HiFi Bluetooth Mp3 Player: F28 High Res Lossless Portable Music Player – 3.5 inch Digital Audio Player Support up to 512GB

A worthwile Upgrade from the F20
I like to listen to music but not mess with technology. I like simple. I was an IPOD user for many years. A couple of years ago when my IPOD finally died I looked around for a replacement. I was comfortable with the old IPOD wheel/small screen interface. When I saw the Surfans F20 and started reading and watching the great reviews, I decided to buy one. It’s was pretty easy to learn and has performed well. Sound quality is good and it played all the file types I had in my library. There were a few things that didn’t work as well as they could have, Bluetooth setup was one that comes to mind.As I was pretty satisfied with my F20, I was reluctant to try the F28 but try I did and I found the F28 is really a nice unit. It has the same quality feel as the F20. It’s a little longer but thinner than the F20. Most importantly it fits perfectly in my shirt pocket.The user interface is totally different, no wheel but it’s touch screen is very easy to use. The font size on the touch screen is larger and easier to read then the F20. Buttons are, of course different too. No buttons on the front with fast forward and reverse as well as the pause button relocated to the side. The volume control is totally different. Instead of an up and down button there is an easy-to-use rotary control on the top of the unit. I was very impressed.To get going there was almost no learning curve. There was really not much to setup I just copied some tracks onto the 32GB MicroSD (included with the unit) from my PC, installed the F28 into the unit and after the scan was completed, selected the folder then the song and that was it. No dealing with driver files or anything else. It was truly load and go. Later I took the 256GB Micro SD card out of my F20 placed it in the F28 and after a very short time had my full library on the F28.I was also able to setup my Bose Bluetooth headphones in under a minute with no issues.Comparing the sound quality of the F20 to the F28 I found the F28 has a richer sound especially with my HD Tracks. I had no problem playing any of the music formats I have in my library.In terms of playlist functionality, I was able to easily create a new playlist and add songs to new and existing playlists, however there is no way I could find to name the rename the playlists. I contacted Surfans support directly and through Amazon about this. They got back to me in under 36 hours and told me that:“This is our first version of the product, and we appreciate you pointing out what we need improvement. We have already submitted the requirement to our software engineers, and in theory, it is possible to add an input keyboard to enable the functionality of creating custom playlists. This feature should be achievable in future firmware updates. This process will take some time as we closely focus on the market feedback and continually improve product. Thank you very much for raising these questions. ”I was not able to figure out how to import or export playlists and the section of the user manual describing playlist functionality is not at all clear.Summary+ I really like the new user interface. Very nice!+ Setup is pretty easy+ Sound quality is great- Some functionality i.e. Playlist is not all there at this point but Surfans says they are working on it+ Support is good- User manual is not clearOverall, it’s a worthwhile upgrade from the F20 and definitely worth the additional cost over the F20, the interface is really nice, but know that some functionality is not in place as of August 2023.

Ik heb de Surfans 28 nu een aantal dagen in mijn bezit. Het is een prachtige mooie kleine speler met een geweldig mooi geluid. Ik gebruik hem via bluetooth naar mijn Marantz NR1510 receiver die weer de ongeëvenaarde Teufel Ultima 40 bedienen. Tjonge jonge wat een kraak helder geluid mede dankzij de ingebouwde equalizer fijn te regelen. Ondanks dat de Marantz receiver alleen A2DP bluetooth ondersteund en de Surfans bijna alle soorten zelfs LDAC is het geluid echt super zeker als je muziek in hoge resolutie afspeelt. Het opladen gaat snel wel via een aparte adapter. Na 2 uur muziek streamen ik denk 10% van de oplaadbare batterij gebruikt hij gaat gigantisch lang mee na een volle lading. Het overzetten van muziek gaat erg snel ondanks USB 2 verbinding maar wel het fijne USB C systeem in de speler. Hij is ook nog eens betaalbaar zeker met alle mogelijkheden die hij heeft. Ik zeg een echte aanrader. Een minpuntje er is nergens geen beschermhoesje te vinden je moet een ander soort hoesje nemen ivm beschadigen. Ik heb Surfans gemaild en inmiddels antwoord dat ze geen bescherminghoesje hiervoor hebben op dit moment helaas.

Acquistato per sostituire un Sony NW-A55 la cui batteria comincia a dare segni di vecchiaia. In dettaglio ecco la mia opinione su questo Surfans F28:è realizzato completamente in metallo, ad eccezione dei tastini di comando. Le rifiniture sono ottime, alla vista sembra un apparecchio più costoso di quanto lo sia in realtà. Riproduce praticamente tutte le tipologie di file musicali, compreso il formato DSD 256. Al contrario di numerosi concorrenti, che per la decodifica dispongono di un solo DAC, ne ha invece due, uno per canale. Il suo sistema bluetooth funziona sia in ricezione che in trasmissione e tra i suoi codec c’è anche l’LDAC, in grado di garantire una qualità di riproduzione sostanzialmente pari al CD. L’utilizzo bluetooth nel mio caso avviene mediante auricolari Soundcore Anker Space A40 e devo dire che la connessione è sempre stabile. Stessa cosa avviene se lo collego in bluetooth ad un Fiio BTA30 PRO. E’ possibile usarlo anche come USB-DAC, collegato ad uno smartphone o a un Pc. E’ dotato anche di un equalizzatore con otto settaggi già predisposti e utilizzabili anche durante la trasmissione bluetooh, cosa che il Sony non mi permette di fare. Non è dotato di una sua memoria interna, ma viene fornito di una microSd da 32 GB. E’ comunque capace di gestirne una fino a 512 GB. Per quanto riguarda la qualità audio, la reputo estremamente soddisfacente, non molto dissimile da quella del Sony, con solo un pizzico di calore in più nella timbrica, cosa che trovo molto gradevole. Di solito lo utilizzo collegato ad una cuffia Sennheiser 560 HD, che garantisce una riproduzione lineare e analitica, estremamente godibile. E’ possibile anche l’utilizzo di cuffie aventi il connettore di tipo bilanciato. Può praticamente pilotare qualsiasi cuffia, a prescindere dalla sensibilità della stessa, in quanto le uscite si possono settare su L(low) e H (hight). Per quanto riguarda la batteria, non ho avuto il tempo per fare una verifica della durata della singola carica, ma ho l’impressione che l’autonomia sia molto prossima a quella prevista, intorno alle 12 ore.Pochi e per me trascurabili, i difetti. Il software di gestione potrebbe essere più evoluto e la traduzione in italiano, più precisa. Il pannello touchscreen IPS da 3,5 pollici potrebbe essere più reattivo. Le regolazioni dell’equalizzatore non le trovo molto efficaci, anche se per mia abitudine, non lo utilizzo mai. In definitiva lo consiglio senza riserve, soprattutto considerandone il costo.