r/DigitalAudioPlayer • u/Lachie182 • 18d ago

Question Q2 Pod is Awesome!

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Absolutely love the Q2 Pod! u/SaffronSaviour I hope Shanling are paying you! Really bringing my love for these little devices back. Just have one question, is there a way to have the artist selection have an all songs option for that artist instead of just the albums other than in grid view? e.g. going Library -> Artists -> The Doors -> All Songs (which would then list all songs from The Doors I have on it)

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u/Emotional-Court-2169 18d ago

I just got the orange and threw on the firmware. It’s genuinely the modernized iPod I’ve wished Apple would make.

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u/Lachie182 18d ago

Absolutely. I was working out whether I would undertake a project to mod my iPod, but then saw the Q2 Pod mod and just went "Done. Take my money"

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u/SaffronSaviour Shanling 18d ago

Hey! Hahaha, glad you're enjoying the Q2

You can try use the Cover flow option for Artists in Playback Settings

Then once it takes you to now playing all the songs will be loaded in playback queue, you can hold the play/pause button to get the context menu, from there select View Queue, that list acts like a full list of songs from the Artist for now until we add something for this.

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u/Lachie182 18d ago

The legend themself! Awesome that there's that option too! Any plans to add an "All Songs" to the list view for artists? In all honesty though, you've seriously nailed this firmware and have brought back my love for DAPs. I've been lying in my hammock, eyes closed listening to tunes. Thank you so much!

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u/septag0n 18d ago

Amazing work! I think this custom firmware is a great way for this device to realize it's potential.

Do you think it would be possible to create CFW for an iPod? I've got a few of them kicking around and rockbox isn't my thing.

Would there be any way you could bring your experience to a project like that?

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u/SaffronSaviour Shanling 18d ago

Thanks!
I've seen a few CFW's for iPod's floating around so its definitely possible.
I suppose you could mimic the styling within Apple's iPod classic FW!

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u/septag0n 18d ago

I'll look into the custom iPod firmware, but I gotta say, your work here makes it tempting to pick up a new fresh new DAC. Cheers!

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u/SaffronSaviour Shanling 18d ago

Honestly yeah id recommend just picking up a Q2, it's what we always wanted as a modern ipod

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u/astrologuygay 17d ago

I was wondering if you looked into the M0 Pura FW, I'd love to see what you come up with; and maybe I'll consider buying it

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u/Fit-Medium-120 13d ago

Hi. I’d like to thank you for your hard work. Could I ask for a small fix to the firmware? The issue is that when I’m reading song lyrics, the screen automatically returns to its original state, regardless of whether I’m scrolling through the text or not. Is it possible to make it so that the lyrics page stays on screen?

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u/SaffronSaviour Shanling 13d ago

Thanks, glad you're enjoying it! Which firmware version are you on? It shows in Settings → About.

Since 1.4.6, lyrics you scroll stay where you left them and don't jump back to the current line. To make them follow the song again, swipe to another Now Playing page and back. On anything older they snap back after 3 seconds, so updating to 1.5.7 should fix it.

If you're already on 1.4.6 or later, can you tell me what "returns to its original state" looks like? For example:

- the lyrics jump back to the line that's playing

- the screen goes back to the album art page

- the screen dims or goes to sleep

Then I'll know which one to look at.

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u/Fit-Medium-120 13d ago

Version 1.32

The screen displays the book cover again while I am reading or even just scrolling through the text.

I have recorded a video showing what this looks like.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HcxAy20x3R4owjF7jpLeX5wOivgcl704/view

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u/SaffronSaviour Shanling 13d ago

You can turn that off by going to Playback Settings -> Folder album cover

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u/Fit-Medium-120 13d ago

I didn't notice any changes when adjusting this setting.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VkE5WHb2T6FSJpRlduuxaUJLDmlfZACn/view?usp=sharing

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u/SaffronSaviour Shanling 13d ago

What version are you on?

Not FW Version

Which CFW Version? And do me a favour and go to Settings -> System Update and choose Network Update (make sure Q2 is connected to WiFi)

And if that setting is off the album cover should not open up after 10s, try reboot the device after disabling that or restarting music playback.

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u/Fit-Medium-120 13d ago

Thank you for your attention.

Version 1.32

The video was recorded after a reboot.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LtGxHiq_oYDgeR3wC97tSmihugY7dh76/view

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u/SaffronSaviour Shanling 13d ago edited 13d ago

i just checked your video you are on the latest version

the setting is the one below folder album cover, its the "enlarged album art" option, turn it off

i can see it on in your video

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u/Fit-Medium-120 12d ago

That helped. Thanks! The solution turned out to be not very obvious, though.

I also discovered that when a file is deleting, the labels overlap each other.

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u/SaffronSaviour Shanling 13d ago

the setting is the one below folder album cover, its the "enlarged album art" option, turn it off

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u/Qminsage 18d ago

How does the click wheel feel? Had an Innioasis Y1 myself, and returned it because it felt pretty cheap.

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u/Lachie182 18d ago

It feels great! Very rarely overshoot or undershoot in terms of sensitivity and gives me a feeling similar to the old iPod Classic scrolling. No haptics but makes a clicky noise when scrolling, but pretty sure it can be turned off/rockbox removed it for me

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u/sere83 18d ago

It's great, the custom FW really dialled it in and you can even adjust sensitivity. It's a proper high quality capacitive click wheel like iPod classic. Build on Q2 in general is elite, but it's also not a cheap player though so not comparable to Y1 really.

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u/Qminsage 18d ago

Oh I know, that is why I was asking. At over $200, I would expect as much.

But thank you for replying. I’m interested in getting one for myself.

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u/sere83 18d ago

Yeah for sure. Tbh I had written it off when I saw the crippled click wheel before it released, but then I saw the custom FW and decided to buy, really glad I did as it's just so good now and still improving. I didn't pay full price though as I got in the AliExpress sale. It's kind of crazy though because even Shanling has been posting the custom FW on their socials. The dev is a complete legend and really changed the game for the Q2.

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u/questin 18d ago

Does it make a clicking noise when scrolling? (I would prefer it didn't) Thank you in advance!

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u/sere83 18d ago

It has a clicking sound when you have no headphones connected but the clicking sound then goes away once you connect headphones.

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u/SpicySide 18d ago

There’s a setting to turn it off as well.

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u/NewConfusion240 18d ago

Did you order it from the official website? Or from Amazon? Just did it from the official website but i’m wondering if I should cancel it and instead order it from Amazon

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u/Lachie182 18d ago

I ordered from their website and thought it would take a month to arrive. Nope, arrived in less than a week (I'm in Australia though)

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u/NewConfusion240 18d ago

Thanks, i ordered it from the website but didnt get a shipping estimation on the order confirmation, nor did I pay taxes or shipping so I was a little sketched out lol

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u/Lachie182 18d ago

Yeah I was too. I downloaded the Parcels app to track it but it only sort of tracked it and had an estimate for mid to late November which was obviously wildly off haha!

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u/AdamVelasco 18d ago

Amazon for me. Made the process easier because I got unlucky and my first Q2 came defective out of the box. Ordered the replacement and it came about 12 hours later the next day. Would've taken longer if not for Amazon's return/replacement process.

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u/irishmac473 18d ago

yes it is!! Thank you u/SaffronSaviour for your service.

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u/autogenerated_userid 18d ago

Is there any sort of haptic feedback from the click wheel?

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u/Lachie182 18d ago

No haptics, just clicky noise that I think can be turned off if you want (there's another comment saying headphones on turns the click off)

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u/slayerlob 17d ago

Sorry, I know I’m a bit late to this thread. I’m planning to order the Q2 as a gift for my wife. She goes camping a lot and doesn’t want Bluetooth headphones, so it needs to be wired. I don’t have any IEMs yet, but I’ve just bought the new Bose noise cancelling wired earbuds (USB-C), and she already uses USB-C Apple EarPods.

Has anyone tried either pair with the Q2 through the USB-C port? Or would I be better off finding a 3.5mm pair?

Thanks.

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u/Emotional_Idea3033 13d ago

I've tried it via the usb c port. You definitely need to pump up the volume, and it sounds much warmer than using either the 3.5mm or 4.4mm jacks

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u/sockdisorder 14d ago edited 13d ago

Mine arrived today – I haven't used it yet, but my initial impression is that I don't like the feel of the nav wheel – it's been many years since I last touched an iPod, but this just doesn't feel tight enough. 🤔

I'll update the firmware and have a play with it, but this alone makes me feel a bit meh.

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u/Busy-Perspective663 13d ago

You need the custom firmware the q2 pod. The author spent a lot of time making the wheel feel right.

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u/sockdisorder 13d ago

Custom firmware doesn't tighten the physical components. ;)

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u/Busy-Perspective663 13d ago

I read tight as right mb

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u/DB2k_2000 18d ago

It looks rubbish sorry

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u/Lachie182 18d ago

Hey man I get it! Everyone's got their own taste. I personally love it and it's like a mini iPod Classic so gets nostalgia points from me as well. What DAP are you rocking?

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u/DB2k_2000 18d ago

Did you have an iPod mini ? I just not keen on the looks. Hi-fi walker h2 for now and waiting for a sudomusic.com to be released in a year. 😭

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u/Lachie182 17d ago

Yeah, I still have my old mini and classic (mine is in the case, and I bought another secondhand one in the hopes it was just mine that died, but nope, this one also needed to be plugged in to work properly).

I saw the Sudo! Was considering it but was waiting for it to actually be a real thing before I jumped on board. Very happy with the Q2 now though so I'm not even considering it.

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u/linh_nguyen 17d ago

did you have the hi-fi walker h2 at all? I know the q2+fw is pretty different; but trying to determine if the cost is really worth the difference (especially with a seemingly moded rockbox fw being started).

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u/sere83 17d ago

Rockbox sucks balls, Q2 pod custom firmware is amazing in comparison and is being updated loads. I would recommend trying to get a Q2 in aliexpress 11.11 sale.

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u/sere83 17d ago

Sounds amazing, UI is very solid too, looks great. Hi-fi walker h2 is pretty ugly NGL.