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The HiBy R6 is the Android music player audiophiles have been waiting for

Music to your ears

If someone today handed you an Android device running Marshmallow, with a 768×1280 touchscreen, and the kind of utilitarian looks only a Dalek’s mother could love, you’d wonder what they were playing at. But the HiBy R6 ($479) is no ordinary Android – it’s a piece of mobile kit for the discerning audiophile. Inside are dual ESS ES9028Q2M DACs, a Snapdragon 425 processor, and 3GB of RAM. And on the outside: the bliss of dual headphone ports. During playback, the Android SRC is bypassed, so the DAC gets the original audio signal, not some resampled mush. And as an added bonus, the stainless steel body is described as “high impact”, so you could probably brain anyone who laughs at your clearly impeccable musical tastes. (What, Whigfield again? *Donk*)

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I’m a regular contributor to Stuff magazine and Stuff.tv, covering apps, games, Apple kit, Android, Lego, retro gaming and other interesting oddities. I also pen opinion pieces when the editor lets me, getting all serious about accessibility and predicting when sentient AI smart cookware will take over the world, in a terrifying mix of Bake Off and Terminator.

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Mobile apps and games, Macs, iOS and tvOS devices, Android, retro games, crowdfunding, design, how to fight off an enraged smart saucepan with a massive stick.