Creative makes an astonishingly big claim for a new little device - the Xmod - due to arrive this month.
The USB-powered gadget is said to make MP3s and other digital music files sound better than the original CDs!
The Xmod, £60 in the UK and $80 in the USA, is used in-line - the output from a music player (or to PC's speakers) being fed onwards to headphones or to the speakers.
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