I tested it, and Astell & Kern’s new pocketable smartphone DAC is a clear winner for detail, marred just slightly by bantamweight bass

<p>Simon Lucas is a freelance technology journalist and consultant, with particular emphasis on the audio/video aspects of home entertainment. If it's involved in the production of sound or visual images, Simon will have written about it during the course of what will soon be a 20-year career.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Before embracing the carefree life of the freelancer, Simon was editor of What Hi-Fi? magazine and <a href="http://whathifi.com/" target="_blank">whathifi.com</a> – a stint that lasted n