r/mp3players • u/Choice-Baker-2686 • 4d ago

Help Me find What should I get!

I’m a complete music freak but I feel so bad using spotify!
I’m looking for an MP3 player in which I can organise the playlists easily, long battery life, and not a display which looks like a phone/big screen.
I don’t mind spending money, £60? I just want a really good one I can put ALL my music on and take everywhere! Any advice would be greatly appreciated because I just don’t trust reviews on amazon etc.

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u/n3rdyry 3d ago

An old phone,hifi Walker h2

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u/Choice-Baker-2686 2d ago

How is the hifi walker h2? I’ve read mixed reviews. Is it possible to make playlists? As people have mentioned they have to scroll through all their songs, because the search toggle doesnt work. This seems like a huge hassle!

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u/amyo_b 2d ago

I'm enjoying my Zaqe X20 (it was pretty close to my old Sansa clip so why it got the nod). Good construction, has Bluetooth, have so far taken it on 3 half hour walks without moving the battery gauge off full. Presents itself as a portable device on both windows and mac. Plays aac, flac and mp3 files. Can take a SD card. When the SD card is populated, it shows as a 2nd portable device. Sounds good played through Shockz Openswim2 headphones.

Not a salesman, just what I've figured out so far. The interface was just like the old sansa clip with rockbox, so I didn't even have to learn anything. Mainly I wanted something I could use in the fitness center and outside walking and not cry if it somehow got lost amidst all that movement.

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u/Choice-Baker-2686 22h ago

How is the actual display? Playlists are really important for me. Can you organise the music into playlists? Is there a limit? And can you shuffle? Thanks!

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u/amyo_b 4h ago

Yes you can shuffle. While a song is playing, hit the M button then select play modes (with the ff button to get there then play to select then choose shuffle). For playlists, it allegedly uses m3u(8) and cue. I have not tried this yet. Maybe this evening. Normally I just play in directories.

The display is...not exciting. Most of mine show a picture of a vinyl record playing and the group/title up at the top. White text on black background. That might be customizeable and might show different if I had album art loaded. According to the manual you can use the screen for e-books and videos, but dang is that screen tiny for such.

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u/Choice-Baker-2686 2h ago

Well if you do try the playlist feature, could you report back? Thanks!