Mine is quite broken tbh. The regular jack output is unusable so when I use it sometimes I have to use a Headphone amp from the line out. Also during disassembly I broke the upward volume rocker, so now I'm using it at fixed volume as well. I know what's wrong with the output, but considering...

You will not really notice the difference in brightness. Also bear in mind that the X3's hard plastic screen window scratches from farts, it's far worse than the plexiglass you find on Casio watches, 2 orders of magnitude worse.

I've just read your review of the V6 with Z1, I'm a bit surprised by your opinion, I think the Z1 sounds pretty great with the V6, though I don't have the V5i on hand, but compared to the 49720HA that I've been using, it's a very noticeable improvement.

Oh no, the Machines attacked my poor old Zishan Z1! (Burson V6 vivid) (The sound is quite surprising to me actually, though I need more listening time to form a coherent opinion..)

My definition of entry level is quite different from yours ^. Other than that It's nice to see Hiby being still alive, designing new players, etc.

I've been using mine for the past year with the 49720HA. It's been great. (no dust)

I have not had this message. Are you using the same card as before? You need to format the card to fat32, exfat/ntfs does not work. (you may need to put some effort into formatting a big (such as 128gb) card to fat32. It goes without saying that the .rockbox folder is also necessary. I have...

This thread has the answer to that question somewhere. You'll need a W7 pc, or W7 virtual machine to fix it. I did this fix years ago, but to me rocbox firmware sounds far better.(outside of my 2 dsd albums)

It works fine for me that way. My sd1 slot is also out of commission, my previous expanding battery bent it and I could not fully restore it.

By dead, I meant thoroughly corrupted, but the files were kind of there.

My single biggest gripe with the player is the lack of Rockbox firmware. It's so much better in every way on my Xduuoo X3.. I did not experience this exactly before, though a dead noname sd card has caused some anomalous relay action before, perhaps you could test the player with another sd card?

Is this a scam? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/.. Seems rather cheap for €27. edit: Never mind, it's €27000. I cannot fault my brain for failing to see that..

So I've had some bad experiences with replacement batteries. My conclusion is that don't even bother with batteries labeled "for X3". Get a cheap 1000mAH battery & enjoy the 6 hours you get with Rockbox.. The X3 has many engineering blunders baked in, but the fact that the original battery (or...