With vinyl records now outsellingCDs, and streaming services thrashing both, your optical disc based music collection might feel like it’s time has come and gone. Apple is partly to blame, of course. While it didn’t invent the digital audio player (DAP), it certainly popularised it, with various flavours of iPod selling in their millions since the very first model promised ‘1,000 songs in your pocket’ when it launched in 2001.
With the iPhone, iPad, Mac and even the Apple Watch capable of
