USELESS AT PLAYING AUDIOBOOKS
Chapter mode is missing:
Imagine a folder full of files, each one a numbered track (or chapter) in your book. You would expect an MP3 player to get to the end of a chapter and then play the next one, wouldn't you? Earlier models of Sandisk players possesed this function. For some unaccountable reason it's gone! Sandisk have removed the function. The audiobook player needs every chapter to be started manually. Why do this? It makes no sense!
MP3 File compatability:
Best described as brittle or flaky. Be prepared for nearly identical MP3 files to either play without a problem, or throw up an utterly unexpected file type incompatability error messga. There are clearly some forms of MP3 file that are not recognised. Why would you make a device this way. Earlier Sandusk models didn't have this problem. It makes no sense. It's as though unnecessary changes have been introduced.
Equaliser function:
In theory, it is possible to use this to adjust the bass/treble. In practice, there seems to be a bass boost as part of the firmware and you can TRY adjusting the sound quality, but it won't get you anywhere. A strong bass response is not useful, when listening to speech and a hindrance, if you have a hearing loss.
Conclusion:
In theory, you can use the Sandisk Clip Spirt Go to listen to audiobooks, in practice, it has so many obstacles in the way that you would need a lot of patience. With file compatability, chapter playback and sound quaility all issues, you would be better off looking elsewhere. A good question to ask is where else you might look ...and that's anither issue entirely!
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