San Disk Sansa - Current Models - Sansa Clip+

Sansa Clip+

On August 31, 2009, SanDisk released a redesign of the Sansa Clip called the Sansa Clip+, cosmetically similar to the Clip and maintaining its basic design, audio hardware, compatibility, and 4-line OLED screen, but with a few significant differences. There are 2 GB (black), 4 GB (black, red, blue, white or indigo) and 8 GB (black) models. The case has been redesigned to look more square (including the navigation pad, which is also no longer backlit) and is constructed of higher-quality plastic, the clip is no longer removable, and the player now supports folder browsing and ReplayGain support. Transition times between tracks was reduced, but Sandisk officially declined to support gapless playback. A microSD card slot has been added, allowing the memory of the device to be expanded up to an additional 32 GB. The Clip+ also has added features when playing slotMusic and slotRadio. To make room for the microSD slot there have been some changes from the old Clip, including moving the volume switch to the left side of the device and changing the power/hold switch to a simple power button. Hold mode is now activated by holding the "Home" button on the device. Like previous Clip and Fuze products, the Clip+ retained a directly coupled headphone amplifier, allowing for highly accurate reproduction of bass frequencies and very low distortion on difficult to drive headphones.

The Sansa Clip+ proved popular with audio enthusiasts and programmers because of its very low cost, excellent DAC, and relatively mature rockbox port, which substantially improved battery life and added features such as parametric EQ, completely gapless playback and AAC audio playback.

The Clip+ replaced the discontinued Sansa Clip, with which is shared nearly identical hardware aside from the SD slot.

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