Philips GoGear Muse 8 GB MP3 Player (Silver)

 (50 customer reviews)

The Philips GoGear is a nice AV player that doesn't hurt your pocket too much.
First of all, it has a great sound quality. The Philips FullSound technology enriches the sound and the earphones that come with the player are great (I have AKG K330 earphones which are great, and I now use the Philips earphones).
Video quality is good - screen view is crispy. the only bad thing is that you can hardly see it in direct sun light. The player has HDMI exit which I haven't tried yet.
Lets talk about the player's interface: I bought this player after having Microsoft Zune 120 for a year (it dies after a year of moderate use... Microsoft). The Zune had a great intuitive interface. I can't say this about the GoGear. In Philips' player you can't choose songs by their genre and you can't add songs to "now playing" playlist.
One more thing is that if you set the volume limit, you can't cancel it while listening to the radio. You have to go back to "Music" and cancel it.
The...Read more

Having managed to lose my MP3 player (Creative), I was again in the market for one. I saw myself in the sad situation of having to change brands, since Creative no longer seems to be delivering the fantastic players they were once famous for. So it was back to the drawing board and loads of research. To my surprise I ended up choosing Philips because both the specs and user reviews indicated it was what I was looking for, and the price was right.

First reaction: what a beautiful, solid and hefty player the 16GB Muse is! There is nothing to criticize in its design, it's that sleek and eye-pleasing. I like it that it's not one of those plasticky products that feel cheap; I also like that it's not black, because it may make it more difficult for me to lose it... The big screen's quality is superb and the essential buttons (on / off, volume up / down, home) are on the Muse's sides. A microSD port, holding up to a 32GB card -- great expansion! --, and an HDMI plug are located...Read more

Pros:
Sleek silver(not plastic) design and good noise canceling earbuds.
Large, responsive touchscreen display
Great sound quality, Fullsound for music and Surround for movies. useful EQ presets
SD expansion card slot and HDMI output
Compatible with subscription services and supports many formats including loss less formats
Songbird software is OK. You can import your i-tunes library with ease...but you don't have to use Songbird.
Supports audio books including bookmarks, and has decent text reader and sound recorder.
Folder view

Cons:
Slightly heavy, very short usb cable
No Wifi
FM radio signal is hit or miss
Touchscreen menus are less intuitive than I would like. The most often used icons are very small
Playlists created in songbird sometimes don't sync properly to the device.

Philips Muse looks good and has high sound quality and a smart design that feels solid.
It lacks the features of...Read more