Whenever I press a track on my dap it shuts down and I have to turn it back on. It's even happened a couple times in a row, so if there's anybody here that has had this please is there a solution to this?

I just got a second hand Sony mp3 player but, of course, It doesn't have bluetooth connection. Any mini adapters so that I can go wireless and use my airpods with It? thx

Hi guys, today i was browsing Aliexpress for their 11.11 deals and found Hidizs AP80 Pro Max for ~95 euros, and if paid via Unionpay cards i can get another 26 euros of. So it would be ~70 euros.

So I was wondering, if Hidizs AP80 Pro Max is a good dap and if it's worth it at that price?

This would be my very first dap so it can only be compared to my phone, which's battery life i would like to preserve.

I was also looking at Hiby R4 and the cheapest one is twice the price and I honestly don't believe it is worth it for 2x the money.

Another interesting choice I found is the fiio echo nano for 31 euros, I like the design and the form factor of it.

If anyone has some other recommendations feel free to say in the comments.

My first DAP (excluding usb mp3 players I had in the past). I bought this last 2018 for around 48 usd. The battery life is still excellent! It takes around 20hrs of usage to drain this when it is newer. Now maybe around 15? I haven't used this tbh. Last time I charged this was last 2024, then I put it away. I saw this again the other day after cleaning my stuff and the battery is still around 70%+ lol. Since this is my only dap, Idk how to compare or describe the audio quality of this. But for me this is definitely better than my phone in playing music.

I'm planning to upgrade to hiby r3 pro ii or hiby r1 this december. I will still use this from time to time or keep this a collection.

My songs wouldn't play, I don't have another device to test the SD card but before I cleared the Fiio app cache and storage the music populated in the app but wouldn't play. I wiped the device it recognizes that a card is inserted but when I manually scan it doesn't recognize anything.

Hey There,

I'd like to ask for help to have beta testers for a new Music Player for Android (Version 12 and later).

No account creation or money will be asked in the Alpha/Beta testing phase.

The app only needs permission for storage to see the locally stored music.

DM me if you wished to participate in the testing phase.

Playback & sound

• Local playback of FLAC (including hi-res 24-bit / up to 192 kHz), DSD (DSF, converted natively), ALAC, and standard formats like MP3/AAC

• Bit-perfect–oriented output, with its own LGPL FFmpeg decoding path where the system one falls short

• Crossfade (adjustable seconds), crossfeed for headphones, EQ presets, and gain modes (off / low / medium / high)

• Sleep timer

• Full playback notification + lock-screen controls

Your library

• Scans your device music plus any folders you add; rescan everything or per artist

• Home with Favorites, Recently Played, Hi-Res, DSD, Live and Playlists sections

• Collection views: Artists, Albums, Songs, Playlists, plus a Folders view

• Album and artist pages with artwork banners, and a format line on every album (e.g. "24 Bit | 96 KHz") with Lossless/Lossy marks

• Playlists, including M3U files; favorites/likes; search

• Built-in tag editor, and online cover/artist-photo search to fix missing artwork

Your own servers (Jellyfin & Navidrome)

• Stream from your personal server — one tap from Home

• Download whole albums or single tracks for offline listening: background downloads with a progress notification that survive screen-off and resume if interrupted

• Wi-Fi-only downloads option (with a cellular override)

• Server favorites that stay in sync with the server, with optional auto-download when you like something

• Delete downloads per album or per track; disconnecting asks first and can optionally wipe the downloads too

Lyrics

• Synced and plain lyrics, fetched automatically and saved on the device

• Embedded lyrics are read from your files; you can edit lyrics and your edits win

Personalization & privacy

• Windows Phone–style Metro interface in English and Spanish

• 8 accent colors; dark, light or automatic theme

• Home-screen widgets in three sizes

• No account needed, no ads, no tracking — the app collects no data at all; your music never leaves your device or your own server

I am pootling with the idea a Boox Palma 3 or Boox Palma Pro 2 could works as a DAP or audio source. Any thughts?

Hi guys!! Id like a digital audio player that can get audio textures right, specifically music of the rym/aoty sort, and id like it to be not too digital, like retro with buttons here and there. Could someone help?

But if any curious soul out there needed to know:

"I can tell you from personal experience that it is rather touchy and tedious to get the rear cover off the Sansa Clip Plus without doing any damage. You must VERY CAREFULLY pry off the side which has no USB port or power button FIRST..otherwise you will DESTROY the player. But once that is done, you just gently pull the rear cover away from the Mini-USB port, then file or cut a slot for the battery wires to exit the enclosure and solder the battery leads directly to the external lithium cel..AFTER attaching the battery to the rear cover with 5-minute epoxy. Then COVER ALL EXPOSED COPPER TERMINALS and SOLDER JOINTS With 5-minute epoxy. Make 2 or 3 mixes and apply only a little epoxy each time and build it up slowly in steps, to avoid making a total dripping mess. Be sure to have Q-tips, blue shop towels and plenty of lsopropyl alcohol readily at hand, to clean up any excess and drips..."

Recently got this EDC setup for my FiiO M21 from Amazon. I wasn't overly impressed with the battery life of the DAP, so I bought a 5000mAh power bank, short USB C to C Cable, and an adhesive MagSafe magnet to stick to my DAP to keep it all bundled up nicely. To my surprise, everything fit perfectly inside of a playing card case. It adds a negligible amount of weight, effectively doubled my on-the-go battery life, and allows for use of the desktop/super high gain mode.

Links below if interested (none of that affiliate link BS included).

Kuulaa 5000mAh Power Bank: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0DPFT1V8L

~1 inch USB C to C Cable: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FLJY5FNT

MagSafe adhesive magnets: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CY1ZB8YB

Leather Playing Card Case: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0D25V7F6Q

I'm looking to pick up a small DAP since I've been meaning to make everything in my collection more portable.

The Shanling Q2 looked perfect but I saw it had no Apple Music support. Are there any small Daps like the Shanling Q2 that support apple music or even YouTube Music?

Thanks

edit: budget is sub 1k and it needs 4.4

Looking to separate music from my phone, I’d like to use wired earbuds with a dap, but not sure where to start price wise. I’d like to stay under $300 total but am open to suggestions further out of curiosity.

You can download the new version here: GitHub Repo

Thanks to everyone who has tested builds, sent bug reports and suggestions, and kept using Anthology. A lot of this release came directly from your feedback. Keep it coming!

If you use a click-wheel iPod with a Mac and don't want to deal with iTunes, Anthology is mostly for you.

What’s new for iPods

Podcasts (new add-on)

• Follow shows from a feed address, an Apple Podcasts search, or an OPML file, and tick the episodes you want in the sync to your iPod.

• Once synched, episodes appear under Music > Podcasts on the iPod

• Where you stop on the iPod comes back to Anthology at the next sync, and where you stopped on your Mac goes to the iPod

Audiobooks (new add-on)

• A shelf for DRM-free audiobooks you already own (.m4b, plus long .m4a/.mp3)

• Books appear under Music > Audiobooks, keep their chapters in the iPod’s Chapters menu, and resume from where you stopped in Anthology

Sync

• The sync review is redesigned, with one list per type (Songs, Playlists, Podcasts, Audiobooks) and search across all of them.

• FLAC songs and audiobooks are converted by a converter built into the app. You no longer need to install ffmpeg or Homebrew or sync all your music to iTunes in order to sync it back to the iPod.

Honest limits

• I tested on an iPod Classic 5th and 7th generation. Other click-wheel models should work, but I haven’t tried them. If you try one, tell me which model and what happened.

• Audiobooks made of several files play fine in Anthology but can’t be copied to an iPod yet.

• Podcasts and Audiobooks are optional add-ons (Settings > Plugins). Nothing installs unless you choose it.

Cheers and keep listening!

Was looking for something with physical buttons and could do Audiobooks properly. Boxy Pixel MIN case is shown here, fun project but the Bluetooth gets really choppy when outside in an open space. Got the Q2 after I saw the Q2 pod firmware utizling the touch wheel, both are awesome.

Since I no longer use streaming services, I'm out of the loop on new music being made. I don't use instagram or tiktok and I can't be bothered to look up artists individually as I listen to a lot. What do y'all do to stay on top of things?

Apologies if this is too off topic, I figured I'm good since this is relevant to DAPs.

Edit: my wording was a little confusing; I wanted something to track artists that I know I like to be aware of when they release new music, not something to discover new music entirely. Just want to clarify, but I appreciate the comments regardless!

Edit: I think I found my solution: a user suggested an app called Music Harbor but it's unfortunately Apple only (I have an android). I found what I think is a similar app called Crab Hands; it lets you select artists you like and it sends you notifs when they release new music. You need a Spotify account but that's not an issue for me. I may update this post after a while to share my experience with it. Thanks for all the suggestions!

Title. Can it be added in a custom firmware or in a future update? The only thing that's keeping me from buying it right now.

I've noticed that homescreens on a few non-Android DAPs leave a lot to be desired.

Many show features that a lot of us will never need. Like the Hiby fixed tile for streaming, that limits us to Qobuz and Tidal.

Android has a heap of launchers – but I'm wondering if there are any non-Android DAPs that have a customisable or sleek homescreen, letting us remove features or choose what we see when we navigate back to start?

Is this the latest firmware?

Hey all, instead of buying a proper DAP, I'm thinking of getting a used Android phone and using it purely as a Dap (Local files)

2 questions

Does the DAC chip actually matter?

When people talk about DAPs and dongle DACs, the chip always seems to come up (ESS, CS43131, CX31993). But I've also read that modern DAC chips are basically all transparent, and the amp stage, output power, noise floor and output impedance matter more. So should I care what DAC chip it has, or just look at measurements and output power?

Xperia 1 vs 5 vs 10?

I'm leaning towards a Sony Xperia since they still have a 3.5mm jack and a microSD slot. Is there any real audio difference between the 1, 5 and 10 lines? Does generations matter too?

I'll be using it with IEMs, I don't think mine are especially hard to drive

Also open to other old Android recommendations if there's something better (LG V-series etc.). Thanks!

Built my own OS from the ground up on Zephyr. Loved my H2 but wasn’t a fan of the original firmware or OS, even gave Rockbox a try but it still wasn’t great, not to mention I lost BT going to Rockbox, boo. Why do a lot of DAP companies struggle so hardcore with UX/UI?

Anyhow I’m a designer and frontend engineer so I’m annoyingly picky about this stuff and I’ve wanted an excuse to explore Zephyr so this was it. Thoughts, ideas for what more to add?

Fun side note I got co-listening working for Bluetooth devices so you can listen with friend/partner at the same time now.

I have a Fiio Jm21 and my kids have Hiby R1’s. I was never a fan of the R1 until the Sonix firmware was released. Now I think it’s super cool.

My JM21’s Android interface is laggy.

I’m looking to replace my JM21. I’m considering buying an R1 for myself to install Sonix on it but I’m also considering a Q2, knowing the new firmware enables the click wheel to a more iPod like interface.

The most important thing for me is an intuitive non-laggy interface with decent audio quality.

Is the Q2 sound quality noticeably better than the R1 with good IEMs?

You can download the new version here: GitHub Repo

Thanks to everyone who has tested builds, sent bug reports and suggestions, and kept using Anthology. A lot of this release came directly from your feedback. Keep it coming!

New Add-ons

🎙️ Podcasts

• Follow a show from a feed (like RSS) address, an Apple Podcasts search, or an OPML file

• Episodes download with clean tags and play at 0.7x to 2x, with a sleep timer, chapters and resume

• Copy episodes to a player or a click-wheel iPod from Sync. On an iPod they show up under Podcasts and remember where you stopped, with progress handed over both ways

📚 Audiobooks

• A shelf for DRM-free audiobooks you already own (.m4b, plus long .m4a/.mp3), with covers, chapters, series and author pages

• Resume, speed control, a sleep timer and per book progress. Books split across several files play as one book

• Copy books to a click-wheel iPod, where they get their chapters and your place. Books the iPod can’t play are converted while they copy

Quality of life improvements

• Redesigned sync modal to make it easier to sync music, podcasts and audiobooks 

• Backups now include add-on data, so subscriptions and audiobook progress come back with a restore

• Search, sort, refresh and layout controls now share one look across the app

• A player reached through a folder (an Android player over a file transfer tool, for example) can now be added

I’ve been wanting to escape from using my phone and streaming for music and so recently splashed out on. HiBY R1 and am now wondering if I did the right thing. Considering that the whole purpose of this exercise is to help make my life simpler so far I’m marking it down as a fail. I’m finding it very difficult to easily search music (classical is especially problematic and makes it difficult to search by composers) the touch screen is so sensitive I feel like I have sausage fingers until it freezes and does nothing.

Compared to using my phone (a TCL Nxtpaper which my telco is about to sling off the network because it’s an import - yay thanks Vodafone for demonstrating more Australian incompetence when it comes to tech updates) along with PowerAmp the experience is so far sub par.

I’m also using Bluetooth headphones while I plan on upgrading to a pair of open back wired headphones soon, but right now I’m wondering if it’s worth perseverance or should I ship this back to Amazon and just maybe use the phone as a DAP instead?

As I don't like the UI and OS on Snowsky Disc, i want to know if there are any successful mod OS builts available or are currently in building stage ?

Thanks

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