stupidly expensive MP3 players

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https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/astell-and-kern-aandultima-sp2000

Wow. And I thought my iriver ih140 was expensive (I think £250?) Which I've upgraded to 128gb microsd card

What's with these MP3 players that are £600+ are the manufacturers for real??

 

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I have the Sony ZX300 which I bought on a black Friday sale a few years ago for about £500. It is my first expensive player and it does sound pretty awesome. I'd say it was a good investment for me. I'm blind so my hearing is better than most so I can hear the difference in quality from my ZX300 and say a phone or a cheaper player, depending on the quality of the FLAC/DSD file of coarse.

My iriver H140 has digital out so can use offboard DAC/headphone amp, got a ibasso d10