Best compact headphone listening solution?

[Jasonovich]

https://www.whathifi.com/speakers/wireless-speakers/these-massively-oversized-headphones-are-actually-a-bluetooth-speaker-you-can-buy

these Planners are the best solution 😆🤣

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[RTHerringbone]

Humour me.....

I quite like the idea of a DAP but don't really know what they are 😆

I'd like a portable audio solution that I can either use on rare commutes into the office, or (more likely) in common wanders around the house into rooms where my current main systems aren't based. So: is a DAP the best option? If so: where do I start - what are some decent options to look at? Budget is flexible as usual, but I'd like the whole package (DAP and headphones) to be sub £1,000, preferably sub £750.

Requirements are TIDAL and Spotify integration and I don't know if this is a thing, but can DAPs act as a streamer as well as a storage unit? I can see a benefit of both, and if at home I could just use it as a streaming device in any room. I also don't know what their limitations are in terms of headphones. I would need to use headphones rather than IEMs and from a commuting POV I suppose closed-back has to be the socially responsible way forward. I've been intrigued by Meze and their newest 99 Classics would tick an easy box - can a DAP power those sufficiently?

 

[RTHerringbone]

Just rummaged about and found my dad's old DAP (Sony NWZ-ZX1) but it has no peripherals so I'm not quite sure how usable it is. As a minimum I need a propriety power cable as it looks like a funky input. There's a USB-B slot which I assume means you need to physically copy music over to it, but I could well be wrong. Might try and resurrect that to see if I actually use it.