The HiFiMan HM-901 is a state of the art, portable music player that provides unrivaled sound quality, accepts a wide array of audio formats, is expandable and best of all, easy to operate. When you think of music players, your mind often gravitates to an iPhone, iPod, or smartphone. For those more serious about their appreciation for music, HiFiMAN's follow up to their HM-801 high resolution audio player - the HM-901 will be a necessity. When sound quality is what is most important to you, a proper delivery system will be sure to provide a pure sound that's as close as possible to what your favorite artists wanted you to hear. To achieve this, the HM-901 Reference Music Player incorporates dual Saber ES9018 32-bit DAC chips, with up sampling 20 24-bit/96kHz. Buy this Head Direct HiFiMAN HM-901 Audiophile High Resolution Digital Portable Music Player Was £699.00 Now £639.00.

Cowon X9 Portable Media Player. The all new Cowon X9 is a great sounding media player, slighly larger than the likes of the J3 but it is geared more towards video just as much as it is music, as such the screen size and packaging is a bit bigger. Size aside the sound from the X9 is simply sublime keeping that magic Cowon sound signature! Buy this Cowon iAudio X9 Super Player 16GB MP3 Portable Media Player With 110 Hours Battery Life Was £159.00 Now £129.00.

Arena Swimming MP3 Pro 4GB Waterproof MP3 Player. Add rhythm to your swim with the Arena underwater MP3 player, simply load your songs onto the Arena Pro MP3 player, clip to goggles, and enjoy listening to your favourite music while you swim. Perfect for livening up long training sessions, or for peace of mind when on holiday. If dropped in water the Arena Pro floats, great for avoiding expensive accidents by the pool. The Arena Pro 4GB MP3 player is a submersible, waterproof and weatherproof MP3 player with waterproof earphones which is salt and chlorine resistant. Specially designed for aquatic athletes and active people this MP3 player has a compact design with a sleek and sophisticated look. The Arena Pro remains waterproof and can be safely used up to a depth of 3 metres in the water so you can enjoy your favourite tracks when you're swimming! - Ideal to break up the monotony of training in the pool. With its 4GB capacity, this MP3 player holds up to 1,000 songs in MP3 format and as many as 2,000 WMA tracks. And buy this Arena Swimming MP3 Pro 4GB Waterproof MP3 Player & Pedometer with FM Radio Now £79.00.

Cowon Plenue 1 (P1) High Resolution 'World's Finest DAC' 128GB Music Player. If you want true original HD sound you are going to need a 24bit / 192KHz sound source. The Cowon Plenue P1 is one of the best Hi Res Music Players available, featuring the exceptional Burr-Brown PCM1792A Audio DAC for superb sound quality. The device also features a 3.7 inch AMOLED touchscreen display, 128GB of built-in storage, and a microSD card slot. To burn a 24bit sound recording on to a compact disc (CD), 16bit/44.1kHz down sampling compression is used, this results in distortion of the original sound. To compensate for this distortion the size of the waveform is usually increased. This has a side affect however in the form of clipping and a reduced dynamic range. If this track is then converted into MP3 fromat additional compression and distortion occurs. For this reason both CD and MP3 format cannot reproduce the original sound recorded in the studio. So get this Cowon Plenue 1 (P1) High Resolution 'World's Finest DAC' 128GB Music Player Special Edition Now £740.00.