HIFI WALKERH2 MP3 Player – High Res Audio DAP with Bluetooth5.2, Lossless Music Player, DSD DAC Support, Portable FLAC Player with Line Out, 64GB Memory Card, Expandable to 256GB

Well it comes nicely presented in a nice box and feels well made, apparently metal and glass , chunky and weighty in a reassuring way. . Its easy to set up , the folders and no nonsense settings are easy to navigate and make sense out of.I put wav. files on straight from C.D. and was immediately impressed by the sound quality, this unit is so good at revealing details in the music, its a pleasure to listen to even through my cheap JVC lightweight flat earphones. Battery life seems fine there seems plenty of life in it after 12 hours play time.The downside has already been highlighted in other reviews . The unit goes into a sort of lockdown after a few seconds as the music plays, no doubt to prevent accidentally altering the settings. This means all buttons including volume and track selection are unavailable until the power button is briefly pressed. No big deal in itself ,but out walking/ working out this is inconvenient , the only way to alter the volume or skip a track is to "wake" the unit up again, not easily done with hand in pocket, in reality it usually means taking the unit out and studying the screen again.If you enjoy selecting a favourite album ,and letting it play through then this unit is a treat, you will enjoy the immersive good quality listening experience on offer here. However if you like to jump about preferring to repeat or skip songs or move to a different albums, then this is probably not for you, I imagine frustrating experience.For me its worth it. Sounds great, and is an excuse to enjoy a complete album on my walk .Four and a half stars

I'm trying to cut down on my daily phone usage and as part of that I realised having to cart it around to listen to music through Spotify all day was just encouraging me to then start doomscrolling, so I decided to see if MP3 players were still hanging around and was delighted to stumble across this one. Just to be clear from the off, I'm not an audiophile and I don't really care about music quality so long as the vocals are understandable and the bass is thumping so I'd recommend looking at other reviews if you need that info!I was hesitant about the software as reviews are mixed, and I'm not sure if it's because I had MP3 players growing up (mainly Sony before switching to Apple), but I don't find it that hard to navigate at 36 years old? Category breaks down your music by artist/genre/album etc. whilst the Explorer shows your tracks by how they're physically sorted in the device. Settings relates strictly to music playback (like the equaliser) and includes all options for the music screen (like album art etc.), whilst System Settings is for the device itself (backlight, music scan, etc.). The device is very responsive with no delay when waking it up from sleep or scrolling through screens of songs. If you do experience any issues with Category not picking up the music on your device, go to Settings, hover over Music Scan and press and hold the M button. The device will then scan itself and find everything on the micro SD card :)I understand from reviews that the Bluetooth is an older protocol but I had no issue connecting it to my Sony WF-C500 earbuds, nor a pair of cheap no-brand over-ear headphones I got earlier this year. The connection will start to distort if I go about eight feet or so away from the device but I always have it on me so that's not an issue. If your wireless earbuds are quiet it's likely you need to turn the volume up on the earbuds themselves - I had to do this with mine and now they're super loud. I've also used the aux and, well, it's an aux! You just sort of plug the headphones in and off you go.Battery life seems to be really good, too. I've had the player for three days now, listening around four hours per day, and haven't had to charge it from it's out-of-the-box state yet.The build quality is really nice, solid without being too heavy - I have it on a lanyard around my neck and whilst I definitely feel that it's there, it's not so noticeable that it's distracting or discomforting. The back panel is glass and therefore a fingerprint magnet but it looks so slick I can't be mad about that lol. The buttons all have a really good clicky feel and whilst the scroll wheel takes some getting used to once you do it's fun to use (and a bit nostalgic for the iPod era I grew up in, although it's not capacitive). It's a weird device to look at in photos, but it's laid out in a way that makes everything easy to reach whilst using it. The screen is also much sharper than I was expecting and at 50% backlight is easy to view in both ambient and direct sunshine. It's a tiny bit smaller than I thought it would be, but its size is just about right I think.All in all, if you want an MP3 player that feels like it's going to last you a long time I don't think you'll find one better than this at the ~£100 mark. I'm really pleased with my purchase and I'm sure I'm going to get a lot of mileage out of it!

This audio player is well presented, well made and has good sound, although operating it takes some learning. The instructions are useful and the feature of a separate card to store music is very convenient, just copy files over from your PC. Sound seems a bit low to start with but can be tweaked, for example going to 'settings' and setting the gain to 'high' is a big improvement, although I haven't got into the equaliser settings yet. It sounds good played through a small headphone valve amp. I bought it to replace my ageing but faithful Sony Walkman player!