Activo P1

Astell & Kern is one of the brands to have dominated the portable music player market, with numerous five-star players that sound fantastic, bringing out more detail, dynamics and power than even the best-sounding smartphone. A&K’s players tend to be rather pricey, however; so the Activo sub-brand was created to cater to a younger, more ‘active’ audience whose budgets can’t quite stretch to four figures. At £399, the Activo P1 a considerably cheaper entry point into the world of hi-res music pla...