Xavier Chadham
24 de junio de 2026
Better than I expected it to be (I'm leveraging Rockbox on it)
Background : I have a lot of MP3 players, always seem to be reaching for something better for my pretty large (50k) lossy collection of mostly Vorbis files. And I've been a Rocbox user for many years now.This one piqued my interest due to the scroll wheel and the support already for Rockbox. Prime Day purchase and honestly I didn't spend too much time testing the original firmware.....got as far as testing gapless playback (the software doesn't support it - usually a dealbreaker for me) and then immediately moved onto Rockbox.What i didn't expect however is 1) the pretty extensive grassroots effort with Rockbox right now, including support within the vendor's actual firmware upgrade tool and 2) that Bluetooth actually works within Rockbox itself. Installation was extremely easy although keep in mind I am experienced with that software already.Gapless, on Rockbox, of course works and, at least with my testing so far, Bluetooth also working without any stutters or drops. Battery life I haven't fully tested but even if its half of the 25 hour rating that's still pretty darn good. I also like the tactile "thump" with the clickwheel usage - it's a small add to the player but I like it. The speaker supplied isn't great but it does its job well enough. Think "old AM radio", good for background usage.Sound quality. Again I didn't spend too much time in the original firmware but it wasn't terrible. A lot of this depends on your headphones and, as I expected, some of my cans were better than others. Rockbox of course improved things as I already have EQ settings I'm used to and ported over to the device. But for a device this cheap I think it's good bang/buck, I was never expecting audiophile quality.Screen is also better than I expected, on a player this cheap. Still a bit washed out in sunlight (can't really be helped) but inside the viewing angles are good. I didn't test the video playback but I suspect the screen itself will be adequate.And then lastly the storage options. I had already read online that there is a microSD card inside the player and that can be replaced, for those willing to use a bit of elbow grease. And I an confirm the same - I bought the cheapest 64GB player purposely as I know these built-in cards are usually very low quality.Just be aware that it is not easy to open this thing and I'm experienced with iPhones and iPods past and have a number of tools. I finally managed it once I realized not so much to press at an angle versus using a guitar pick and more "slicing" through the gap, to release each tab. And obviously its a warranty killer but once I realized the pros of this thing I wasn't planning on returning it anyway.Couple of cons:- The microSD on the inside of the unit. Hopefully their next player will fix that. :)- It does feel a bit cheap. All plastic and light weight, much lighter than my iPod 5G. Btw, it's a tad smaller than that iPod.- USB transfer is definitely a bit slower than it should be, and I was using direct USB-C from my PC on this. Feels more like USB 2.0 speeds but at least that's more of a "one-time" situation for my main audio transfers. I had almost considered opening the device again to transfer to the microSD directly. 300GB or so took over 8 hours for me. Ouch.Overall though....I like it a lot. It's a keeper.Ver másVer menos
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