The greatest thing about a smartphone is also its biggest problem, it does everything. You can take pictures, watch movies, listen to music, answer emails and, unfortunately, unlock your phone to change a song only to emerge three hours later wondering why you are watching a man restore a rusty axe. Maybe the solution is to stop making the phone do everything.

Enter the Digital Audio Player, or DAP. Think of it as the spiritual successor to the iPod, a dedicated little box whose primary job is to play music and, depending on what you buy, play it considerably better than your phone. Audiophile DAPs can cost ridiculous amounts of money, but you don’t need to sell a kidney to get started.