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Sure, your phone is probably a pretty decent portable media player. But does it support 192 kHz/32-bit audio, have high output amplifiers, or support DSD and DSD-IFF?
If you don’t know what any of that means, you’re probably best off sticking with your phone. But if you’re in the market for an audiophile-friendly portable media player, Pioneer’s XDP-30R is on sale for $150, which is less than half the list price today.
It features WiFi and Bluetooth and has 16GB of storage, two microSD card slots, and supports streaming from Tidal. And best of all? It has a headphone jack.
Actually it has two: a 3.5mm jack and a 2.5mm jack.
Here are some of the day’s best deals.
Audio
- Pioneer XDP-30R portable high-res audio player for $150 – Amazon (or B&H)
- Sony WH-H800 H.Ear wireless on-ear headphones for $90 – Woot
- Refurb Sony WH-1000XM2 wireless noise canceling over-ear headphones for $190 – Secondipity (via eBay)
- Anker Soundcore Liberty Lite truly wireless earbuds for $50 – Amazon
- Cowin E7 active noise canceling headphones for $50 – Woot
- AOMAIS portable Bluetooth speaker for $19Â – Amazon – coupon:Â HTCEWGRF)
Storage
- ADATA 32GB USB 3.1 flash drive for $5 – Newegg (coupon:Â EMCEPEW27)
- WD EasyStore 4TB USB 3.0 hard drive for $80 – Best Buy (via eBay)
- WD 250GB PCIe NVMe SSD for $81 – Newegg (coupon:Â EMCEPEW22)
- Silicon Power 240GB SATA III 2.5″ SSD for $36 – Newegg
- Micron 2TB SATA III 2.5″ SSD for $250 – Newegg
Other
- Refurb Apple iPads (2018) for $290 and up – Amazon
- Name your price for a bundle of horror eBooks – Humble Bundle
You can find more bargains in our daily deals section.
I’ll be that individual. 4th sentence, “AudioPHile-friendly,” rather than audioFile friendly.
I salute you for your work!
However, I would hope that any portable media player I would own would not be unfriendly to audio files.