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Pioneer XDP-30R Hi-res Portable audio Player with WiFi
2nd April 2017
The portable audio player with headphone amplifier and DAC is made from a single block of aluminium and measures 94 x 63 x 15mm with a weight of 120g. Inside we have a dual Sabre 9601K plus dual Sabre ES9018C2M
It has a 16GB of expandable memory which can be further expandable via a dual MicroSD slot (up to 416GB), a balanced output, 3.5mm headphone jack, Micro USB port, Wi-Fi 802.11n dual-band and Bluetooth with A2DP, AVRCP and SBC profiles.
The Pioneer XDP-30R also supports most file formats including MP3, ALAC, WAV, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, DSD and MQA.
The front of the Pioneer amplifier hosts a 61mm touch screen display. Headphones with an impedance of 16 to 300 ohms unbalanced and balanced output 32 to 600 ohms can be connected. Battery capacity is 1630mAh that handles a claimed 15 hours of playback time.
The Pioneer XDP-30R is priced at £350.
