Want a new mp3 player

[Henk]

Interesting.  I've been thinking of pensioning off my Sony - it would cost about £25 to replace the battery even if that works out OK, and it would be good to have a backup device anyway.  The Polish language issue (whatever that is) should not be too much of a problem.

Funny that the 128Gb model is cheaper than the 64Gb in Netherlands - here it is more than twice the price (£91 vs £41), so I'd probably get the smaller one (I have only a 64Gb card in the Sony, it's fine for my needs.)

Please do report back on how you find it.

Will report.

Some mp3player have even Wifi and one can use Google Play.

Have a look at this site. Very advanced mp3 players available but they cost around E 300.
https://www.techradar.com/news/best-mp3-players-techradars-guide-to-the-best-portable-music-players

[Karl Henning]

Purchased another mp3 player. My old Sony can retire.

Bluetooth so I can play through stereo. Ideal solution now I want to go full digital purchasing albums on Bandcamp (or else Itunes).

A bit of a guess buy, based on just one review, but it's cheap.

The brand is Elprico.



https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B0C75G45J5?psc=1&smid=A2R18JK90QTW4&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp

Looks nice. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that there's a Dutch Amazon site ....

[DavidW]

My FiiO still works fine, I don't know if they still make digital audio players anymore.

[Florestan]

Purchased another mp3 player. My old Sony can retire.

Bluetooth so I can play through stereo. Ideal solution now I want to go full digital purchasing albums on Bandcamp (or else Itunes).

A bit of a guess buy, based on just one review, but it's cheap.

The brand is Elprico.



https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B0C75G45J5?psc=1&smid=A2R18JK90QTW4&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp

Looks nice, but... no FLAC supported? How come?

[Henk]

Looks nice, but... no FLAC supported? How come?

Flac is supported as mentioned in the specs.

[Florestan]

Flac is supported as mentioned in the specs.

Ah, yes, now I see it! The specs are a mess, though. First, they say

Ondersteunde standaarden    MP3, APE, WAV

which led me to my question.

Further below they say

ONDERSTEUNINGSFORMAAT: Draagbare MP3-speler ondersteunt MP3 APE FLAC WMA WAV AAC en andere mainstream lossless en ongecomprimeerde formaten muziekprogramma's tot 24bit.

and this is more like it should be.

Looks like a cool little thing. Enjoy it without problems for many years to come!

[Henk]

Ah, yes, now I see it! The specs are a mess, though. First, they say

Ondersteunde standaarden    MP3, APE, WAV

which led me to my question.

Further below they say

ONDERSTEUNINGSFORMAAT: Draagbare MP3-speler ondersteunt MP3 APE FLAC WMA WAV AAC en andere mainstream lossless en ongecomprimeerde formaten muziekprogramma's tot 24bit.

and this is more like it should be.

Looks like a cool little thing. Enjoy it without problems for many years to come!

I plan to just rip my cds if I want to listen to one.

The thing is that I'm bad at ordering my collection. This player should offer a perfect, neat solution.

[DavidW]

I had not seen the ape format in a million years!

[drogulus]

     My entire lossless music collection amounts to 326GB.  I can listen through my PC/FiiO DAC and DT770Pros, or If I want to chill on the couch I can go Chinoppo/Sony MX3s via BlueTooth, a lesser choice SQ-wise but still decent. I don't really have a need for portability any more.

[DavidW]

Well this morning I mailed out to amazon the fuze+.  This afternoon I bought the ipod classic-- and WOW!  I'm impressed.  It has better ui than the touch for music.  I'm talking of course about having a composer sort in the menu.   The scroll wheel is fast and easy to use, and the sound is full, impressive bass with great amp (at least for earphones).  Also music transfer was really fast.  Several times faster than the player I returned.

Anyway since all I want to do is listen to music, I couldn't ask for better.  And since it is hd based, I'll use my little old sansa clip for my walks, and the ipod for everything else.

btw I'm pretty sure I returned that Ipod classic.  I think I ended up just sucking it up.  I wouldn't have a shot at having my whole collection in one place until I bought a smart phone with a micro-sd card slot.

[Atriod]

I had not seen the ape format in a million years!

That is a blast from the past, these days when I think of ape it's stock cultists that have gambled away their money on GME, BBBYQ, and AMC.

The amazing thing is that Monkey's Audio is still being updated with an update as recently as a couple of days ago! Maybe it's a hobby for the developer(s)?

[Henk]

Interesting.  I've been thinking of pensioning off my Sony - it would cost about £25 to replace the battery even if that works out OK, and it would be good to have a backup device anyway.  The Polish language issue (whatever that is) should not be too much of a problem.

Funny that the 128Gb model is cheaper than the 64Gb in Netherlands - here it is more than twice the price (£91 vs £41), so I'd probably get the smaller one (I have only a 64Gb card in the Sony, it's fine for my needs.)

Please do report back on how you find it.

Some time passed and I've found my solution.

The device didn't work properly. I couldn't write files to it, so it was useless.

I purchased a different mp3player, brand 'Majority'. It's nice, it allows me to store a lot more music, having installed a 128 Gb SD-card.

But I use it in the same manner as my previous mp3player: listening to music in bed before sleep.

I now manage my cd-collection better, making a habit of putting back the cd I listened to instead of piling then up creating disorder.

So my orginal plan failed. I don't plan to purchase a lot more cds, maybe occasionaly and rarely. I just gonna explore my cds more, therd still so many to play more times.

I purchase flacs from Bandcamp. With the Majority I can play them through my audio system by bluetooth. I can do that occasionely or use Spotify.

[Henk]

Thanks for the update, it's very useful.  I've been wondering how you were getting on.

Disappointing about the Elprico.   A lot of people find all kinds of problems with cheaper players, you're always taking a chance when you buy one.  Glad to hear you've found a solution that works for you.

I didn't like the touch screen of the Elprico, because it's hard to navigate with such a small screen and small buttons. I think Elprico did their best to create a good product though. The device I got was also a bit different than the one shown at Amazon.

[Holden]

Time has moved on since I last posted in this thread and so have DAPs. I now have the Astell & Kern Jr and it does everything that I need it to and it also has blue tooth output if I want to use BT headphones. It supports the following formats (WAV, FLAC, WMA, MP3, OGG, APE(Normal, High, Fast), AAC, ALAC, AIFF, DFF, DSF) but I'm happy to stick with 320 kbps MP3.

Compared to many of today's models it's quite basic but the important thing is that it sounds really good. I use it mainly for travel and as I'm going into hospital in three weeks for a double knee replacement I'll take it there. What I really like about it is that as I've digitised all my CDs into audio files and put them into folders I can simply drag and drop folders into the player.

[DavidW]

I use it mainly for travel and as I'm going into hospital in three weeks for a double knee replacement I'll take it there.

I'm in horrible agony, but at least I can listen to my favorite music in pristine audiophile quality!

Good luck.  I hope it goes well.

[Holden]

I'm in horrible agony, but at least I can listen to my favorite music in pristine audiophile quality!

Good luck.  I hope it goes well.

Thanks David for the nice thoughts. Hopefully the pain won't be too bad and as you said, I've got great music to listen to mask it.

[Karl Henning]

and as I'm going into hospital in three weeks for a double knee replacement

Best wishes!

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Time has moved on since I last posted in this thread and so have DAPs. I now have the Astell & Kern Jr and it does everything that I need it to and it also has blue tooth output if I want to use BT headphones. It supports the following formats (WAV, FLAC, WMA, MP3, OGG, APE(Normal, High, Fast), AAC, ALAC, AIFF, DFF, DSF) but I'm happy to stick with 320 kbps MP3.

Compared to many of today's models it's quite basic but the important thing is that it sounds really good. I use it mainly for travel and as I'm going into hospital in three weeks for a double knee replacement I'll take it there. What I really like about it is that as I've digitised all my CDs into audio files and put them into folders I can simply drag and drop folders into the player.

Good luck Holden.  I hope that all goes well!

PD

[Karl Henning]

This thread prodded me to act on the low-volume wish to get a new gizmo (both my old Sansa Fuze and a Philips device having long gone phut. Two devices I ordered through Amazon proved worthless. Only when I saw the necessity of returning Bum Device N^o. 2 did I get the idea of looking at pcworld.com An Innioasis player landed today, and I'm waiting to see how the folders I've loaded look. All looks in order.

[Karl Henning]

This thread prodded me to act on the low-volume wish to get a new gizmo (both my old Sansa Fuze and a Philips device having long gone phut. Two devices I ordered through Amazon proved worthless. Only when I saw the necessity of returning Bum Device N^o. 2 did I get the idea of looking at pcworld.com An Innioasis player landed today, and I'm waiting to see how the folders I've loaded look. All looks in order.

Well, and Bluetooth connection is successful. This device appears to function satisfactorily.