HiBy Digital M300 Android MP3 Player with Bluetooth and WiFi Streaming Player Android 13 Snapdragon 665 HiFi Audio

Really really enjoy this player. I had many, including Sony etc. but this one has several things going for it. For one, its Android, like many of the current crop of players, but this one has something most of the others don't, an internal speaker. The speaker isn't hifi, and its mono, but its still very useful for when you dont really want to wear earbuds or headphones. Install a TV app, or watch YouTube, it's all possible with this unit. Hi definition audio like Tidal or the new HD Spotify sound great with good headphones. I've used it with Sony WM1000, Bose Quiet Comfort and Focal Bathys and it doesn't disappoint. Operation is smooth, no freezing. The earlier version had some kinks but they've all been worked out in this model. Love it. Read more

Advancing age makes an accurate depiction of the M300's sound difficult. Did you know that a 20-year-old can hear up to 17,000Hz, but a 50-year-old can only hear up to 12,000Hz? Depressing realism. I have no comments on clarity, warmth, or soundstage. There are many YouTube reviews on this DAP that address the sound quality. Let's just say that it sounds slightly better than my Pixel 8 Pro and Moto G 2024 phones, and a little bit below the quality of my 10-year-old Sony NWZ -A17 DAP. The Sony has announced the end of its usefulness by listing downloads as unknown album, artist, and song. The M300 with HiBy Music recognized every characteristic of songs on an SD card inserted with 12,094 songs. This DAP is fully cooperative with syncing from Windows Media Player. I've seen the player have album art where the Media Player did not. I have never been fond of HiBy Music because of its mechanics. The MSEB sound adjustment tool is a very useful aid, but it only works on the HiBy Music app. I downloaded another music app that I consider to be more user-friendly. Choice of apps and streaming is why we need Android on a DAP. This player's Android 13 and Snapdragon 665 chip are more recent and better than Android and chips on many more expensive DAPs. I went with the 4gb/128gb version. I've had trouble with buffering on 3g before, and you can never have enough storage. Watch the sales. My 4gb model was less than the regular price of the 3gb version. Actions are very fast in Android. Screen has low resolution, but it's perfectly fine on a 4" screen. Fingers and stylus don't always work without the firmest touch and there should be a touch sensitivity control in the settings. There isn't. The major lack of screen response is in the upper right- hand corner where the important 3 dots reside. I think there's a screen protector applied that interrupts response. Occasional problems are better than permanent scratches. The M300 has features unlike many DAPs. There's an FM radio that works with earphone cables as an antenna. Scan programs local stations. You can't listen to all of them, as many of them only have static. Stereo doesn't work on many stations. There's a voice recorder with 2 mikes. You can listen to it on a built-in speaker. This speaker is welcomely quiet as further volume leads to terrible sound. 3.5mm cable works on Bluetooth speaker's "aux-in" jack if you want a proper speaker. This cable also works in the car's "line-in" jack. There is an Android setting that disables the speaker. There is also a setting that decides the use of the function button. It comes set to button lock. This is my preferred choice, as the pause/track advance button is sensitive and I can't help but touch it when I turn the screen on to see what song is playing. Screen does not have two-touch response. There is a curious lack of a previous track button. I checked many reviews and watched many videos on the M300. One common criticism is that this DAP is too quiet. HibY seems to be aware of this complaint. They messaged me through Amazon to thank me for my business. Kudos to them for the thank you. I've never had another company respond this way. The message has instructions to go into development settings to eliminate a maximum volume control. This isn't necessary, as all you need to do is go into sound in settings and slide media volume all the way to the right. Now the player can achieve its maximum volume. It's not powerful enough for high ohms headphones, but it works very well at 50 ohms and below. If the headphones and IEMs work on your phone, they'll work on the M300. Battery life has been criticized. Obviously, life is dependent on what you are doing with the DAP. Listening to 320kbps MP3's at 25% volume through 30ohms IEMs with no screen for one hour took 3% of power. Streaming with no screen with IEMs for one hour took 6% of power. If you use Bluetooth, streaming for one hour took 7% of power. Power off for one day consumed 2% of power. My figures would lead to listening life of 14 hours to 33 hours depending on method. That's impressive for what is only a 2000mAh battery. I don't think it could get much bigger in such a small package, and it does not take long to charge. The HiBy M300 is small and more portable than a phone. It sounds better than a phone. Phones battery can be saved for use on phone calls. DAPs do have a reason, especially with Android. There are so many DAPs for selection. I think the M300 just hits the right spot with its features and price. Read more

This is my first DAP. I have a couple of mp3 players, but have feature issues with them. I wanted to get a DAP for its Android features of simplicity of podcast listening and download, with features like fast forward etc. which are lacking on the mp3 players I own. I can't stop playing with this little unit. I researched a long time. I wanted radio, and capability to use regular and iem headphones, capability to charge when using. I wanted a fuller picture screen instead a teeny image and the rest of the screen buttons. I wanted plenty of storage space on the device and expandability. And I didn't want it being $300+. This device checked every one of my needs. It's simple to start using if you know the Android system. You can load most apps from the play store. I loaded my favorite launcher (Square Home), a wallpaper app, my favorite podcast app and a couple other streaming apps, some TV apps, the keyboard I like, a blue light filter app. I mean, it has everythhing I needed to make a fun and functional personalized device. People were saying the screen was too small on this device, but all the others I was interested in that weren't smaller were the same screen size. The screen quality is sharp. There are buttons on the side - rather self explanatory buttons. They're not rubbery, but harder plastic and close in to the device case. I got the silver one. Oh and surprise for me - there is a place to attach a wrist strap! I haven't had any problems so far and hope I don't. I do have a problem with my wallpaper not sticking. It keeps reverting back. Really annoying, and it's probably a fight between my launcher and the android version. I will work at that. Battery life - anything that stays on without draining fast is appreciated. My older but still running great Pixel 4a phone drains out several times a day. It's really annoying. So this device can help me stop using my phone so much and keep the battery as long as I can. The battery has dropped to low a couple of times over three days when I was setting up and playing with it. I will see how it is with regular podcast and music use. I can't say that it holds the longest charge ever ...it doesn't. It does drain noticeably. However, it charged for me really fast too, and you can charge while listening. The device is super cute. I thought it was going to be too big, to fat, to heavy. I have small hands and it's just so...I want to pick it up all the time. I'm so very pleased with the HiBy M300. Read more