSD cards are one way, and it's worth checking whether the player you've got your heart set on comes with a little slot for one. I, for example, saved up my pennies back in 2007 for the bigger 160GB iPod storage option, just because 40,000 songs seemed a mind-blowing figure it still does today – I've never managed to come close to filling it – albeit with AAC, AIFF, ALAC and my dear old friend MP3 (aka Lossy but Little) music files.īut if there's no struggle, there's no progress, and progress has certainly been made to squirrel more storage and hi-res file support into portable players. Now, if you plan on streaming all of your tracks from your pick of the best music streaming services, built-in storage will be of little concern, but if you're packing files, it's worth considering the figures.
(Image credit: cowon plenue d3)ĭo you own a collection of digitally-stored music, or do you plan on streaming it all? We probably all know that keeping downloaded hi-res files on your phone tends to start eating up its onboard storage, and the same is true where portable music players are concerned. Cowno's talented Plenue D3's onboard storage is expandable – but not to 1TB.
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