HIFI WALKER H2, Hifi MP3 Player with Bluetooth, High Resolution Music Player DAC DSD, Hi Res Lossless DAP Player with Line out Function, 64GB Memory Card, Support up to 256GB

Product Information

Under the hood, we have an ESS ES9218PC DAC chip, along with DSD decoding up to DSD256, FLAC, ALAC, APE, WAV, MP3, AIFF and more. New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging .

The difference is not huge, and you wouldn't know it without doing some volume matching using an SPL meter, but if you're still deciding between the two, H2 has better overall sonic quality, following a very similar signature to F20. So it was time to double down and remove the processor board completely from the case and check the display connections. Overall the DAP is a tank, and on the right corner you can see a metal cutout so that you could use a hand strap with it.

When opened, you find the warranty info, Instructions, a gb sandisk micro sd, and their very own iem's (which we'll get into later).

Despite the device looking a bit spartan, it has a high quality Zinc Alloy Shell with CNC processing and molding, along with a rather large 1500mAh Li-Ion battery, that can hold for about 7 hours of battery life if enjoying flac files, and at a medium-high volume, which I consider to be a fair amount. The display is bright and colorful, clean and clear, but a bit small if you’re used to large display DAPs like DX300, or larger display smartphones.You could say that M3X sounds more organic and natural, but the driving power is similar between the two, and while M3X has a bit more detail, H2 has similar dynamics, and a similar sized soundstage. It sports 100 volume steps, so there's enough granularity to the volume control, plus once you press on the volume button once, you can keep it pressed for quick large volume adjustments, or use the navigation wheel to control the volume. I will tell you this: it works ok but is hard to navigate, which will definitely be an issue in the car. I’m enjoying my Hifi Walker H2 (the model with the physical buttons), and I recently compared it to my FiiO x1 (1st Gen). On my unit, if I'm being completely pedantic, I notice that the actual screen is installed perhaps a fraction of a percent or 1% slightly rotated with respect to the housing, as I noticed that the horizontal lines of the display fractionally converge with the screen frame rather than remaining as two perfectly parallel lines.

The display is bright and colorful, clean and clear, but a bit small if you're used to large display DAPs like DX300, or larger display smartphones. Especially music with electronic and organic instruments, like the French electronica band ‘Air’, have a great separation between the sounds. When you're going for a budget DAP like H2, you're not expecting much, but this one has over delivered in every way possible, with an excellent GUI, good reliability, and a sound that's going to place it in the Hall Of Fame. This is a DAC we've seen a lot in the past, and it is a DAC chip that I loved in previous DAPs and equipment. In several hours use whilst walking around I've also had zero cutouts, audio glitches or defects, so it fulfils the portable-use scenario perfectly for me.I haven't tested the line out or Bluetooth functionality/performance, as I doubt I'll ever use either of these since I anticipate using this 99. HIFI Walker H2 copies many elements from previously released DAPs, including the navigation wheel, the smaller display, and the solid build quality, but they end up creating a better product than most competitors were able to, so there's no reason to shy away from the H2. The display itself is decent, good resolution and crispness, and is visible/acceptably usable even in bright summer sunlight.