Verdict

This is neither the prettiest nor the ugliest player on the market so you get the feeling Acer wanted to concentrate on the job in hand rather than worry about all the sheen that goes with a high end product. Sound is okay, once you get a good set of headphones and unfortunately once again price has reared its ugly head rendering the shipped headphones very low quality.

Ultimately this is a shame as the average user will end up blaming the player - something which we found uncalled for. A nice try, but with other players beating on price, performance and features it seems the idea just hasn’t worked. If the price point attracts, then check the reviews section for the Audio Technica iCool ATC-H5s, which would rescue playback sound quality quite nicely. If you still want in-ear headphones then there’s Sennheiser MX-500s for £20

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