inkbotkowalski
Standard Member
Hi there.
I'm fed up with my 2nd hand iPods (160GB) breaking constantly (and also, iTunes on the PC is the absolute worst), so I'm looking for a lightweight replacement. I bought a Hidisz AP80 Pro on a whim because I depserately wanted a volume wheel, but golly, the UI is a nightmare.
I'm looking for a DAP that is lightweight, sounds good and holds a lot of data, doesn't cost the world, and whose UI can do the following:
- play all songs from one artist (current can only play all tracks within single albums)
- go from song to artist/to album (like, when it comes up in shuffle or in a playlist)
- search (why doesn't the AP 80 Pro have that?!)
- display characters like ä, é, ï, etc.
- somehow... group together the same artist, even with slightly different spellings? iTunes could do that with "album artist". So that "Roisin Murphy" and "Róisín Murphy" would be in one folder and not two
- sort artists by the word after "The" and not create a giant "T" section with all the "The" bands
- resume from last played song
- gapless playback
- shuffle within album/folder, shuffle all
Ideally, but I know that's very tricky and probably isn't possible:
- can import iTunes playlists (I have a ton and I'd hate having to re-do all of them)
I hope that's not an impossible ask, and thank you in advance!
I'm fed up with my 2nd hand iPods (160GB) breaking constantly (and also, iTunes on the PC is the absolute worst), so I'm looking for a lightweight replacement. I bought a Hidisz AP80 Pro on a whim because I depserately wanted a volume wheel, but golly, the UI is a nightmare.
I'm looking for a DAP that is lightweight, sounds good and holds a lot of data, doesn't cost the world, and whose UI can do the following:
- play all songs from one artist (current can only play all tracks within single albums)
- go from song to artist/to album (like, when it comes up in shuffle or in a playlist)
- search (why doesn't the AP 80 Pro have that?!)
- display characters like ä, é, ï, etc.
- somehow... group together the same artist, even with slightly different spellings? iTunes could do that with "album artist". So that "Roisin Murphy" and "Róisín Murphy" would be in one folder and not two
- sort artists by the word after "The" and not create a giant "T" section with all the "The" bands
- resume from last played song
- gapless playback
- shuffle within album/folder, shuffle all
Ideally, but I know that's very tricky and probably isn't possible:
- can import iTunes playlists (I have a ton and I'd hate having to re-do all of them)
I hope that's not an impossible ask, and thank you in advance!