SanDisk enjoys a position of great reputation for churning out cost competitive memory chips and portable audios. But Sansas has really any reputation to boast of in terms audio quality but surprisingly and encouraging they have been producing progressively getting better probably reaching its pick with the release of Sansa Clip 2 GB. It’s SanDisk’s latest addition to the supercomact low capacity MP3 player to take the consumer market by storm. What sets apart Sansa Clip 2 GB from the rest of its releases is its amazing sound quality.

The Sansa Clip’s exterior is made entirely of plastic with basic housing being glossy and scratch resistant with a hint of metal finish. The back removable clip is made of opaque colored plastic. The Sansa Clip at 2.2in1.4inx0.5in (belt clip not considered) just a little bit on the up considering a match box. May be a notches larger than the Creative Zen Stone Plus and even shuffle. But it does not have the navigation problem as much as of Stone, which is a big plus. Probably because of its 1 inch rectangular screen to Stone’s circular display but it does not provide a valid technical explanation though.

To be very candid and I honest I have never been blown away the audio quality of Sansa Clip. I would go to the extent of saying that it competes very well eve with Sony NWZ-A810 may not even terms but definitely Stone Plus admirers are in for a big surprise. You can customize the EQ to get quality bass, mid-range and high frequencies. The bass is not booming but very subtle.

Officially it states that The Clip is only compatible with windows XP SV-2 and above I have successfully used it MTP/MSC OS meaning thereby MTP protocol is absent when used with Linux or Mac systems. It is true that has got far better compatibility with MTP device like Windows user files can be dragged and dropped files. It has multiple media player support like Windows Media Player 11 Win Amp (these I can assure you).

• PC interface(s) supported Hi-Speed USB
• Flash memory installed 2 GB Integrated
• Software type Drivers & Utilities

• Supported digital audio standards Audible, FLAC, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, WMA DRM
• Built-in Display
• Audio system built-in display OLED
• Audio Features
• Sound output mode Stereo
• Additional features FM radio recording capability
  Radio
• Tuner type Digital Radio tuner
• Station preset qty 40
• Tuner bands FM
• Tuning display OLED display
  Microphone
• Microphone type Built-in
• Sound output mode Stereo
• Battery / Power
• Battery Rechargeable Player battery Internal
  System Requirements
• Peripheral / Interface devices CD-ROM , USB port
• Operating system Microsoft Windows Vista , Microsoft Windows XP SP2

The SanDisk press release it self boasts “…..one of the best sounding mp3 players on the market” and being a music lover I must admits they are pretty close to the truth. If you notice I reviewed headphones number of times to drive home the simple fact that get the best out of a player a good pair of headphones is a priority, and please for God’s sake don’t use those cheap earbuds or useless upgraded headphones spend money and get a quality stuff and check out what music quality Sansa Clip is capable of. No I’m not recommending the expensive “Bose” stuff just a decent one.

EQ

Those who has used or using Sansa Clip will definitely agree that it has a browsing problem, it lacks the ability of fluid browsing through files and folders. The recent firmware update might just be useful.