Samsung EVO (256GB) here too, about 7500 files, no problem either.
AP80 - Hidizs next portable Hi-Res music player
Ordered a Samsung EVO (256GB) yesterday. Shud have it in a couple of days. Sure hope that will solve my proiblems. Ready to try anything and everything.
Thx
I'm using a Sandisk Ultra microSD UHS-I, 128GB. Around 10,000 files and scanning has no problem.
CarmenC
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Using a Sandisk 400 gb card with 7000 files.
No problem.
No problem.
I really hope to use android app in AP80...I want to download offline music from Tidal/Spotify...
Hidizs AP80 vs Shanling-m0 vs DIY QNGEE X2
I wanted to buy Shanling-m0 but I prefer to ask ...
I am looking for a small high quality MP3 player and I am among these:
Shanling-m0
Hidizs AP80
DIY QNGEE X2
Which is better according to your experience? Do you know any more? Do you have a radio?
Quality? menu? Drums?
Ease of copying folders from the PC
Support and updates
Which was the last to leave?
etc
Thank you
I am looking for a small high quality MP3 player and I am among these:
Shanling-m0
Hidizs AP80
DIY QNGEE X2
Which is better according to your experience? Do you know any more? Do you have a radio?
Quality? menu? Drums?
Ease of copying folders from the PC
Support and updates
Which was the last to leave?
etc
Thank you
Dobrescu George
Reviewer: AudiophileHeaven
Eeeeh, M0 vs AP80 is a tight fight, I'd probably lean more with M0 because of shape and support, but both are good
Which has better sound quality?
Why do they say Shanling m0 has more support?
Do you have more firmware updates?
Does Hidizs AP80 not make updates?
I am still undecided .... I like the idea of FM Radio if in the future I want to listen to it ... what do you think?
Why do they say Shanling m0 has more support?
Do you have more firmware updates?
Does Hidizs AP80 not make updates?
I am still undecided .... I like the idea of FM Radio if in the future I want to listen to it ... what do you think?
Seb Julien
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I think reading that review will help you more than what I will write:
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/ap8...l&utm_source=watched_thread_reply_messagetext
But still I will give you my opinion.
I have been using the device around 12 hours a day for more than a month now with different headphones, earphone, amps, bluetooth devices (car). If I lost it I would buy it right away without any hesitation. It does exactly what I want for a portable device: Play my music and give me an astonishing sound. (I had problems with the battery longevity but not anymore I don't know why.)
I am a professional musician and I am surrounded by gears of all kind, synthesizers, guitars, violins, bass, plenty of PC with high end soundcards, mixing console, Multi effect, pedals, etc. I have multiple studio monitors with different amps and tube amps. I think I have a decent idea of what a good source sounds like. And this little boy here sound almost as much as good as my big rig (almost). I play and listen mostly to progressive rock and metal. And most albums I listen to are concept albums, so I don't wanna listen to them in a random way. So for me I don't really care if the device is able to scan my memory card or not or showing me the album art.
If going into folders like you do on a computer and selecting the albums you want to listen is ok with you, then you will love the way you can play your music.
With all the reviews I have read about the Shanling m0 it seem the device is amazing too. But for me it is too small. Even my AP80 is too small for my taste but I didn't want to spend more than what I already paid because I already have too much money to spend on real life. I won't go into details but my medication for Lyme disease each month cost me around 500$ just to still be able to walk, and I have a car and a house to pay.
You can pay in the thousand for a device like this, but seriously for me the AP80 is an amazing piece of gear and I don't feel the need to pay more than that. I will never pay 7-800$ CDN like I did as a teenage for my first Walkman CD. Yes the AP80 has some small problems. Sometimes it doesn't remember the song position if you restart the device. On some FLAC or DSD the EQ doesn't work (but for these albums you don't need EQ anyway).
The knob is wobbly, I still need to find a way to tightened it, I think I would just need to push it and turn it at the same time, but I am not the kind of guy who break stuff so I think I will ask the seller how to do it.
About support, I seriously think if we would write to the company and be polite about it, and ask them to please update the device, I think they would listen. They even answered me on Aliexpress during the weekend 2-3 hours after I wrote to them and they where really nice.
But pretty often I see comments just to insult them. Personally if you insult me I will never do anything for you.
Hidizs need to understand that they can make a lot of money with that device if they just give us a decent firmware. On my side 2 of my friends bought the device after hearing it, I just can't imagine what it would be like if people didn't have anything to complain about it, because seriously I think the biggest work has already been done on the device already and they just need to refine it now.
I hope it was helpful. Have a good day everyone.
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On your Micro SD card are the files individual or in folders? If in folders, how many files per folder? I've purchased a new Samsung Evo Select 256gb card but am still having problems with the AP80 freezing during database scan or update. Last time was at near 2300 files.
AndySocial
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I have about 7000 files on my Samsung Evo card as well. I organize my directories like so: /Music/Album Artist/Album/ and have no issues with scans freezing. They do take a while (on the order of 3 minutes or so), but they complete without error.
CarmenC
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Folders. About 10 to 20 files per folder.
silverfishla
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Have you tried loading them in batches? Like 250 files, then scan. 250 files, then scan...and so forth? If you hit a batch that hangs up, pull it out and delete it in the trash. Then proceed with the rest.
See if it’s a bad file. That how I would try.
oliwek2
100+ Head-Fier
I think I had the same issue with a small 64GB microSD and only 20 albums or so : the AP80 rebooted during the scan and the database was empty. I tested after deleting a few albums and it worked again. There are probably errors or conflicts in some of your tags (or it could be accents or special caracters in the file name or the tag), and the scanning cannot end successfully.
If you use Linux, you could try to scan your collection with EasyTAG, this application is usefull to detect and display conflicts in the tags (for example between different versions of ID3 tags) : https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/EasyTAG
edit : as silverfishla wrote : it could also be corrupted files (errors during files transfer)
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