Hidizs AP80 Pro Max review: Compact hi-fi player with big, audiophile-grade sound

The Hidizs AP80 Pro Max is a compact digital audio player with big-league sound, premium build quality, and enough power to make any pair of IEMs sing.
Hidizs AP80 Pro Max review: Compact hi-fi player with big, audiophile-grade sound

Tiny body, huge sound: the Hidizs AP80 Pro Max fits in your palm but plays like a full-size hi-fi rig. Picture: Noel Campion.

After years of bouncing between Spotify and Apple Music, I finally ditched streaming services. I wanted control, so I digitised my old CD collection and started buying audio CDs again, ripping them in lossless formats and serving everything from a home NAS. It’s been liberating: no ads, no compression, no disappearing albums. I can now stream my collection from anywhere using my phone or, more often, a DAP (digital audio player). Over the past few weeks, I’ve been testing the Hidizs AP80 Pro Max, a compact player with impressively big sound.

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