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Stepping Away from Streaming with the Snowsky Echo Digital Audio Player (gardinerbryant.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

I have an Echo Mini, and I have come to really enjoy using it, both as a DAP and a usb DAC. I will say, the software isn't great. For example, whenever I add new files to the SD card, "favorites" are just wiped out, rendering the feature basically useless. Sorting is weirdly inconsistent. These are things that could be fixed with firmware updates,

I don't get why the firmware is closed source. Don't they have much more to gain by opening it and allowing enthusiasts to help improve it? What is the benefit of keeping the source secret?

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I both love and hate mine. The fundamental sound quality, size, weight and aesthetic is great. And I love an interface that means album artwork doesn’t matter.

    Being a universal USB C DAC is great.

    But the software quality control is horrendous. Every update introduces a new bug, you can’t update without wiping all your settings, and some albums won’t show the tracks in the right order no matter what I try.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Tracks are ordered by creation or modified timestamp iirc. There's a script you can use that will go through your file list and update the timestamps based on filename order so they match.

    (Thats the stupidest thing to sort on tho, idk why they did that)

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    Oh wow. So that’s what it’s doing. I could see it was ignoring most metadata that other software would use, but never thought of that.

    Great to have an answer, but a shame it’s such an incredibly stupid one!

    Edit: With the help of a python script made by Claude I’ve made things better.

    But even now that things are ordered correctly many albums ”start” at track 10 and finish with tracks 1-9, so I have to scroll back to go to track 1. Madness.

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