The SD Card sits completely flush with the unit when inserted and there’s no danger of accidentally losing the card during normal use. The player features a Micro SD card slot on the side which is spring loaded. (Note that the unit actually does come supplied with a screen protector and a protector for the entire back of the unit which I foolishly removed on opening).
I am tempted to apply some kind of screen protection at least to the unit. On a side note, it would have been really nice if AGPtEK has included a case with the unit as I can’t help thinking that it’s going to get scratched sooner or later. The player also features a Line Output socket next to the headphone socket so it can be used with a separate headphone amplifier - although in all fairness the amp in the unit appears to be first class and I suspect that most portable amps wouldn’t really offer that much improvement in the sound quality. I found that I didn’t need to use the lock function as none of the controls were accidentally activated when the unit was in my pocket. The power switch slides down for power on and up for lock. The screen is fairly clear but I personally found the font size a little too small for my tired old eyes - it would have been nice to be able to adjust this. The front of the unit features a multi-way selector and OK button for navigation and an additional three buttons offer Play/Pause, Menu and Back function. I have put the unit in my pocket and walked around and the volume control doesn’t appear to suffer from accidental changes.
The volume control can be used whilst the display is off - with one click representing one step in volume. This is one of the nicest features on the player and allows for some really fine control - ideal for when you require fine adjustment when you're using iem's. This looks remarkably similar to the Astell and Kern Model 100 with a knurled clicky action and offers 100 steps. One instantly noticeable feature is the neat analogue like volume control on the right hand edge of the unit. I also don’t want to scratch the unit up as I think it looks rather beautiful. With this in mind I don’t really want to use the unit when walking out and about - I would rather either use my phone and a pair of bluetooth headphones or one of the smaller MP3 players in my collection and a pair of earbuds. The H1 is made from an aluminium alloy and appears to weigh about the same as my Note 2 and Otterbox case combination. The first thing that strikes you about this player is its sheer weight and feeling of solidity - this is one nicely built device and compared very favourably with some of the more esoteric high end players that are now coming onto the market.
Linking Mart/Agptek kindly sent me their latest Lossless Media player for review.
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