Samsung YP-P3 (8GB)
Just Tested
Preamps
McIntosh D100
This entry-level McIntosh is a solid and entertaining performer that offers plenty of functionality
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Phono amps
Cambridge Audio 651P
Fine sense of timing and plenty of excitement makes this a fine buy
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Blu-ray players
Samsung BD-F6500
As a low-cost option, the Samsung isn’t a bad shout – not the best in class but still competitive
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In this month's mag
August 2013
GROUP TEST: Floorstanding speakers from £440-£500
GROUP TEST: TV Titans – 55in tellies from £2300-£2500
ULTIMATE GUIDE: DACs from £180-£4995
© 2013 Haymarket Publishing
Comments
The P3 plays FLAC files and sounds very good... BUT it does NOT support FLAC tags so you will not be able to select your tunes by Album, Artist, Genre, Track Title or even Track Number and you will see no album art. All you will get is a very long list of file names. Absolute pants!
Further, the included Emodio software will silently install a windows component called 'contentSAFER for Winmax'. This piece of malware does not play nice with iTunes and completely trashed my Squeezebox Server installation. What's worse, it cannot be uninstalled in the usual way. You have to find and delete its files and then find and delete its registry entries (not for the fainthearted). Apparently this malware is also installed with Samsung phones. Thanks Samsung. You are now on my blacklist.
I am returning my P3.