Wonderful little device, the battery life is as claimed, it's lightweight enough to hang from my necklace or even a small chain on some headphones- I got some vintage headphones to go with this, and the audio's been great. Worked with all my music, read as an MP3 player with WinAmp, smaller than I thought but then again I must have not noticed the 'mini', it's a pretty blue. It's got everything you need to listen to music and nothing you don't, no ads, no subscriptions, just your own collection of music. Even without Hifi headphones it sounds great to me. I like how the 'direction' can be adjusted for volume and tracking, as it was initially counterintuitive, but was how it'd be on a real cassette player, as this uses those classic style buttons to control everything. Don't expect any fancy graphics or the screen to stay on the entire time, that's a waste of battery this device doesn't do, but what it does do is play your music, let you save favorites, has a decent storage , and fits easily into a backpocket, or on a keychain. I may yet buy an actual cassette player off this company- or a non-mini version, but so far its' really scratched that itch for a cozy, simple, yet quality music player for the music that I own. And has me hunting for a balanced headphone to try out the other jack. Read more
I love this little audio player. Its small and lightweight and the design is just amazing. The only complaint is that the buttons feel cheap and plastic and their clicks when you press them aswell. Other than that the sound off of these is really great. It has eq and it's constantly updated through firmware which is something that most companies dont do. Read more
Before starting, it has no Radio/Spotify or any smart feature capability so move on if it's essential to you. The device does handle all audio formats and when you first load your music onto it, make sure it's on first to make it easier, with a few gigs of internal storage but external micro SD support up to 250 gbs, make sure you refresh your music the storage so your device can detect it. It's a one time thing so once it detects it, it'll recognize it even after you pull out the card. There's also a couple software quirks that I'll discuss near the end. Now then, if you're looking for just a bare bones mp3 player with no BS smart features and lame need for features like Spotify voice recognition or radio, this thing is, an absolute beast! Audio quality is amazing, it's not only louder then most mp3 players and even all smart phones, it sounds significantly cleaner and for you bass heavy enjoyers, you'll get top of the line low end that can sound really loud and clear without distortion, only premium players can rival it. It also can make subpar sound systems sound good (my 13 Mazda for example) and handle good bass, it will also turn good sound systems into high end (such as my 07 Camry and my Sennheiser Hd 25s headphones, which made the headphones sound notably better especially low end). It is tiny and light but doesn't feel flimsy, feels great but do factor that in when transporting it or using wired connections with weight to them. The aesthetic is super cool if you like retro style. Interface is intuitive, use volume buttons to navigate, play/pause to select, playlist looking button to bring up music settings (can also be used for navigation in the custom eq settings to shift through frequencies, using volume to boost or reduce the selected ones), and rewind button to back out. When enabled through settings, it does have fast forward and rewind capability. Now onto the software quirks: Biggest things are Bluetooth and Micro SD card detection: I had no issue with connecting my cheaper 5 below Bluetooth and it even detected some TVs, but it couldn't find my over 6 year old skull candy headphones. While I've had no issues with my SanDisk micro SD card, I used 3rd party software which is easy to find to format it to Fat32 just in case, some users have reported issues with other brands and other formats. It seems like it will work fine with most modern BT devices and cards. Volume buttons are the same as fast forward/rewind and next/previous track when playing music, so it can be a bit touchy, but easy to overlook. Overall, this is one of the greatest MP3 players ever made you definitely won't find anything better without spending several hundred dollars and having to deal with the annoyance of lame smart features! This is what should've been the natural evolution for mp3 players, economic while sounding better instead of the sad state of affairs it's in nowadays. This is an absolute must have device! Read more
Part of the fun with a device like this is getting to learn it's personality and generate a flow around it. It's not based off the plug/play cookie cutter interface everything seems to have to day. It's got personality, nuance and a bit of a learning curve. After a short time of playing though you'll be moving through the menus like a pro, figure out that "shuffle" is hidden under something called "playback loop" and maybe even be able to switch between Chinese and English without Google Translate. The device is feature packed, supports all my favorite high quality audio formats, DSD, WAV, FLAC, APE, MP3, M4A, and OGG. Sound quality is amazing with very loud volume options. Has support for corded headphones both balanced and unbalanced but also supports Bluetooth connectivity for those times you want to go cordless. Paired up to my earbuds just fine. My version came with 8G of internal memory and supports microSD cards to expand storage space. Easy to access buttons and volume controls, the volume doubles as the track forward/back when you press and hold. Unit is tiny, fits comfortably in your pocket well and is very durable. I did have some stuttering issues when I first got it, but updating to the latest firmware via the SnowSky website fixed that up. Battery life is impressive and I've yet to run the device dead yet during a day. You can use the device to transfer music to / from making managing music easy on the SD card or the internal memory. Highly recommended, for the price this is a fantastic DAP. Read more
