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When the Sony Discman and its various portable CD player counterparts were largely killed off by the iPod, mainstream portable music never quite recovered its drive towards quality over all else.

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The new FiiO DM15 R2R is a new next-generation portable CD player that is designed to redefine what a portable CD player can do with Bluetooth streaming, CD ripping and DAC duties. Hardly a week seems ...

It is almost mind-boggling how much data can be stored on a portable drive or USB thumb drive. As convenient as it is it to be able to carry 1TB of data in your pocket, though, portable drives are ...