![]() Once you get used to hopping through the settings and back to your music, the Plenue D3 is a joy to use. Considering the challenging amount of screen real estate it has to work with, that’s no mean feat. The PD3 responds well, displays album artwork and offers easy navigation and grouping of your music. If you think one interface looks a little dated, you can choose between three different ‘skins’ and also alter the text font. The touchscreen is the same 2.8in wide-angle LCD (240 x 230) display as on the previous model. The power button has relocated to the top right side of the player and, because there’s no need for volume buttons here anymore, the three other little circular controls for play/pause, skip forward and skip back are now even easier to locate and use in your pocket. Here, it periodically flashes blue when playing, or glows red when charging or loading music, but you can turn it off in the settings menu if you prefer. As with the A&K Kann Alpha, a recessed light also shines out from beneath the dial. This glorious rotary wheel seems like an homage to Astell & Kern and feels just as premium as its pricier competition. ![]() The extra depth is down to a cracking new volume dial on the top right of the player, where the power button used to sit. The Plenue D3 is a few millimetres longer and thicker than the original Plenue D, but unless you place the two side by side it is almost impossible to tell. Audio file formats DSD, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, ALAC, MP3, WMA
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