While all the buttons click well and the music plays as it should, it’s as if Sansa just took all the components of an MP3 player and crammed them into one dwarf-sized device. Please note that I did not use the default headphones, as these are a crime to humanity. It shocked me, it rocked me to my very core that a featherlight MP3 player can resonate sound as professionally as my overpriced MacPro. The jack holds up to many an insertion, and merriment quickly followed. I plugged the jack in and out in a rambunctious manner, as to replicate the fevered hands of the tween who may purchase such a device. Here’s the results: the sound was crystal clear on each device. After oiling up each port with a light spritz of extra-virgin computer spray (you know, for better sound), I loaded up my favourite tin-foil wrapping sounds and played them on my MacPro, an iPhone 5 and the Clip Zip. The Clip Zip even manages to outperform the sound reproduction of my exorbitantly priced MacPro. And it’s the Clip Zip’s duty to translate these digital files into crystal clear audio that resonates with my blackened soul. I have very unique listening requirements, such as the sound of tinfoil slowly being folded over a raw potato. Usually I would harness the power of unprocessed nuclear rods to fuel my 60kg back-mounted record player, but at 17g, which is the weight of a heavy grape, who’s complaining? You’ll barely notice the tiny bugger mounted on your person.
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The battery life of the Clip Zip is one of its highlights and I managed a full two days of music on a single charge. Roughly the size and weight of a box of matches, the Clip Zip is a dandy replacement for your portable, steam-powered gramophone.