Anyone recommend a portable FLAC player ?

[bagpuss66]

I've got the Bose Q35 on sale on Ebay now, made the fatal mistake of looking there at the Astell and Kern headphones on sale.
Found a pair of Astell & Kern Michelle headphones for £290 down from £499. https://us.astellnkern.com/products/michelle
Excellent sound. As much as the Bose sound amazing and are actually fantastic wireless headphones.
They don't have the definition of the Michelle's . For IEM they are miles ahead of my old in ears, mind you the next in their line cost £899 then £1,000 !!!
I'll stick with these now!

[Chontler]

I only ever liked the Bose sound when I first got my Triports, but really, Bose sound pretty bad...Having said that, I'm currently monitoring for deals on their QC30 as they have adjustable noise cancelling and I reckon it will make my life more bearable when out in public, particularly as I have to go to toddler ball-pits these days!
Those A&K look pretty damn good...

[Ratsoap]

I left my beloved Sansaclip in the boozer, so decided to replace it with one of these

Sound quality is surprisingly good, but everything else about it is comically bad. The build quality is terrible, super flimsy, the screen is really low res, and covered with really thin plastic.

Worst part about it is the software, I have yet to find a way to get it to either read or generate a playlist, and it appears to have its own ideas about ordering the files. Sometimes it's alphanumeric, sometimes not. ID3 tags are right out.

Up and down in the menus is mapped to left and right on the d-pad type thing, and volume is accessed by holding down on the d-pad, until the volume menu appears, then using left and right increase or decrease.

It's bonkers. But it was cheap, and the bluetooth works.

[(o)(o)]

I left my beloved Sansaclip in the boozer, so decided to replace it with one of these

Sound quality is surprisingly good, but everything else about it is comically bad. The build quality is terrible, super flimsy, the screen is really low res, and covered with really thin plastic.

Worst part about it is the software, I have yet to find a way to get it to either read or generate a playlist, and it appears to have its own ideas about ordering the files. Sometimes it's alphanumeric, sometimes not. ID3 tags are right out.

Up and down in the menus is mapped to left and right on the d-pad type thing, and volume is accessed by holding down on the d-pad, until the volume menu appears, then using left and right increase or decrease.

It's bonkers. But it was cheap, and the bluetooth works.

I still have this Nano - surplus to requirements - if it's of any interest.

http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=86440

[JQW]

I left my beloved Sansaclip in the boozer, so decided to replace it with one of these

Sound quality is surprisingly good, but everything else about it is comically bad. The build quality is terrible, super flimsy, the screen is really low res, and covered with really thin plastic.

Worst part about it is the software, I have yet to find a way to get it to either read or generate a playlist, and it appears to have its own ideas about ordering the files. Sometimes it's alphanumeric, sometimes not. ID3 tags are right out.

We have some similar cheap Chinese MP3 players at work, using them for audio tours. On these too playback was seemingly random, but I discovered that it was actually in the order that the files appeared in the directory as it appeared on the device, which was not necessarily the same as the order the files were in when copied onto it, due to a quirk in how VFAT handles long filenames. To get the files to playback in the desired order I had to rename to 8.3 filenames, and copy them to the device via a command prompt to ensure that the files appeared in the directory in the correct order.

[Deckard]

Must ... not .....buy...must wait for black friday sale and see if any lower anywhere else...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sony-WH-1000 ... 1438.l2649



If I get these I will almost certainly get the Sony NW-ZX300 rather than the Ak70. I note my IE800s seem to be doing pretty well on eBay already with several days left

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/sony-nw-zx300.854693/

Must recommend Headfi if you're not already a frequent peruser of their forum although again too much discussion can make so-called simple buying decisions very difficult....

[Chontler]

Must ... not .....buy...must wait for black friday sale and see if any lower anywhere else...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sony-WH-1000 ... 1438.l2649



If I get these I will almost certainly get the Sony NW-ZX300 rather than the Ak70. I note my IE800s seem to be doing pretty well on eBay already with several days left

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/sony-nw-zx300.854693/

Must recommend Headfi if you're not already a frequent peruser of their forum although again too much discussion can make so-called simple buying decisions very difficult....

I have the Sony-WH-1000X in beige. They are great. I was considering upgrading to the v2, but there's only really the battery life thats a significant upgrade, but it's completely fine in v1 for me. I would get 3 days of work done on a full charge, but just plug em in during lunch and they are always topped up. If you can live without that extra ten hours then you'd find the v1 for £100 less. The sound signature is the same.

[Deckard]

They support Aptx-HD ?

[Chontler]

They support Aptx-HD ?

No. Just the standard aptx. My old ears can't tell any worthwhile difference beyond 16/48 - I found that tracking down the best recording of an album to be more fruitful than the best ripping. These headphones really shine in their NC capabilities - but you lose some of the top end when you turn that on so the sound gets coloured anyway.
They have both versions in my local Currys so you could give 'em a test drive

[Deckard]

To be honest I am very happy with the reviews (which all seem 5 star) If i can get the new ones for around 300 and keep my HD700 for serious home listening then I'll be a happy bunny indeed. I have been looking for a discount voucher for somewhere like John Lewis or Currys who both sell them but to no avail so far and I always find Black Friday discounts to be a real let down...

[adam]

a lot of places are putting their black friday sales up now, b & h photo video might have those headphones, but their prices for camera gear i was looking at seem higher than the uk

[Deckard]

Aye aye - rather good deal here on amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-Warehou ... eals062-21

So 20% off effectively so my ak70 is now

tems: £370.59
Postage & Packing: £0.00
Total: £370.59
Promotion Applied: -£74.12
Order Total: £296.47
Order Totals include VAT. See details.

Its now gone as I hesitated

Don't think I can resist at this price tbh.

[adam]

i bought a couple of manfrotto stands from amazon warehouse, both have issues, I suspect they were returns that just got resold, so wrote "top pole defective" on ones label before I returned it

[Deckard]

Bit the bullet and just got a mint Mint 2nd hand AK70 for 290 quid off a trusted tech seller on eBay, originally from Richer sounds, 4 months old and with its receipt also going to flog my oppo ha-2 and apogee duet now too as I can use that as a DAC which might push me towards a PS4 - pretty much exclusively for Shadow and TxK....and that Jarvis game.

[VNVObit]

Bit the bullet and just got a mint Mint 2nd hand AK70 for 290 quid off a trusted tech seller on eBay, originally from Richer sounds, 4 months old and with its receipt also going to flog my oppo ha-2 and apogee duet now too as I can use that as a DAC which might push me towards a PS4 - pretty much exclusively for Shadow and TxK....and that Jarvis game.

Thought you’d crack . Nice deal. Saw the MK2 today and really like the black metal finish but not enough to sell my MK1 and buy it (£599!!!)

Enjoy it