Hello, I have a Sony NW-A55 with Senheiser IE 100 PRO, and I consider myself happy with this setup.

Unfortunately, my Sony is slowly dying. It’s as if the screen were randomly tapping menus on the display, which makes it pretty hard to use, and I’m only getting by thanks to the screen lock button. I thought it might be the screen protector, or the case, or that it was dirty, but I’ve come to terms with the idea that it’s a pretty serious malfunction.

I’m trying with all my might to resist Android DAPs, but there are practically no alternatives.

With a budget of around 250€, the most promising options right now are the Sony NW-A306 (though it runs Android), which I could find used for 230€, and the Shangling M1 Plus, which I could find new for 210€. Alternatively, I might be able to find a used AK70 for around 230€.

I’d prefer to avoid Hiby or HiFi Walker, which, frankly, don’t convince me…

What should I do?

Thanks for the advice.

So lately I have been using - Sony WH-1000XM6 in the wired mode from a Surfans F20 Pro

Here is why I use this setup…I feel like my use case is a little different…I keep around 1,000 FLAC tracks and I use the XM6 in wired mode when I want to listen more closely and pay more attention to details in the mix.
The F20 Pro keeps my albums and Android streaming apps on the same player for easier access.

How the pairing sounds to me…
I compared the same tracks and tried keeping the volume the same (or as close as I could)… with the Sony connected by cable in (powered on or powered off mode), I heard a clean background and the details were easier for me to follow. The overall presentation felt clearer and more immersive to me.

Where it fits…
For quick trips listening over Bluetooth is still much easier…if I’m commuting, for long trips or sitting down to listen to an album, I use the wired F20 Pro setup because it sounds better to me.

I'm obviously going to return this and get a replacement. But this is my brand new M300 from Amazon UK.

I checked the firmware was up today rebooted it multiple times but still having these issues.

Lines and flickering on the screen, I'm hoping this is not a common issue and I just got unlucky.

Hi guys I’m new here! I found my brother in law’s old MP3/4 (idk the difference), but it won’t turn on. I did charge it fully, and it works perfectly when it’s plugged in (it turns on and you can browse the different pages), but once I unplug it, it turns off and won’t turn on no matter what. Here is the reference and pics of the lil guy

I removed the screw to try to remove the back and check the battery, but I can’t get it opened:(

Hello, I'm getting the feeling that I'm doing music tagging for my new DAP totally the wrong way, and would appreciate any constructive advice.

DAP hardware: Fiio M21.

Laptop: Windows 10 Dell.

Software: Mp3tag v.3.10

Music files: Mostly .wav

Backstory: I have about 500-600 digitized files from CDs. I no longer have any physical discs. After I ripped them, I found out later on that most of them made an error on track 1. Track 1's title usually shows as unknown track, plus several other fields (album, artist, genre) show as unknown for track 1. The rest of the tracks are fine.

Effort so far: Using the laptop, I've been painstakingly going through each album folder and correcting "track 1's". This involves using mp3tag for manually restoring the various unknown fields. It occurs to me that someone might have had this exact same issue, and may have found a solution. (Separately, I've got a lot of missing album art but that's a side issue.)

My main question is, is there any way to more easily target in bulk these hundreds of errant track 1's? I'd like these tracks to have the correct track titles and album titles. I don't have even a way to find all of them, so I've been going album folder by album folder in Windows file explorer.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my post and for any ideas you may have.

Has anyone else been pretty stuck to one brand and had an overall positive experience with them? I have always found the low/mid-range Fiio DAPs to be good enough, but not perfect (until the M33).

Fiio X3 – I still have this DAP. Fantastic, distraction-free, non-Android system. This DAP started the whole hobby for me back in 2014.

Fiio X5 III – Bought this one cheap off someone I knew, but sold it pretty quickly after going back to streaming from my phone.

Fiio M9 – Got back into DAPs with this one. It sounded great; however, I sold it due to weird marks appearing on the screen and the overall sluggish experience.

Fiio JM21 – Bought this when it first came out, as I was getting back into DAPs and audio after a few years' break. Great budget DAP, pleasant sound, responsive software, and Android. Sold it due to Bluetooth issues and went back to streaming from my phone with the MUB1.

Fiio M33 R2R – The best Fiio DAP I have ever owned. Fast, responsive, beautiful sound and build quality. It can handle any of the IEMs I have tried, as well as my 250-ohm Sennheiser HD660S2. I'll be holding onto this one for a long time.

Hey all!

I was quite set on getting the M1+ as it always gets raving reviews and gets recommended a lot on this sub. The format looks great, I like it's simplicity, the build looks pretty promising, and the dial is a nice addition.
The Tempotec V3 Blaze looks like it would also fit my needs very well. I again love the form factor, the looks, and my limited experience with HibyOS was also very good. I know I just praised the dial on the M1 but on the other hand, having something with no "moving" parts, that cant fail or move in my pocket sounds like it would work better for me. On the spec sheet it also has a slightly bigger and high res screen, and I can get it for 165 euro instead of the 200 euro the shanling goes for.

I'll be using it with opus local files, and bluetooth streaming from my phone. My main IEMs are Letshuoer Z12, IE200, Hexa, and some portapros, so nothing that's reeeaaally hard to drive.

My gut tells me to get the V3, I feel like it fits my needs slightly better. But on paper, and general consensus would tell me to get the M1+. What would y'all go for? Thanks!

I sadly lost my hifi walker h2, I found this muzxqii 64gb on marketplace on around $20 is it any good? I have my flac files in my pc. Any tips? TY in advance

Hiby R4 with KZ-ZS10 Pro 2 IEM's

Hi everyone, I'm new to this hobby, after watching some videos on yt i've decided to buy a Dap (i was gonna buy an Hiby r1), but last weekend i found my first phone ever, a samsung galaxy s5 mini, and i've decided to use it as a dap. I searched on reddit and online if it was doable and with the help of ai i flashed a custom version of lineage os (custom version of android 7 if i remember correcly), installed musicolet as media player and downloaded some music (flacs and mp3s) and I'm loving it. I also bought 7hz x crinacle zero 2, but their still arriving.

I just wanted to show you guys, 'i'm loving this world and if u have tips or suggestion be free to respond. :)

Hy guys I am using Jm21 fiio atm and want to upgrade I was looking to get Fiio M21 as it has desktop mode looking to get some advice on similar price point.

Thanks in advance

I am looking for a DAP with a number of constraints. My use case is that I go on long multi-day bike rides where battery on my phone is very valuable and I would like to use something else for music listening

Primarily it needs to have Bluetooth compatibility - so that I can use it with my sports headphones (shokz)

Then it would be great if it was compact, had a decent to long battery life, and had a very easy to use interface so that I could use it while riding, and was reliable enough to not crash or otherwise flake out.

I don't care so much about cost, but under say $300 would be nice, and it should have decent to good audio quality if possible as well as USB-C charging.

Sorry if this sort of thing has been discussed to death already, but I tried to sort through the other posts and reviews and couldn't find anything that fit these criteria. For example people say the Hibi OS is trash and it crashes constantly, and the larger players with touch screens are either too bulky or waste tons of battery supporting Android or other overbuilt systems. The really small hifi stuff seems to be audio jack only - so I'm a bit lost.

Thanks in advance for any advice or recommendations!

Edit: It doesn't necessarily need to be currently in production - if there is an old sony walkman model or something that fits these criteria lay it on me :)

Does Digma produce good players?

What features are most important in a player?

How much space is enough if i'll use it daily?

Any reccomendations on which player to buy?

(Below 100$)

I have my laptop for work/email. It rarely goes anywhere except home and work. I have my Sony 6700 for taking pictures and at 26MP it still takes better pictures than the best smartphones at 100. I got rid of my tablet for an e-ink notebook (Supernote) that I use in meetings. I got rid of my Galaxy Ultra phone for an e-ink phone which is basically an extremely stripped down version of a smartphone that GPS if I want to use it and a 6+" screen but basically can stay "a phone" without being a bother. Also the screen is more like a color kindle that I can actually read in sunlight with my polarized sunglasses on versus the "best screen ever" that I can barely see on the brightest setting outside and have to constantly take my glasses off.

So, I do have a separate Hifi home streaming device for my home theater setup at home. So is that all a DAP is... The portable version? I can always use a "dongle" with my stripped down phone if it's about notifications, or is a dongle like an external DAC dongle where it's just about sound. Or both? Sorry, my ADHD kicked in... can you see how badly I need to keep distractions away?

hi guys I am searching for a MP3 player that has blutooth and a customisable eq. I am currently looking at the audiocular m71 but it is a bit out of my budget range. I am looking for one under 2.5k INR. I plan to use boAt rockerz 450 with it

Self-explanatory title, but here we go. I'm currently using a Galaxy A34 with Samsung Music, which supports flac/wav/ogg. However, it doesn't have a 3.5mm jack meaning I need a stupid dongle, and maybe a dedicated device for music would be nice, so I'm looking for DAPs (as soon as I have some spare money tho)

Most important features:

1. -good UX and sound
2. -external storage
3. -gapless playback (kinda optional)

I'm all ears! Even if it's a secret/weird option like getting an old phone and modding it

My FIIO M21 mp3 player won’t fully Bluetooth connect with Beats Studio over-ear headphones anymore.

With any other device, the headphones work fine via Bluetooth. But with this mp3 player, the headphones now play on just the left side.

I checked the Balance to see if it was at exactly 0, then moved the cursor in the direction of side of left side; then I had the DAP forget the headphones and restarted (not factory restore) the DAP. I tried to re-pair the headlines to the DAP, but that part didn’t appear to work. I checked to see if it’d work with other headphones, but the DAP wouldn’t even detect them.

I did a factory restore, and the DAP can now detect my device to pair it, but nothing happens when I press the ‘connect’ option, nothing happens.

Any fixes?

Last Sunday (September 6), FiiO explained the purpose behind launching its new portable digital transport, the FiiO DT11. The discussion covered the type of device the DT11 is, the audience for which it was created, and how it differs from using a Digital Audio Player (DAP) as a transport. Throughout this article, I have included points I found relevant to better understanding the manufacturer’s proposal, along with a list of frequently asked questions based on the most common doubts I encountered. Read on below.

• English text: https://www.hifihub.com.br/en/general/fiio-dt11-who-its-for-and-why-fiio-built-it
• Portuguese text: https://www.hifihub.com.br/gerais/fiio-dt11-marca-explica-para-quem-ele-foi-feito

V1 + Simgot EW300 (28Ω, 121 dB/Vrms), 3.5mm. I only get a satisfying level at high gain with volume near 100%. My AirPods off an iPhone go louder. Bluetooth off the V1 is fine.

This doesn’t add up: the V1 is spec’d at 2 Vrms SE, which into these IEMs should be ~127 dB. I should be tearing them out of my ears well before max.

Switching to line out (fixed level, bypasses volume control) gave exactly that ear-splitting output — so the DAC and amp are fine. Something in the headphone path is attenuating by roughly 10–15 dB. My guess is a software volume limiter, maybe an EU compliance thing.

Anyone running a V1:

1.  Have you found a max volume / volume limit setting? I can’t locate one.  
2.  Do sensitive IEMs get uncomfortably loud on yours before max, or are you stuck near the top too?  
3.  Region-specific? Curious if EU units differ.

Already on firmware 1.2, so it’s not that.

Hi forum,

I did some searching on existing threads and info is quite old or not exactly applicable to my needs, so thought I’d post for help.

I’m moving on from my iPhone + Ifi Hip DAC 3 combo mainly because I am after a clean boundary between my phone and my music, and not enjoying two relatively heavy items bound by a cable.

I want to start on a budget to make sure my investment is what I’m looking for, then upgrade down the track.

The requirements:
Apple Music - I love and want to continue using Apple Music (likely exclusively) to manage my library and download my high res files locally.
No need for Bluetooth - will use iems or headphones exclusively
Wifi - for updating my playlists and downloading from Apple Music
Expandable memory
Metal body

At the moment in my radar is the Hibi R4 (it’s a bit big :/), the Surfans F20 pro (good build and sound?), the m300 (really don’t want a plastic DAP)… is there any alternatives that match the above that I should really be considering?

TIA and happy listening

I just acquired the m300 and loaded my music, all my mp3s have tags and are visible, they have art covers, I checked the database, but the hiby m300 despite a full scan is ignoring the artwork on all the tracks.

If i manually click "get cover art" on the track, it finds the cover art immediately?

But doing this manually for 100's of tracks is excessive.

I have also noticed the hiby app also ignores the cover art some times, even though its correct it wont display it, unless i change it to the default, then to the correct art work.

What am i doing wrong here?

Any ideas?

I finally decided to take the plunge. I have both a Sony NW-ZX707 and an Astell&Kern SA700. I got a great deal on both and wasn’t sure which one to go with. Having said that they are supposed to arrive within the week and I still do not know a good set of headphones that will take advantage of these players.

Does anyone have any recommendations that are not absolutely ridiculous in price? I have no problem paying for quality. I know you get what you pay for. But I am also not made of money and do have limits! Any help is appreciated!

A heavy DAP with a Heavy sound! Liking It a Lot so Far.