I’m Apple convert having many different iPods and also iPhone 14 pro user but I was looking for something different, more memory and play different Hi-Res file formats. Just wanted an off-line player. No wifi was OK for me. Not in any specific order: Portable music player for my entire collection of about 8000 songs, mostly ALAC and some FLAC format (use 256Gb memory card) Easy transfer of files for my Mac to F28 Hi-res audio player, ALAC and Flac minimum Small enough to take for gym and walks Sound quality better than my iPhone Couple to my Audiolab 7000 stereo amp via PCUSB or AptX BT The surfans F28 ticks all the boxes for me. The user interface could be better(not in the same class as classic iPod) and to create playlists takes some effort. But you get use to this. Its small and slippery but looks good.I could really do with a case for it. The DAC sound quality is superb. This is great value and overall quality is a real gem for the price. Highly recommended. Further addition: I a couple of weeks ago accidentally dropped my F28 and for some reason it stopped playing even though there was no visible damage or scratch to the F28. I have to say I had great support from Mark of Surfans and the unit was replaced under warranty. I found Surfans to be very responsive and helpful. Their product support was outstanding. Vinod Read more

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. Read more

So, here is my review. It’s a bit long as I thought it might be useful to cover off as many points as possible. When I bought this unit there were only 2 reviews and it was such a new unit it wasn’t even advertised on Surfans website. So could have been a bit suspect. Firstly delivery . Ordered on 8 July. Arrived on 19 July . Great delivery. Unboxing. You get 1 x unit plus a USB cable and a 22page instruction manual. No Micro SD card. First turn on. Battery had 98% life in it. Turned on in just a moment. First impression of screen. Bright. Clear and colourful. Text is crisp and sharp. Just changed the first setting – which was to set it to “English.” While doing this I was loading a new Kingston Go Plus 256GB micro SD card with my music collection. Mainly MP3’s (@320kb) and FLACS (@44.1/16). (I’m not into “hi-Res” as there is no way my ears could discern any difference between that and a FLAC track). 12,500 files and 150 GB of music. I didn’t need to format the card. (amazon boxed the F28 and SD card together – well done!) First issue. I followed menu down the branches. But didn’t seem to be able to get back to the original home screen. Fixed by swiping the screen. Nice! So this isn’t just a tap screen you can swipe left/right and up/down as well. SD card still loading. So fiddled with some settings. Touch screen very responsive. Nice!. System Setting the usual basics: Lock screen, font size, time / date, brightness etc. Play settings has the equaliser (on/Off), Play modes, some DSP settngs, gapless playback, crossfade etc. I’m going to leave these at factory settings – except the equaliser that I’ll set to “Rock” (later on I will do a custom equaliser) Theres a blue tooth setting. (Will try this later. ), an electronic text setting (don’t know yet what this is), a Playlist, my Music folder and update data base settings. I’ll leave these until I load my SD card. Certainly seems to be enough setting to keep you happy! So now I’ve been playing with it for a while. Build quality looks and feels good. I like the large screen. Push buttons (on/off and forward /back/pause) are all nice and firm. The bronze volume spinner wheel rotates freely and easily. Seems solid enough – but click may be a bit on the light side. Fits nicely in the hand. No sharp edges. I don’t know what teh screen is made of – will update later on how scratch proof it is. The shiny brass volume knob and inputs are nice touches. Gives it a bit more “pop”. Ear phone plug connection nice and solid. No negatives on this front. So, now it has taken 45 minutes to load the 150GB of music onto the SD card. Insert it intothe F28, scan data base and this takes 4 minutes to load into the database. Fast!! And now for the big test. Listening to some music. I’ll only give a very brief over view here. So I recently bough Pink Floyd Animals 2018 remix on blu ray. Its very different from the original and I’ve listened to this a few times now so reasonably familiar with it. Listening through a pair of Schure SE535 earbuds. Track one is a good test because Waters vocals are a lot more forward – more like you are listening to him at a small gig. Nice an clear. Tick. Next Pigs (Three Different ones) Maosns rums coming through nice and strong. And Gilmours guitar crips and clean. Tick. And Finally Sheep. I’m not expecting to hear much of the birds in the intro – and this is what I get. Great! Nothing about this first listen disappoints. Listening volume was at 49% which is reasonably loud. No distortion. At 70% still no distortion – and at this volume I wouldn’t expect my hearing to last long. 80% is no longer comfortable for me so no idea how it plays above this. All up first impression. Very good. Hard to fault anything at the moment. Gets a 4.5 star only because it is too early to test things like how easily screen scratches or switches last. Read more

En general el producto esta bastante bien, es muy intuitivo. La verdad es que la calidad de audio es muy buena, dibuja los sonidos muy bonito y al final es lo que uno paga. Por otra parte la conexión a Bluetooth también es bastante eficiente, se puede usar en el coche sin ningún problema. No tiene internet, por lo cual no se puede descargar aplicaciones como Tidal, o Deezer, así que la única manera de reproducir es a través de música descargada. Una vez que se escanean las canciones el reproductor acomoda por artista, album, canciones, lo cual es muy útil, esto no se ve en las especificaciones, pero esta bastante bien. La duración de la pila es buena, creo que si lo utilizas 1 hora al día te podría durar una semana la pila aproximadamente. Read more

Premium finish. The only gripe I have is its OS is slow but not a deal breaker. Read more

After a month of usage this is my review. I finally got my own review and dont get mislead by others' review- as those might be made during the lack of other options. I will start off with cons: - cluncky and slippery - no case, at least a silicon one available on market nor included - overpriced compared on what it can do - terrible OS - heats up - inconvenient in features such as wifi though it mentions, for its modern usage practicality this is my personal mistake - some formats wont play - terrible foldering/file browsing - shuffling of songs are also terrible - not smooth experience, it laggs Pros: - small difference sound quality but ok. - supports LDAC/aptx codecs. - good battery standby - looks premium sort off Will i recommend it?- NO. If you can sacrifice a few bucks and find a better option, i prefer go with sony or hiby.. This totally sucks update: go for hiby r4. I haven't bought it but it makes the better option. my surfans is now sitting in a cabinet, collecting dust. It's now filled with scratches on back Read more

May have some limitation in driving larger headphones , but works well with most of the IEMs , sound quality is excellent and battery life is ok Read more