F20 HiFi MP3 Player with Bluetooth, Lossless DSD High Resolution Digital Audio Music Player, High-Res Portable Audio Player with 64GB Memory Card, Support up to 512GB

I've had this for about a month now, and have had enough time to get to know it. It's a very simple and straightforward player. You put music in, and it plays it back to you. There's no touch screen, radio, clock, or motion tracker or any of that. It just plays music, and it does that very well. Until now, I was using a 16gb Ipod loaded with MP3 files for space and convenience, but I knew that I wasn't getting the most from the music. It sounded OK, especially when paired with my Beoplay H6 2nd gen earphones, but it was still compressed and a little flat. The F20 can play pretty much any format you load on to the SD card with no issues at all. It can drive my over ear cans no problem, and it can easily drive my IEMs, although I would recommend that you use something with significantly higher impedance than the minimum recommendation of 8ohms. My cans are 32 and the IEMs are 30. Anything lower than that and you might find that there's a bit of noise, especially if they're particularly sensitive. Loading and playing music is very straightforward, although annoyingly the player doesn't offer folder support, or allow you to Play All Songs by an artist the way the Ipod does. That's something I would like Surfans to address when they next update the firmware. Making playlists is easy too. I use M3u Dropper, and have made about 20 lists with very little effort. It is important that you put the lists into the main folder, and don't nest them. The software will only look in the folder the M3u is in to find the songs. If you delete a song, or move it, the player will not load your playlist, and you will need to make a new one. Battery life is very good. I've had mine play continuously for 3 hours with only 25% loss. It's not as good if you use bluetooth, but that's to be expected. If you have bought this, then I would assume that you're not using BT anyway. There's little point in buying a lossless player and then not using wired earphones. So, it's a basic but very competent player that lacks few features that could easily be added. It's not going to give you the full audiophile experience, especially if you're not using good 'phones, but the cost of the high end stuff is getting harder to justify when you can buy this for around £100.

OK. So I was looking for a fairly high-end DAP which I could store and play my FLAC files on. This hasn't disappointed sound-wise. The sound quality is crisp, clear and at the price is something an audiophile would be proud to own. The device supports gapless playback which is an absolute must for me, and from selection of tracks is lightning quick to play them. The in-built graphic equaliser is decent, with some fair presets and allowable customisation dependent on your preference. The settings menu is fairly extensive too with a plethora of presets to allow you to engage with the device as best you see fit. eg, timers, themes, display settings.. etc. The navigation on the system is pretty decent - I tend to navigate by file structure as per my own structure and this works just fine. It is important to note that unlike the 'click-wheel' on the old iPod video, this is actually a mechanical wheel, sturdy, knurled and at the moment a little stiff but I can only assume will loosen up slightly with more use. It comes with a 64gB micro SDHC card but as other reviewers have mentioned, it is pretty slow in transfer speeds and I wanted a larger capacity anyway so upgraded to a 512gB SDHC which was a considerable improvement, not to mention the larger capacity. The product is manufactured from aluminium alloy and for the small size is surprisingly weighty, this is a plus for me, it feels like there is true quality in this product, not something flimsy which could break down. The buttons are very responsive, there's a nice feel to physical buttons rather than a touch-screen. There are a couple of down sides to this machine which could do with improvement though. This is not to say they are a breaker as to whether to buy this machine or not, but merely should be pointed out so that you have an informed decision should you wish to choose over others. Firstly and most noticeably, when plugging the device into my laptop to transfer files, the transfer rate is quite slow, around 6MB/s despite my installation of a high-end SDHC card. I can only assume the device itself is causing the transfer lag. However, I am fortunate enough to have a SDHC port on my laptop and upon plugging the card into this found a noticeable difference at around 20-22 MB/s transfer speed. This is a relatively minor issue and hasn't caused me any problems. The second is that whilst playing music if the device goes into sleep mode, none of the buttons are responsive. You literally have to press the power button to re-energise it out of sleep mode to be able to skip tracks/adjust volume etc. This could be a more significant problem dependant on how you intend to use the device. Again, this isn't a real issue for me, and the pro's for this device far outweigh the cons. The third (very) minor issue is that it has a glass back... I'm forever wiping my fingerprints off it! I did extensive research into opting for this device - the only one which came close was the HiFi Walker H2, however numerous reviews always mentioned the warmer feel to the output on this device, plus the price tag was slightly cheaper. I have been using for about two days now but will update should I find anything more.

I didn't expect much from something that fits in the coin pocket of my jeans, yet this little metal slab has become my favourite commuting buddy. The body is proper zinc alloy, cool to the touch and heavy enough to feel trustworthy. Up front sits a modest two-inch display, and underneath my thumb that clunky ALPS wheel whirs exactly like the one on my first iPod Mini. The nostalgia is real, but the internals are very much 2023: a PCM510 DAC chews through FLAC and DSD files without blinking. Through a decent pair of wired headphones the sound is remarkably clean. Hi-hats shimmer, vocals sit forward, and the low end stays firm instead of turning into a muddy puddle. Wireless is available as well thanks to Bluetooth 5.2, it copes fine on the train, although my aptX buds sometimes hiccup when I wander off to make a cup of tea, so I keep a cheap 3.5 mm lead in my bag to be safe. The interface will never win design awards: plain icons, plain fonts and exactly three themes. Still, it is quick enough and, crucially, it always reloads the exact track and position I left off at, useful when the inspector appears halfway through a guitar solo. A full charge lasts roughly ten hours, which sees me through a shift and the ride home. The company throws in a 32 GB microSD card, and I have already earmarked a 256 GB one for payday. In short, the F20 sounds brilliant, feels bulletproof and, despite that slightly clunky menu, offers fantastic value for anyone who rates music quality above flashy wallpapers.

I was looking for a player to boost the volume and quality of my phone replay (and remove the need for the lightning to headphone adapter), be a stand alone blue tooth receiver/player for my motorcycle Satnav (into helmet speakers) and occasional blue tooth receiver for powered speakers in the workshop. I was looking for a player larger than the present vogue for sub-miniature devices - believing this might allow for more robust components like battery and blue tooth chip. I liked the form factor. It feels pretty insubstantial (light) but solid. The controls are pleasant enough. Loading some uncompressed music files onto the included chip soon demonstrated that no size of replacement card was going to hold a satisfactory selection from my library. Sound quality, through some old and warmish Shure headphones, was insubstantial and - incapable of improving on results I was getting from my phone. Playing with eq settings did provide a more welcoming result but I the 'pure' output was uninspiring, filtered - just more bearable. I'd thought there would be substantial gains to be had from playing uncompressed but the detail gained was at the cost of body and warmth. Battery life seemed pretty poor although I ended up only charging it once. The main killer was the lack of blue tooth performance. The on-the-bike transmission distance would have been minimal and I had been confident that the problems others had experienced would not arise. Playing from my PC with the device less than a foot away produced a glitchy output that indicated I would have no better luck on the bike. All of which adds up to a complete fail for me. Amazon proved exemplary in the ease and speed of refund.

After purchasing four Digital Audio Players from Amazon & returning each one due mainly to software problems, a Surfans F20 was ordered. The sound quality is good (not always the case with D.A.Ps). Loading the CDs onto this unit is easy using Windows Media Player. Searching for a particular album or artist is done manually, which is easy as the categories are listed alphabetically. The Bluetooth connection for earbuds or an MP3 speaker is faultless. This player supports a wide range of digital audio formats. This also used in the car using a cassette adapter connected via the 3.5mm stereo jack. There are two of these sockets; one for is headphones, the other being line out. I connected the cassette adapter via the line out initially. This produces distortion. On the headphones jack it sound faultless. I did have question about the rotating selector control, so I emailed the manufacturer's after sales support they replied quickly, so the manufacturers' after-sales is good. The Surfans F20 has an alloy case which gives it a weighty, quality feel. A slight glitch in the software does occasionally result in album artwork not being displayed. Another improvement that could be made by the manufacturers' is giving the option of a larger font size. The screen is small and neat. The downside being that the information script has to be tiny. Overall this is a good quality device in terms of sound quality and solid build. At around £100 you get what you pay for. Experience has resulted in that I would recommend this over less expensive players, as so far it has proved to be more hassle-free than those.

I found the menu and its setting really difficult to suss out and not particularly helped by the included user instructions. It is also necessary to download these instructions from the web as the included booklet has macroscopic print. However I persevered as the sound quality is very good and the bluetooth works well. Note that the twerly counterclockwise icon start the settings menu and that if you ristore to factory defaults it sets the output to DAC and it must be changed to USB for the PC to be able to detect the player.

I have been using this device for a few days as an audio player (not a USB DAC) and I can tell you the following: The Bad: 1. The software is very simple, you won't be changing any wallpapers or any fun stuff like that, it's designed to simply play audio, kinda like the old MP3 players. 2. The bluetooth on the device isn't great, I had a pair of bluetooth headphones connected to it and it would have this issue where the audio would rhythmically cut out, it is fixed after restarting both devices, and it shouldn't happen, but it does and it is fixable with a restart of both devices. (In my experience) 3. The software in "Category" (Music symbol in menu) reads the files to determine which folder the audio should be in, so if you are trying to organise your music via folders etc on your computer, it isn't going to work unless you are using the "explorer" function instead. (Folder symbol) However, this works fine but was a little confusing at the start. 4. The scroll wheel does take some getting used to, it's not haptic like the old Ipods, it's a physical wheel you have to turn. The Good: 1. It can play almost any audio file you put in it. 2. It does support lossless audio files such as wav and it does play them pretty well. 3. It does have memory play, so if you pause the music due to being busy, it will pick up the last song you played and you can even change it to remember the exact position of the song you were listening to at the time. (Can be changed in settings) 4. The "M" button on the device is a multifunction button, while in a song you can add / remove a song from favourites, edit the EQ, edit the play mode etc. In the "explorer" and "Category" menus it allows you to delete files and add the song to a playlist. Overall it's a simple device that has the ability to play high quality audio. This obviously depends on the headphones you're using and the audio format you're trying to use. If you're using a basic MP3 file with £20 bluetooth earbuds from an unknown manufacturer, the audio isn't going to sound very great and you're not going to have a fulfilling experience. On the other hand, if you're playing Wav files which are uncompressed and have some good quality wired headphones, you're going to have a much better listening experience. I do recommend going through both the "settings" and "system settings" for the device and playing around to see what suits you. P.S If you're having issues with the music not syncing from the card, make sure "Music Sync" is set to automatic in settings, then remove the card and put it back in.

The build quality is far superior to a lot of all plastic players, it is I understand machined from a solid block of aluminium and coated with a finger print resistant protection. Easy to operate once the manual is downloaded and printed out in a readable size. Somewhat difficult to read in bright sunlight due to reflective screen and small print size, the print has 3 size options, all are small, the smallest being minute. The screen can be given a longer time delay, this can be achived in the settings section Sound quality is excellent. Volume can be a problem using bluetooth to a set of headphones, volume can be very low, yet with a pair of cheap wired Sony headphones the volume was fine, so I tend to think the headphones might be the problem. There is a gain option which gives a certain amount of volume increase. All in all a first class player which notwithstanding the price is worth it and it is a very presentable package.

Lo primero hay 2 versiones, una con el micro USB antiguo como sale en la fotos y otra con USB-C, se puede leer esto en foros, a mi me ha llegado desde Amazon la nueva del USB-C. Me gusta el buen sonido pero no quiero gastarme mucho dinero en ello. Este es el ideal para esta situación. Lo estoy probando con unos cascos Sennheiser HD 599, que no son muy caros pero son decentes, y espectacular. Pistas Ogg de 320kbps. No suena enlatado, y mucho mejor que cualquier iPod Classic, tengo el 5a gen y este Surfans le gana en calidad de sonido. El sistema operativo trae muchas opciones y me gusta, está diseñado bien para audiófilos. La calidad de construcción es normalilla, y la rueda no es del todo buena la experiencia aunque se puede usar bien. Yo no usaría este aparato para hacer deporte, lo voy a usar en casa.

This is a simple MP3 player that sounds good and is easy to use.

This is an awesome DAP. No need for apps, logins. Does exactly what it needs to do in an exceptional way for such a reasonable price. If there is one drawback and it’s irrelevant really, it’s that you cannot control sound unless screen is active. A small issue that is easily overcome. It’s hardy, it’s battery life is brilliant and I’d fully endorse this as a great entry and beyond app. Buy it. Then see if you need an upgrade. I’d guarantee you won’t. Well done Surfans.

Built quality, Sound and Battery everything is good, value for money.

Transferred all my songs from my old iPod and it works great