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bobartig t1_j4mkebm wrote

Reply to comment by Ancient_Persimmon in The Sony Walkman returns as hi-res streaming player by CerebralTiger

Apple never really entered the high end portable music space. They eventually introduced Apple Lossless Audio codec, but their players didn't really have high end audio features like fancy DACs, or pre-amps for driving high end headphones.

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Ancient_Persimmon t1_j4mlybh wrote

I guess I should've said "mid-end" more than higher, but iPods and early iPhones had decent DACs, at least compared to what most phones currently use and compared to most mainstream MP3 players.

Sony's flagship Walkmans were/are better than Apple, but the $200-500 offerings were comparable.

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