[baskingshark]

I've been thinking of upgrading my iPod Nano 7G since it's gonna run out of space and the battery is awful. I'd like to have a screen still, expandable microSD, and bluetooth. I'm not too picky asides from that, I only use 16-40 ohm earbuds or IEMs usually. Any tips on which ones I should keep an eye out for, maybe during 11/11? I'm guessing I can get those features for under $100 USD?

I would recommend the Shanling Q1.
Small, good UI, has 2 way bluetooth, WIFI, and 20+ hour battery life. Expandable micro SD. touch screen.
Can drive highly sensitive IEMs to quite demanding headphones, no hiss at all, good sound quality, though there's a slight subbass roll off.

I like that Shanling keeps releasing patches months to years even after release (unlike certain other brands that just go and sell a new product and forget about patching). In fact, Shanling's last patch provided WIFI support for the Q1.

I bought mine at $91 USD during the march aliexpress sales after coupons, I wouldn't mind buying a spare as a standby if it is very cheap on 11/11.

 

[Queen6]

Where did you see this?

Acmee website;
http://www.acmee.cn/index.php?s=index/show/index&id=600

Q-6

 

[cqtek]

Where did you see this?

Here:

http://www.acmee.cn/index.php?s=index/show/index&id=189

Sometimes I check the website to see if there is a new firmware version, which adds a second level of folders to the MF01...

 

[Barndoor]

Currently have the below sitting in my Ali basket.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001431834166.html
Was actually looking for a cheap ($100) SS portable amp to play with, so am currently resisting pulling the trigger.

 

[Barndoor]

Also stumbled across this from Little Dot - Mini 4.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001475827057.html
I guess it is technically a dap. 8 hours battery life from the power unit

 

[buzzbuzz]

Currently have the below sitting in my Ali basket.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001431834166.html
Was actually looking for a cheap ($100) SS portable amp to play with, so am currently resisting pulling the trigger.

For $100, you can get Zishan Dsd with single ak4497.

 

[Barndoor]

For $100, you can get Zishan Dsd with single ak4497.

Ordered a Xuelin IHIFI100 amp and resisted the GAD dap.

 

[bjd1]

Works perfectly with FAT32, I use a 128GB card without problems. But remember you can only use one folder level!

Acmee.cn just released a new firmware update, 2.1.6A, that addresses the sub-folder issue. It works, but it isn't what I was expecting. Subfolders are no longer skipped, but it just displays the albums in one flattened list - where each sub-folder is alphabetically in the Music List screen, you'll see the albums in that subfolder listed. You don't see the sub-folder name, and you can't navigate in to the sub-folders.

I never worried too much about the sub-folder issue - I make a special SD card for this player anyway, with super-short folder and filenames to suit the tiny screen and minimize the sideways scrolling. I'm more interested in the other addition to 2.1.6 - little visualizations of what the several available digital filter choices look like. Kind of cool!

Also, in case you didn't see it - the update before this one added an option to choose from a few different read speeds for the SD card scan - probably to address people's issues there. I never had that problem myself - using a SanDisk 128 GB card, formatted ExFAT. I use a Windows FAT-sort utility to make everything appear in alphabetical order in the Music List screen. Still love this player!

 

[cqtek]

Acmee.cn just released a new firmware update, 2.1.6A, that addresses the sub-folder issue. It works, but it isn't what I was expecting. Subfolders are no longer skipped, but it just displays the albums in one flattened list - where each sub-folder is alphabetically in the Music List screen, you'll see the albums in that subfolder listed. You don't see the sub-folder name, and you can't navigate in to the sub-folders.

I never worried too much about the sub-folder issue - I make a special SD card for this player anyway, with super-short folder and filenames to suit the tiny screen and minimize the sideways scrolling. I'm more interested in the other addition to 2.1.6 - little visualizations of what the several available digital filter choices look like. Kind of cool!

Also, in case you didn't see it - the update before this one added an option to choose from a few different read speeds for the SD card scan - probably to address people's issues there. I never had that problem myself - using a SanDisk 128 GB card, formatted ExFAT. I use a Windows FAT-sort utility to make everything appear in alphabetical order in the Music List screen. Still love this player!

My goodness!
I just tried it and I don't like the implementation at all.
The fact that you only see the secondary folders instead of the primary ones, makes you lose all the nesting work...
I will continue with my traditional method:

%albumartist%\(%year%) %track% - %album% - %title%

Thank you very much for letting us know.

 

[ChristianM]

I'm looking for a DAP for around $50-55, I only see two options, Fiio M3K and JWD JWM 115. I'll buy from Aliexpress. not looking for external amp/dac.
anyone have both of these and can compare sound quality or any other recommendation.
thanks

 

[visiblink]

... or any other recommendation.

The FiiO can be Rockboxed. That's always a plus in my book.

 

[BubisUK]

I'm looking for a DAP for around $50-55, I only see two options, Fiio M3K and JWD JWM 115. I'll buy from Aliexpress. not looking for external amp/dac.
anyone have both of these and can compare sound quality or any other recommendation.
thanks

If you add few more $ you can get Tempotec V1A on 11.11 sale. In my opinion amazing little thing for the price

 

[ChristianM]

Tempotec V1A will still be out of my budget on 11.11. If I could increase my budget I'd go for Fiio M3Pro probably.
One seller on Aliexpress selling M3K for $48 and I thinks it's a good price but seller is new and don't have any feedback but I'm sure M3K will be around $50 on 11.11 on other stores as well.
I wish anyone could tell me the difference between M3k and JWM 115 sound quality, otherwise I'd go for M3K.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...earchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_

 

[BubisUK]

Tempotec V1A will still be out of my budget on 11.11. If I could increase my budget I'd go for Fiio M3Pro probably.
One seller on Aliexpress selling M3K for $48 and I thinks it's a good price but seller is new and don't have any feedback but I'm sure M3K will be around $50 on 11.11 on other stores as well.
I wish anyone could tell me the difference between M3k and JWM 115 sound quality, otherwise I'd go for M3K.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...earchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_

It is a new official Fiio reseller on Ali, Fiio themselves advertised him on Head-fi, so you are all good buying from them As for the dap sorry, I have no Idea about it.

 

[ChristianM]

It is a new official Fiio reseller on Ali, Fiio themselves advertised him on Head-fi, so you are all good buying from them As for the dap sorry, I have no Idea about it.

I'm glad to read that, if I go for M3K at least I can buy from that store and save some money.