- #SANSA SANDISK FOR MUSIC AUDIO BOOKS AND PODCASTS MOD#
- #SANSA SANDISK FOR MUSIC AUDIO BOOKS AND PODCASTS PORTABLE#
Both Fiios achieve over 100mW figures into low impedance loads and very impressive voltages for DAPs.Ģ.67V rms for X3II and 2.82V rms for X5II. Where Clip+ slightly lacks, that'd be the department of power. Clip+ offers lossless formats for recordings, including WavPack. Both achieve good clarity for voice recording and even some music. Built-in microphone is no high-class, but it's easily replaceable for say Primo EM184 or EM258. Where Fiio would pop during track change (lossy formats), Clip+ jumps to next track without any sound.Īnd for good measure, voice and FM recorder is included too. There's 100% true gapless playback on all its supported audio formats, except modules. Constructing playlists on the go is super easy, and they're stored in m3u8, thus fully compatible with WinAMP or Foobar2000. Usually only vocals give it up.Ĭlip+ unlike other "high-end" DAPs also comes with advanced features such as crossfeed, HAAS virtual surround, speed control, 10 band equalizer with adjustable Q, channel operations, ReplayGain, time-stretching and onboard compressor/limiter. Even 128kbps sounds incredibly transparent. To those who don't know what's Opus - it's lossy, compressed format, currently with the best compression vs. No other DAP regardless of price (yes even HM-901), at least those I checked, come with Opus support.
#SANSA SANDISK FOR MUSIC AUDIO BOOKS AND PODCASTS MOD#
I desperately wanted WavPack and Ogg-Opus since 2015 and Clip+ delivered in full and also added IT, S3M, XM, MOD module support and MIDI playback with its own soundfont. There are still reasons to keep them (DAC functionality, DSD, automatic sample rate switching), though not for the majority of uses. As I'm no placebophile and focus on more "down-to-earth" features than fantasy-like promises of "better sound" at all costs, suddenly Fiios lost precious ground.
I compared Clip+ to X3II and X5II very extensively for over 2 months and found no verifiable improvement in sound, not any that would justify the extra price or power consumption. When Clip+ arrived at the scene, naturally the first thing to do was listening and comparison test. To get more, power banks need to be introduced, which increase weight and size, pushing them into "transportable" category, rather than "portable". Both my Fiios (X3II and X5II) top at 12 hours max. With special beta Rockbox, it's possible to get even 30 hours when playing back FLAC at 44.1kHz. In the end, I kept only Clip+ and I couldn't be happier with it.įirstly Clip+ boasts with higher-than-average battery runtime of 20 hours. Yet Clip+ managed to overthrow one DAP after another.
#SANSA SANDISK FOR MUSIC AUDIO BOOKS AND PODCASTS PORTABLE#
Fiio DAPs are just too heavy and large to be convenient for portable operation, so I opted for Clip+, despite the reports of CPU chirping in the headphone out (which none of my units experience). Granted, it was released in 2009, but finally I got it last year, and it was instant winner, topping even the most awesome buy of AKG K240DF.Īt first I needed something to replace the aging SX480 CD player, which still does work, but I'm not that avid "CD burner" nowadays. Any features mentioned therein are from Rockbox frontend, not Sansa.Ĭlip+ won my annual price for the most influential product of 2016 in price/value ratio. The following review considers Clip+ with one of the latest Rockbox builds.
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