Philips GoGear MP4 player SA2MUS32S/02 Muse 32GB - Silver

I chose this product after researching the options. I was looking for something that plays most formats, includes an FM radio and has a large capapcity. The obvious choice would have been to replace my iPod classic, but having had three rendered broken within a couple of years, I decided to give up on Apple.The GoGear looks good, and is light. What I really didnt like was the interface. I found it very hard to scroll through long lists of artists, albums etc - which made using it "on the go" virtually impossible for me. Also, the syncing with PC seemed to me to be very clunky and hit and miss. Several times my PC lost the connection, and the PC software I found even worse than iTunes.I'm now looking for yet another alternative...and think will try to find something from Creative.

I liked the look of the MP4 player from the Amazon website and had bought Philips products in the past with good results. I have a wide music genre so a 32GB player was essential as I like to carry my collection with me. I wasn't disappointed with the overall style and look of the Philips Muse the satin alloy finish gives the player good grip and the outside controls are easy to read and use. It took about an hour and a half to fully charge the Muse ready for music input, from the moment you switch the player on the on screen instructions allow you to set the date and time and the background design. Once connected to the computer you have no problem as the USB instantly recognises the device and sets the player up for you. I did have a problem however with 'Songbird' the Muse's own music/video capture software but I went online to Philips and downloaded the latest software from there. Drag and drop is the best way to load you device and it's quick too, I filled my Muse with 8450 songs in about 2 hours, that included finding the album artwork before downloading the songs. The best thing about the Muse as a player is the sound quality. The system is loaded with a 'Full Sound' system that creates a mini concert in your head. It is exceptional and the best I've heard on what is a mid range player. The fact you download programs from BBC iPlayer is an added bonus which make the Philips Muse a worth while buy.The screen is easy to use and does exactly what you expect it to do unlike other units which instead of changing the track will alter the volume. Overall the Philips Muse is a nice bit of kit.

It does everything I need: good sound, standard headphone socket (so connectable to anything via cable), stores 32gb of music which is enough for me, provides a good-enough index system (Artist, Album, Title; *or* folder structure) on a reasonable size screen, with good-enough info on tracks while playing. It is very easy to populate from a PC (it behaves just like a USB stick when connected, you can just copy whole directories onto it, and it doesn't take very long to update). And it was very cheap - I found it for 90 GBP, which is under half a comparable iPod. No problems with appearance (metal) and it has some nice extras: it will also store & show photos and videos (though, irritatingly, not .mpeg: I will have to find a program to convert)My doubts are that sometimes it doesn't do what it should:(a) I press to go up a level in the menu, the screen changes colour so it knows I pressed it, but nothing happens. Or I try to scroll by moving my finger down/up the list but the list doesn't move, or moves the wrong way. I thought that might be my initial unfamiliarity with touch screens, but it is still doing it sometimes, weeks/months later. Trying again does eventually work but sometimes it needs several tries and this is frustrating.(b) I think it has once or twice refused to work until I reboot it.(c) connecting it to a PC usually works, but about 1 time in 20 the PC doesn't recognise it until I reboot the device, which takes some time.So I like it, and I'm using it, but I always have a background fear "suppose it doesn't work at all next time" which means that when I need reliability, I feel I have to carry around a CD system as backup, which is negating the main benefit.

It's curious that the quality of sound is not considered anymore when it comes to mp3-mp4 player, the more they do (camera, games, applications...)the better they are regardless to the sound quality. I came across some comments about the horrible sound of ipods and as it happened to me to get one as a gift I could make easly a comparison with a sumsung I had already. When my ipod was robbed I decided to go for a philips basically because I could underestand from people comments that was the best for quality sound. Though is so difficult to find in shops plus the fact no one, expecially in the big shops, is able to give you a competent opinion! But now that I got my Muse 32GB I'm completely happy. The design is nice, the screen has a generous size. The sound is great! Details I never heard a quality very close to the original CD sound. No games.

I bought this product back in 2011. When my screen cracked I called customer service to find out how or where to fix it..they basically told me to throw it away as its not replaceable!Such a shame as product it self is good just having to throw almost £200 away cos of cracked screen is really stupid!We all need to challenge companies to make their products fixable for sake of the planet!

Ottimo lettore soprattutto perchè è l'unico ad avere 32 giga di memoria oltretutto espandibile con sd ed attacco mini hdmi.Data la qualità del prodotto potevano fornirlo anche con auricolari con prestazioni migliori.In conclusione ottimo prodotto e complimenti ad amazon velocissimi e precisi in tutto!