I just got one of these, and a pair of KZ-ZSN Pro X buds and I love it, but one thing I'm not impressed with is the equalilzer. I've tried each preset and also the custom just now (with your settings, just to try it as I wasn't sure how to set it myself) and I honestly cannot hear any 'improvement' at all - it just sounds exactly the same regardless, except slightly quieter and muffled. It sounds great without the EQ on at all and so that's how I'll use it but still curious of what's going on with that and why bother putting it in the IO if that's all it does, seems bizarre to me!
These HD audio players are fine tuned for the best audio and very often the "self set EQ" doesnt sound as good. If you check out my Astell and Kern ($1100 player new) it also sounds better factory tuned (self EQ off). Its bizzare but in 2024 DAPs often times the "NO SELF EQ" is the way to go. I may make a detailed video on this and diffrent players later. Its a very interesting point.
This is an excellent divice. Well made. But my negative thoughts about it is that it doesn't sound any different than my small Geekiera mp3 player which also has radio built in. I don't feel sound quality any better and that was with some IEM i had. Maybe with some 300 ££ or $$$ it might sound better but not with cheap phones. ..
@@TUXXREVIEWS do you know of anyway to sort by track #? It sorts A to Z, but I'd like to listen in order that it appears on the album. Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks
I tell you what the hard problem with this player is finding the right headphones to go with it. And although there's a school of thought that suggests you should use wired, I think there's a lot to be said for using Bluetooth, especially if you can control the player via the earbuds downloaded app. I do
Can i create playlists? I bought an mp3 player but it only had 3 playlists and it couldn't create more than 3. I listen to many types of music so i want to create playlists. Can it do that?
@@TUXXREVIEWS I bought AGPTEK, i am not sure if you heard about this company. But my question is: Can Surfan F28 create many playlists? My main selling point of MP3 players is the sound quality and creating many playlists as i mentioned before i listen to many kinds of music and i like to separate them into playlists rather than putting all in 1 playlists or few playlists
@@Its_KaReeM I think Sony and A&K are best for playlists but many work great. I made this video for the surfans F20 playlists ruclips.net/video/R4Sa7ch-7mI/видео.html hope it helps. Looking into AGPTEK
Have you experienced buzzing coming out from your Sony headphones when playing music through them?Two times I had my money refunded because of the buzzing. And last week I bought another Surfans F28 and it started to buzz once more. A nichtnare and Surfans trying to say maybe o didn't have the headphones plugged in properly
@TUXXREVIEWS I hear you, my friend, but to have it happen in 3 different replacements are just criminal bad batch or not. And when it first happened 4 to 5 weeks ago, Surfans told me that it's a known issue with the F28 model. This nonsense didn't happen with the Surfans F20. To add insult to injury, they even ask if I insert the jack deep enough into the headphone port.
Mr Brown, see that you have the L connection part in your Sony headphones. Shouldn't that be the part that connects to the Surfans F28?Well, that's how I play it.
Time stamp please - My reviews are 100% not scripted, AB Libed as I record so sometimes I will say a word out of place or wrong. I would like to hear this and the words around it. Im guessing I meant the quality or state of being functional but really curious - time stamp please.
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Yo lo tengo y el sonido es fantástico.
De acuerdo, gran sonido
Can I use Musicbee to sync my playlists onto it? I used it to add artwork to my music and imported the playlists from Windows Player.
Does it separate the albums by a particular artist?
I just got one of these, and a pair of KZ-ZSN Pro X buds and I love it, but one thing I'm not impressed with is the equalilzer. I've tried each preset and also the custom just now (with your settings, just to try it as I wasn't sure how to set it myself) and I honestly cannot hear any 'improvement' at all - it just sounds exactly the same regardless, except slightly quieter and muffled. It sounds great without the EQ on at all and so that's how I'll use it but still curious of what's going on with that and why bother putting it in the IO if that's all it does, seems bizarre to me!
These HD audio players are fine tuned for the best audio and very often the "self set EQ" doesnt sound as good. If you check out my Astell and Kern ($1100 player new) it also sounds better factory tuned (self EQ off). Its bizzare but in 2024 DAPs often times the "NO SELF EQ" is the way to go. I may make a detailed video on this and diffrent players later. Its a very interesting point.
yep the equalizer is not needed with a decent flac source
just got this player and i love it, brilliant
@@andre-dx4yw it's a great player! Surfans rocks
This is an excellent divice. Well made. But my negative thoughts about it is that it doesn't sound any different than my small Geekiera mp3 player which also has radio built in. I don't feel sound quality any better and that was with some IEM i had. Maybe with some 300 ££ or $$$ it might sound better but not with cheap phones. ..
Does this sort from A-Z?
yes by alpha
@@TUXXREVIEWS do you know of anyway to sort by track #? It sorts A to Z, but I'd like to listen in order that it appears on the album. Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks
I have bluetooth head phones and it works very well with no issues.
If you use Bluetooth you don't need it, it's the same from your phone. The amp and dac are in your earphones.
Does it support audiobook playback by any chance?
Some audiobooks are recorded with a code to only play on certain apps etc but a normal non restricted audio files should be ok
Brilliant review. I'm sold. Buying one off Amazon right now for £149.
Fantastic! Enjoy!
I tell you what the hard problem with this player is finding the right headphones to go with it. And although there's a school of thought that suggests you should use wired, I think there's a lot to be said for using Bluetooth, especially if you can control the player via the earbuds downloaded app. I do
@pauledwards5573 not a problem at all for me bruh
Can i create playlists? I bought an mp3 player but it only had 3 playlists and it couldn't create more than 3. I listen to many types of music so i want to create playlists. Can it do that?
What player did you buy again? Many of them have diffrent menu steps to making playlists.
@@TUXXREVIEWS I bought AGPTEK, i am not sure if you heard about this company. But my question is: Can Surfan F28 create many playlists? My main selling point of MP3 players is the sound quality and creating many playlists as i mentioned before i listen to many kinds of music and i like to separate them into playlists rather than putting all in 1 playlists or few playlists
@@Its_KaReeM I think Sony and A&K are best for playlists but many work great. I made this video for the surfans F20 playlists ruclips.net/video/R4Sa7ch-7mI/видео.html hope it helps. Looking into AGPTEK
@@TUXXREVIEWS Thank you for your information! I appreciate it
Have you experienced buzzing coming out from your Sony headphones when playing music through them?Two times I had my money refunded because of the buzzing. And last week I bought another Surfans F28 and it started to
buzz once more. A nichtnare and Surfans trying to say maybe o didn't have the headphones plugged in properly
I havent expereinced a buzzing. I would suggest trying any other pair of quality headphones to see if the buzzing is the headphones or the player.
@TUXXREVIEWS I hear you, my friend, but to have it happen in 3
different replacements are just criminal bad batch or not.
And when it first happened 4 to 5 weeks ago, Surfans told me that it's a known issue with the F28 model.
This nonsense didn't happen with the Surfans F20. To add insult to injury, they even ask if I insert the jack deep enough into the headphone port.
Not at all.
Mr Brown, see that you have the L connection part in your Sony headphones. Shouldn't that be the part that connects to the Surfans F28?Well, that's how I play it.
Mr brown?
I have recently purchased this but not sure how to get the album covers onto the device. Can anyone help please? Thank you😊
This is how I retag and add album art to mp3s ruclips.net/video/10D9aCOTc54/видео.html
Can this device cannot play playlist from Tidal, Spotify, RUclips Music, or Apple Music?
No
superb review, so so helpful
Thank you
Does this play .dsf files gapless ?
YES! I love the DSF format and I believe there is a switch under settings for gapless. I may make a video on this later.
How long does the battery last on continuous playback?
All day continuous! Mine from 10am to 10pm and even then still plenty left.
functionabilty is not a word
Time stamp please - My reviews are 100% not scripted, AB Libed as I record so sometimes I will say a word out of place or wrong. I would like to hear this and the words around it. Im guessing I meant the quality or state of being functional but really curious - time stamp please.
@@TUXXREVIEWS 0:26
Still a helpful review. thank you