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AGPtek-players any good ?
kalo86:
Thank you for the replay!
Can you estimate an ETA for the lunch?
Regards,
kalo86
Homer19k:
Well now i hold the "A12" in my hands i have to admit that i am dissapointed.
The design itself is alright(quite close to the clip+), the buttons work ok and the clip on the back makes a sturdy impression. The display again is similar to the clip +. Simple bright blue on black background. Good enough to see everything displayed clearly. Cant judge the battery life yet but i assume with 35 hours promissed (considering how much luck you have with the battery and how high you turn the volume) it should be at least 30 hours. 8 GB filespace is quite enough for me although it can be extended with extra micro sd cards. Soundquality is good enough for my untrained ears.
The main problem for me is the Firmware. I use mp3- Players mainly for listening to podcasts and audiobooks where single files can easily reach upto several hours playtime.
The biggest flaw is the agonizingly slow fast forward. If you hold the button down the fastest speed is around "20-30 second jumps" fast forward for every second you hold the button. So in practice if i have a file thats 2 hours long you have to continuously push the button down for severaly minutes to get to the 1 hour mark.
In direct link to the slow fast forward is that you cant deactivate the "skip to next title- option" of this button. So everytime you accidently just push it you jump to the next title or (if there is just one file in the folder) restart it. With a player of that size and buttondesign it happens all the time that you accidentaly push it when you simply handle it. There is a keylock but thats of no help in such cases. Its infuriating if you push it during a long file and just wanted to use another equializer setting.
I dont know if a firmware update could resolve those issues but as it stands now its a good player for music but not for anything with longer playing times. I will probably return it
kalo86:
Hi Homer19k,
Can you make a comparison between the AGPTek A12 and Sansa Clip+?
I would like to read your feelings between A12 and other portable players.
Thank you!
kalo86
Homer19k:
I am not really someone with much knowledge in the field of mp3 player. The clip+ was the first player i specificly chose because it was recomended as a good player for Audiobooks. And that you could tickle a few extra hours battery life with Rockbox out of it was a nice bonus ;D.
All i care for in a mp3 player is:
- Battery life
- that its userfriendly for long audiofiles (audiobooks and podcasts)
- that it can take a bit of punishment
- and a good "bang for the buck"-ratio
Everything else is secondary for me.
-Audioquality is not that important for audiobooks
-Playlist are useless for me ( that the player recognises 001 is followed by 002 is enough)
-Any great audio adjustments are not needed
So keep in mind that my impression is through a very narrow point of view
So for the comparism on the surface the A12 is pretty much a slightly updated version of the clip+. Longer Battery life, micro usd-port instead of mini-usb and a pretty redundant on/off switch on the side. I consider it redundant because you dont need two ways to turn such a small device on or off (you can just press the play button in the middle for 3 seconds).
Battery life seems alright so far. clip+ best case 15H A12 best case 35 hours
It gives an equally sturdy impression to the clip+ (for that price range). So again i assume it will survive a bit of rough handling.
As i said in my earlier post its glaring weakness is the Firmware especially for my purposes. Although i dont have the knowledge if the slow fast forwarding is because of the software or a limitation of the chip of the device
hunterleo:
--- Quote from: Homer19k on July 27, 2016, 07:26:54 PM ---I am not really someone with much knowledge in the field of mp3 player. The clip+ was the first player i specificly chose because it was recomended as a good player for Audiobooks. And that you could tickle a few extra hours battery life with Rockbox out of it was a nice bonus ;D.
All i care for in a mp3 player is:
- Battery life
- that its userfriendly for long audiofiles (audiobooks and podcasts)
- that it can take a bit of punishment
- and a good "bang for the buck"-ratio
Everything else is secondary for me.
-Audioquality is not that important for audiobooks
-Playlist are useless for me ( that the player recognises 001 is followed by 002 is enough)
-Any great audio adjustments are not needed
So keep in mind that my impression is through a very narrow point of view
So for the comparism on the surface the A12 is pretty much a slightly updated version of the clip+. Longer Battery life, micro usd-port instead of mini-usb and a pretty redundant on/off switch on the side. I consider it redundant because you dont need two ways to turn such a small device on or off (you can just press the play button in the middle for 3 seconds).
Battery life seems alright so far. clip+ best case 15H A12 best case 35 hours
It gives an equally sturdy impression to the clip+ (for that price range). So again i assume it will survive a bit of rough handling.
As i said in my earlier post its glaring weakness is the Firmware especially for my purposes. Although i dont have the knowledge if the slow fast forwarding is because of the software or a limitation of the chip of the device
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Thank you for the suggestions. We will improve the features of audiobooks and podcasts. The max speed of fast forwarding is 8X for this chip, so we couldn't revise it with this model. We will take your advice for the new model.
Regards,
Leo
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