Digital Home Thoughts: Could This Be Your Next Portable Audio Player?

"Like the HiFiMan, the Pocket HiFi plays files stored on SD cards (MicroSD in this case,) so you'll never run out of room on your hard drive. It also gives you S/PDIF digital inputs and outputs, and a full sized 1/4-inch headphone jack with a powerful amplifier for driving serious cans."

Seriously. Stop for a minute and think about the last time you heard about a non-iPod portable audio device. I bet it's been a while. There used to be quite a bit of talk about the Creative Zen, the Nomad, Toshiba Gigabeat, and more recently, the Zune. If it indeed has been a while, then have a good look at the Pocket HiFi from Colorfly. Check out the hand-crafted wooden case. Look at those connections on the bottom edge. Contemplate those user controls, and consider that this device can handle super high-rez 192-kHz 24-bit files, which it converts using a high rent CIRRUS Logic digital to analog converter. Intrigued? Hit the Read link to get you back into the "study" of portable audio.