Just got off a chat with SanDisk. I was trying to figure out if the Sport supports gapless playback. The chat was hugely confusing, and I feel like the agent didn’t actually understand what I was trying to figure out. I was told at one point that the Sport supports gapless, however, the agent was clearly confused as to what that was. Can anyone definitively answer this question for me?
I loved the Clip+, and had no issues with gapless on that device. Live and studio albums would play tracks with no gaps like they were meant to. I was listening to a live album on the Sport this weekend, and I was disturbed by gaps. Reminded me of my old iPod from ten years ago…
I think bringing out the Sport model was the smartest thing SanDisk could do to spur/increase sales of the their Clip+ and Zip models.
Sadly in my town (Zurich, Switzerland) the Clip Zip isn’t available in shops anymore («sold out»); the Clip+ still is, but how long… These days most stores only carry the Sport – as only SanDisk player.