I had the player for three days, but as there was a small dust/plastic particle under the screen, I reluctantly sent it back for an exchange...
I enjoyed the form factor, really loved the battery life, which was one of the the main reasons of my purchase, and playing with playing with the EQ is a pleasure. I can't say much sound wise, I mainly listened to FLAC albums, but my ears or current IEM (
Sony MH1C) are probably not good enough to judge it, and the fact the DAP pauses each time you unplug the jack does not help to compare against another DAP, unless you have two pairs of the same headphones. I have a pair of Klipsch S4i to fix before I'll receive a new Plenue D, but I'm quite sure ther won't be any huge difference.
Coming from a beloved Cowon iAudio 7 (now bricked) and using for years a Rockboxed Clip Zip, what surprised me is the lack of features like:
- No way to get the setting's details of predefined EQ configurations, neither to create a new one from a personnal or predefined one
- It seems impossible to select a folder and have its content recursively added to a playlist. Is it even possible to rearrange listed tracks in a playlist ?
- While the screen is "huge" (compared to my previous DAPs), very few information are displayed. In addition to Track, Album, and Artist name, I'd like to see the album's year and the file format, without having to ask for track's details/info
- Resume does not restart the played song when DAP has been turned off
- No support for FLAC image + Cue
- No cover display apart when it is part of track's tag; images named as folder or cover do not seem to be supported
- In database mode, no customization of how multiple albums are displayed for a single artist. I like to have them chronologically sorted but it is alphabetical order only, unless you switch to File/Folder mode and albums' name starts with year (which is how my music is organized: "Artist / (Year) Album". But when you switch to this mode, you have to enter "Plenue D" and "Music" folders
before having access to directories where desired album/track is stored, quite annoying. I'd like to define a Music root folder.
OK, OK, Plenue D system is not Rockbox, but for such device, close to high end products, it feels like real basic. I hope coming UI customization will help.
Despite DAP's upgrade to 1.10 firmware, I clearly noticed unpleasant tearing while scrolling through tracks list.
I have not been able to check if the player supports replay gain, but I had to play with the volume when another album was played. I appreciated the fine volume scale, and never had to push it above 30-35, probably due to the IEM I use.
