Review: Samsung YP-S2, 10 Years Became a Pebble.

10 years became a pebble.

It has been ten years, since MP3 players were born. I felt a wonder when I looked at a thing as big as a cassette player, and I feel like it was yesterday. But, now there are so many players such as 3 inch touch screen, or really small one.

Today I’m going to introduce the YP-S2 by Samsung, and it is so small that I can hide it with my palm.

　

This having a circular shape is made from a shiny pebble and it has black, white, red, green, and purple 5 colors.

Like big rocks at a mountain became a small cute pebble at a river by the flow of water, the big one became the cute S2 with 10 years.
　

Close your eye, and fall into it

Nowadays, MP3 players are jack of all trades. All video, image, and e-book are possible. The LCD just for convenience before is now essential, because the convergence of functions raised its head. However, the more these convenient factors increased, the farther from the real purpose enjoying music, I think.

With looking at the screen, and touching here and there, our eyes are distributed. And the more eyes are distributed, the harder we concentrate on music. All senses of humans are connected, aren’t they?

The S2 makes people focus on music itself by taking out the LCD.
　

Twinkle and Combo

Is a display necessary for MP3 players? There’s no answer. No, both are right.
Of course, there’s an inconvenience by the absence of a display. But, the S2 without a display is convenient to use. Isn’t it weird?

The S2 solved the problem of an inconvenience by a novel idea. Depending on the status, the color of the LED changes and by the time of pressing the buttons it works differently.
The LED changing by the playing mode makes people easily know what mode it uses.

Blue light is on in a normal mode, while in a random mode the light changes to green-blue-purple. And in a playing list mode, purple light is blinking. If users choose a wrong file, the current color of light are blinking by 1.5 sec with ‘beep’ sound.

With this small LED, we know the status of the S2 easily.
　

Then, what is the combo?

The S2 has the 4-way buttons, play button, and smart button of 6 buttons. The 4-way buttons take charge of volume and searching, and the play button is in charge of play, purse and power. And the last smart button is for setting EQ and play mode.

Let me give you an example of the smart button. Pushing it shortly set EQ to Normal-Studio-Concert hall, and pressing it long changes the playing mode Normal-Random-Playing list mode. When it’s on pause, pressing it long turns LED on or off. This buttons does 3 things.
　

My own recipe

The S2 has a function to make a playing list. But, how is it possible without seeing anything?

The way to make a list is a piece of cake. While listening to music, if you like a song, all you need to do is to press “+” button to add, and to delete it, just press “-” button.

Max. 30 songs are saved to this list.
　

Really? DNSe 3D is possible?

Don’t disregard this product just because of the small size. It’s cute and small, but it has the DNSe Samsung’s pride.

The sound effect is somewhat limited, because it only has Normal, Studio, and Concert hall. It changes by the smart button.

The normal mode makes balanced sound, but a little weak. The studio mode sounds like feeling space, and the concert hall mode is suitable for live albums.
And the S2 supports MP3, WMA, and OGG.
　

Necklace type earphone

The S2 provide a necklace type earphone, and it used EP370 series unit regarded as a good one for the price. With a small ring, the earphone is connected to the body of the S2, and it seemed insecure. But unlike the way it looked, it is fixed firmly, so you don’t have to worry.

The sound quality with the bundle earphone is a little stressed to middle and high note rather than lower note, and the hitting feeling is quite good. The overall sound satisfactory is satisfactory, but the lower note is light, not hard and the lower-middle tone tends to be combined. However, thanks to abundant sound and high resolution, the sound is harmonious with the DNSe.
　

Deep in the Music~!
The S2 dedicated to the real purpose of MP3 enjoying music.
The S2 having Sensitive design from a pebble, 5 colors black, white, red, green, and purple is really good for design seekers. The S2 is suitable not only for women thinking much of fashion and stylish, but also students and workers valuing usefulness and convenience. Let’s enjoy the real purpose of MP3 player music with the S2.