Astrogoth
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Just got mine in the mail from Asia today. #1400811415 Firmware 7.0 ( I just downgraded to 6.01E for better sound.)
Using a Sandisk 64GB Ultra card with 2300 songs or 37GB worth of the available 64. The unit seems to see all songs and lists them A to Z. No way to know if it does see them all as it does not tell you. No playback issues but the slow speed issue on ~ 1 in 25. .
Gripes so far: The UI is just too primitive to deal with. High school kids could write better. Some songs can't be played but instead of skipping them like a normal player would this one plays them anyhow.... at 1/10 normal speed. Skipping songs requires two button pushes. That button won't last long. You can't go back to a previous song. It forgets all previous songs as it plays along. The now playing display is a disaster. Stuff you don't need to know in a small font. Stuff you do need to know as cryptic icons. OLED my backside. No bass or treb'. No simple EQ. Presets only. If I had the choice I'd drop the high and low end one notch each to help the thin mid's, but I can't. The case is great. Fit and finish is great. No belt clip.
It sounds louder than a Clip Zip with more bass and less mids. The high end is harsh and needs to be cut back a bit. Smooth it is not. Firmware 6 is an improvement in the sound department. Less shrill highs and unnaturaly low bass than 7.0.
My complaining about not having Replaygain may have been unnecessary. Other players vibrate your fillings out with some of the songs on this MSD card but this player seems to go easier on playback. No idea why.
UPDATE: I found why some files would play very slowly. They all came from one CD (Garbage 2.0) and were all 24-96k. Problem solved.
Using a Sandisk 64GB Ultra card with 2300 songs or 37GB worth of the available 64. The unit seems to see all songs and lists them A to Z. No way to know if it does see them all as it does not tell you. No playback issues but the slow speed issue on ~ 1 in 25. .
Gripes so far: The UI is just too primitive to deal with. High school kids could write better. Some songs can't be played but instead of skipping them like a normal player would this one plays them anyhow.... at 1/10 normal speed. Skipping songs requires two button pushes. That button won't last long. You can't go back to a previous song. It forgets all previous songs as it plays along. The now playing display is a disaster. Stuff you don't need to know in a small font. Stuff you do need to know as cryptic icons. OLED my backside. No bass or treb'. No simple EQ. Presets only. If I had the choice I'd drop the high and low end one notch each to help the thin mid's, but I can't. The case is great. Fit and finish is great. No belt clip.
It sounds louder than a Clip Zip with more bass and less mids. The high end is harsh and needs to be cut back a bit. Smooth it is not. Firmware 6 is an improvement in the sound department. Less shrill highs and unnaturaly low bass than 7.0.
My complaining about not having Replaygain may have been unnecessary. Other players vibrate your fillings out with some of the songs on this MSD card but this player seems to go easier on playback. No idea why.
UPDATE: I found why some files would play very slowly. They all came from one CD (Garbage 2.0) and were all 24-96k. Problem solved.
