HiBy Digital M300 Android MP3 Player with Bluetooth and WiFi Streaming Player Android 13 Snapdragon 665 HiFi Audio (PCM/DSD) FM Radio Speaker Touchscreen 128GB + 2TB Expandable Storage

Really really enjoy this player. I had many, including Sony etc. but this one has several things going for it. For one, its Android, like many of the current crop of players, but this one has something most of the others don't, an internal speaker. The speaker isn't hifi, and its mono, but its still very useful for when you dont really want to wear earbuds or headphones. Install a TV app, or watch YouTube, it's all possible with this unit. Hi definition audio like Tidal or the new HD Spotify sound great with good headphones. I've used it with Sony WM1000, Bose Quiet Comfort and Focal Bathys and it doesn't disappoint. Operation is smooth, no freezing. The earlier version had some kinks but they've all been worked out in this model. Love it.

This little Hiby Digital M300 DAP is pretty slick. I may not be an expert on these gizmos, this is only my second DAP and at this point I don’t have much on it yet. I purchased a 1.5 TB Micro SD Card for storage of a sizable music collection but at this point am uncertain whether I wish to turn my FLAC files down to .320 KBPS .mp3 or leave them as FLAC. I know, it might be kind of crazy but hear me out. I have an enormous amount of music after having ripped my personal CD collection several years ago and backing them up to DVD discs and CDR’s as well as various hard drives. I then did the same with the collections of two buddies and my ex brother-in-law. The end number of entire CD’s is well into 5 digits. This player, apparently will catalog 50,000 “tracks” so I did some basic old school math. As an old guy who has been listening to and collecting music for over five decades, it used to be that a standard album was made up of ten tracks, thus that would mean that I could get 5,000 albums cataloged and view the artwork. And probably have plenty of remaining space, especially if I go with the .mp3’s. My understanding is that I could still access the other tracks, but I am left to believe I will lose something. But if I go FLAC I believe that 1.5 TB still will hold those 5,000 tracks and I could then purchase another 1.5 or even a 2 TB card and put more on those. I don’t know, I tend to find myself always trying to find what it is that I want to hear, and I love it when I get together with friends and ask them what they want to hear, and they then ask if I have any… most of them shrug thei heads as if to say “of course you do”. So at this point I have a couple of hundred GB in FLAC on the card and I think this DAP sounds great. I use the Fiio DAC’s, usually the newest (BTR-17) wired using a Meze 4.4mm balanced cable and at this point have only used my iPad, which is my first ever Apple device and I am just learning while doing a physical rehab out of the home. I believe there is a means of fully wired non-BT connection but have yet to try. I haven’t had much difficulty with this Android based unit, it’s pretty intuitive. I will say though, the glass screen I have heard, is pretty soft and a protector is a good idea. I purchased a 2-pack of GLASS protectors but my old man eyeballs made it difficult to get the glass to lay down correctly so I’m going to have my wife take it with her to work and visit the cell phone store next door and ask the girl to do it for me and slide her a few bucks. She’s really good with these things. Bottom line, this is an inexpensive $200 DAP. It’s not going to sound like a $2000 DAP. If it did, would it sound any better to MY ears? Probably not. I’m using headphones like the Meze 109 Pro, Audeze LCS-2/LCD-X, HiFiMan Arya Stealth, Focal ELEX, Dan Clark Aeon Open X and some other pretty good headphones, and I think this DAP sounds pretty terrific for that price. It’s really great to come across any product offering terrific performance at a budget price point and Hiby has done just that! I highly recommend this little gizmo, and order up the BLACK $14 rubberized protective case for it. It’s open on the front and dust will get inside but it does a good job of protecting the player itself. It fits like a glove and will be difficult to remove the first couple of times. Two tips: Put the rubber protector on AFTER installing the Micro SD card and work from the bottom when trying to remove it. Now run along and buy it if you are looking for an inexpensive but good little player. It might not be perfect but it’s worthy of a look.

This is my first DAP. I have a couple of mp3 players, but have feature issues with them. I wanted to get a DAP for its Android features of simplicity of podcast listening and download, with features like fast forward etc. which are lacking on the mp3 players I own. I can't stop playing with this little unit. I researched a long time. I wanted radio, and capability to use regular and iem headphones, capability to charge when using. I wanted a fuller picture screen instead a teeny image and the rest of the screen buttons. I wanted plenty of storage space on the device and expandability. And I didn't want it being $300+. This device checked every one of my needs. It's simple to start using if you know the Android system. You can load most apps from the play store. I loaded my favorite launcher (Square Home), a wallpaper app, my favorite podcast app and a couple other streaming apps, some TV apps, the keyboard I like, a blue light filter app. I mean, it has everythhing I needed to make a fun and functional personalized device. People were saying the screen was too small on this device, but all the others I was interested in that weren't smaller were the same screen size. The screen quality is sharp. There are buttons on the side - rather self explanatory buttons. They're not rubbery, but harder plastic and close in to the device case. I got the silver one. Oh and surprise for me - there is a place to attach a wrist strap! I haven't had any problems so far and hope I don't. I do have a problem with my wallpaper not sticking. It keeps reverting back. Really annoying, and it's probably a fight between my launcher and the android version. I will work at that. Battery life - anything that stays on without draining fast is appreciated. My older but still running great Pixel 4a phone drains out several times a day. It's really annoying. So this device can help me stop using my phone so much and keep the battery as long as I can. The battery has dropped to low a couple of times over three days when I was setting up and playing with it. I will see how it is with regular podcast and music use. I can't say that it holds the longest charge ever ...it doesn't. It does drain noticeably. However, it charged for me really fast too, and you can charge while listening. The device is super cute. I thought it was going to be too big, to fat, to heavy. I have small hands and it's just so...I want to pick it up all the time. I'm so very pleased with the HiBy M300.

The first month or two with this device was fantastic. However, I plugged it in to charge, the same charger I have used since day one, and an hour later the device was too hot to touch. I unplugged it immediately and after it cooled down and now it won't even turn on. Very disappointed in what otherwise has been an amazing device. $199 down the drain.

I love my HiBy M300. There are more expensive versions, but this is a great item. If you are looking for an affordable Android-based DAP that also streams, this is a great example. However, here are some things you should know: -If you have a smartphone and don't care about audio quality, stick with your phone. Get this if you care about audio quality. -Perfect if you're into digital minimalism and don't have a smartphone. -Sounds great with wired headphones -Download your playlists from your music service in high quality (you need a service that provides high quality downloads) and take it on the road. -It does not allow Android Auto, so keep that in mind. -The screen is small. Think early smartphone screens. The screen is also not as bright or responsive as a phone, but it's fine for its purpose. How do I use it? I love to plug in a good set of headphones and listen to music. I also take it in my car and connect via Bluetooth when I don't have my smartphone. It's size makes it more convenient for listening to music outside than carrying around a huge smartphone.

Looks great, the screen is brilliant, sharp and clear, and sounds very good. I like the music player's EQ: it's effective and not complex. The battery last a long time, and doesn't take too long to charge. The biggest appeal for me was the speaker and the FM radio. (I do not want to be tethered to a speaker source just to hear the clock alarms, etc.). However, the FM radio is completely useless. It will only play with headphones, which means it doesn't have a built-in antenna, and there again, to listen to the FM radio requires you to be tethered to a speaker source, but you also have to be wired. Lastly, even when wired, the strongest station in my area is almost unreceivable. Speaker quality: you really can't expect much, but it's worse than your phones speaker(s). It's mono, and there are no audible frequencies below maybe 1000khz. It's ok for desperate music listening in very quiet environments, but you can't hear in a busy office environment. Still, at least you can hear 'something' plus your Clock alarms, without having to be tethered to a separate speaker. The text is too small. It's literally the smallest text I have ever seen on any video screen including digital wrist watches. If you make it even 1 size larger, the icon labels disappear. The micro SD slot is frustrating. That rubber flap is too close to the slot and it's in the way, cards don't eject far enough to grab with fingernails, so I have to use small pliers to gently extract it. I formatted a brand new SanDisk 128GB SD card, added a bunch of music tracks from my PC. Then I put the card into the M300, and it would not see the files. After much trouble, I did a factory reset of the M300, and then it would see the music files. However, when I pulled the card back out and connected it back to my PC to copy more music onto the SD card, when I put it back into the M300, all the files were corrupt. It said "No music found" when trying to play any track, even though all the previous music icons are still visible. Again, I performed a factory reset and the issue was resolved. So, every time I want to copy music to the card from my PC, I will need to reset the device. There's more: I recently plugged a FiiO music player into my PC so I could see it show up as a drive, and copy files to that device directly. When finished, I properly ejected the FiiO, and everything is fine. A couple of days later, I plugged in the M300 the same way, and it shows up in Windows as the FiiO, and I cannot access it. Retry several more times, restarted my PC, and the same thing kept happening. The button layout: The FF & RW buttons are backwards when the device is face-up on a table, and in a vertical position. In the vertical position, RW is the upper button, and FF is the lower button. Up should be FF, and Down should be RW. Moreover, there is no dedicated PAUSE button. Instead, you press RW once to pause & unpause, and double tap to rewind. Note: when I say FF and RW, I mean skipping tracks back & forth; there is no way to actually "rewind or fast-forward" to earlier or later points in a track. Also note: the Function button currently cannot be assigned as a PAUSE button. It's primary function is for locking the screen, with 2 other useless options. Touch screen: Needs an option to wake the device by double-tapping the screen. I hate having to constantly reach for the power button every time I want to wake it up. The M300 costs more than the FiiO JM21, but the JM21 comes with a bigger battery, rubber back cover and a balanced out jack. It's small and cute, but unfortunately the number of quirks with this do not justify the price. No music player is perfect, even if only for the fact that most music player apps are still poorly designed. Moreover, the whole business of having to pay for every app, agree to their User License Agreements, often requiring you to create another user account to use the app, just makes for an unimpressive user experience for both phone and music player owners. I love the way the M300 looks just sitting on my desk. But in the end, I'll stick with the FiiO JM21, if only because I can actually read the screen. However, be assured that the MJ21 isn't perfect either.

Works Great and very happy with it. I use my personal music files and Tidal. Also Niagara Launcher. works and looks great.

Advancing age makes an accurate depiction of the M300's sound difficult. Did you know that a 20-year-old can hear up to 17,000Hz, but a 50-year-old can only hear up to 12,000Hz? Depressing realism. I have no comments on clarity, warmth, or soundstage. There are many YouTube reviews on this DAP that address the sound quality. Let's just say that it sounds slightly better than my Pixel 8 Pro and Moto G 2024 phones, and a little bit below the quality of my 10-year-old Sony NWZ -A17 DAP. The Sony has announced the end of its usefulness by listing downloads as unknown album, artist, and song. The M300 with HiBy Music recognized every characteristic of songs on an SD card inserted with 12,094 songs. This DAP is fully cooperative with syncing from Windows Media Player. I've seen the player have album art where the Media Player did not. I have never been fond of HiBy Music because of its mechanics. The MSEB sound adjustment tool is a very useful aid, but it only works on the HiBy Music app. I downloaded another music app that I consider to be more user-friendly. Choice of apps and streaming is why we need Android on a DAP. This player's Android 13 and Snapdragon 665 chip are more recent and better than Android and chips on many more expensive DAPs. I went with the 4gb/128gb version. I've had trouble with buffering on 3g before, and you can never have enough storage. Watch the sales. My 4gb model was less than the regular price of the 3gb version. Actions are very fast in Android. Screen has low resolution, but it's perfectly fine on a 4" screen. Fingers and stylus don't always work without the firmest touch and there should be a touch sensitivity control in the settings. There isn't. The major lack of screen response is in the upper right- hand corner where the important 3 dots reside. I think there's a screen protector applied that interrupts response. Occasional problems are better than permanent scratches. The M300 has features unlike many DAPs. There's an FM radio that works with earphone cables as an antenna. Scan programs local stations. You can't listen to all of them, as many of them only have static. Stereo doesn't work on many stations. There's a voice recorder with 2 mikes. You can listen to it on a built-in speaker. This speaker is welcomely quiet as further volume leads to terrible sound. 3.5mm cable works on Bluetooth speaker's "aux-in" jack if you want a proper speaker. This cable also works in the car's "line-in" jack. There is an Android setting that disables the speaker. There is also a setting that decides the use of the function button. It comes set to button lock. This is my preferred choice, as the pause/track advance button is sensitive and I can't help but touch it when I turn the screen on to see what song is playing. Screen does not have two-touch response. There is a curious lack of a previous track button. I checked many reviews and watched many videos on the M300. One common criticism is that this DAP is too quiet. HibY seems to be aware of this complaint. They messaged me through Amazon to thank me for my business. Kudos to them for the thank you. I've never had another company respond this way. The message has instructions to go into development settings to eliminate a maximum volume control. This isn't necessary, as all you need to do is go into sound in settings and slide media volume all the way to the right. Now the player can achieve its maximum volume. It's not powerful enough for high ohms headphones, but it works very well at 50 ohms and below. If the headphones and IEMs work on your phone, they'll work on the M300. Battery life has been criticized. Obviously, life is dependent on what you are doing with the DAP. Listening to 320kbps MP3's at 25% volume through 30ohms IEMs with no screen for one hour took 3% of power. Streaming with no screen with IEMs for one hour took 6% of power. If you use Bluetooth, streaming for one hour took 7% of power. Power off for one day consumed 2% of power. My figures would lead to listening life of 14 hours to 33 hours depending on method. That's impressive for what is only a 2000mAh battery. I don't think it could get much bigger in such a small package, and it does not take long to charge. The HiBy M300 is small and more portable than a phone. It sounds better than a phone. Phones battery can be saved for use on phone calls. DAPs do have a reason, especially with Android. There are so many DAPs for selection. I think the M300 just hits the right spot with its features and price.