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Hands On With The Hidizs AP30 Music Boy; A Game Boy-Inspired Music Player With Audiophile Ambitions
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this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2026
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A few months back I had a grand plan about buying a ton of options, going from entry level to high-end, a refurbished and done up iPod, a Zune, a feature on the PSP's sound capabilities...but after two or three I got distracted
Reviewing this was a pleasure, and reminded me why something like this little fellow is magic for music. The sound difference between FLAC on this V.S. streaming is enormous!
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Can you really tell the difference? Like even compared to lossless streaming, I know there are some songs where it seems to be better detailed but that also could be my own bias, on top of that, I know some songs don't even have lossless versions released so if you buy the flac you're literally just getting the CD quality version anyway.
If the streaming is lossless it would be impossible to tell the difference as they would be the same file.
But for many streaming services yes, you can certainly tell a difference.