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AGPtek-players any good ?
Homer19k:
Thanks for the answer Leo.
A faster fastforward and the option to deactivate the "skip to next title" would certainly be a big plus for people who use their player mainly for audiobooks.
Also for the switch of the A12
I see the purpose off the switch now. As in as to prevent to accidentially turning the device on but that is such a rare occurrence (for me at least) that i still think its redundant.
hunterleo:
--- Quote from: Homer19k on July 28, 2016, 05:59:55 PM ---Thanks for the answer Leo.
A faster fastforward and the option to deactivate the "skip to next title" would certainly be a big plus for people who use their player mainly for audiobooks.
Also for the switch of the A12
I see the purpose off the switch now. As in as to prevent to accidentially turning the device on but that is such a rare occurrence (for me at least) that i still think its redundant.
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Holding the middle buttons to go to sleep mode. Switch off is for long term keeping when it is not in use. That is good for the battery.
Thank you,
Leo
Kconv:
--- Quote from: hunterleo on July 28, 2016, 05:15:46 AM ---
--- 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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I have similar interests with an mp3 player. Rockbox has by far and wide the best bookmarking of any firmware out there.
For audiobooks and podcasts, this is probably the biggest thing that rockbox has over their normal firmware, at least in my opinion. If you are looking to pull in more people interested in audiobooks good bookmarking is the way to go.
pebble:
--- Quote from: Amine Didone on June 21, 2016, 10:02:42 AM ---..now a days Sansa Clip+ can't be sold by fair price, always a blowed price, because it's SanDisk stopped making them.
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Could somebody explain, why those older Clips are expensive (AFAIK new were $40-60)? SanDisk does have newer models (Sport,Jam), so it's not the discontinuation. Sound quality? Rockbox support?
Kconv:
--- Quote from: pebble on August 02, 2016, 06:46:51 AM ---
--- Quote from: Amine Didone on June 21, 2016, 10:02:42 AM ---..now a days Sansa Clip+ can't be sold by fair price, always a blowed price, because it's SanDisk stopped making them.
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Could somebody explain, why those older Clips are expensive (AFAIK new were $40-60)? SanDisk does have newer models (Sport,Jam), so it's not the discontinuation. Sound quality? Rockbox support?
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Usually once a product stops being sold price goes up, rockbox support is another issue.
Mp3 players that handle audibooks well are few and far between, mp3 players in general are disapearing in favor of phones, but phones are actually not that great for audiobooks, because trying to touch a little spot on a screen while walking or running is much harder than pressing a raised button.
This makes those little clips really desirable for people who listen to alot of audiobooks or podcasts.
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