I'm looking to get a dedicated music player. My iPod classic got jacked a couple days ago (along with my earbuds so I'm up for suggestions on those too in the $70-100 range) and I'd like to replace it. Since they don't make classics anymore I'm looking at the Fiio X3 markiii. I like having physical buttons to operate through my pocket while I work so if I can I'd like to steer away from an iPod touch or similar.
INB4: "just use your phone like the rest of us faggot".
I like to disconnect from work and I don't have internet at home so I don't want to use data to stream.
A Cowon J3 is pretty good in my experience although the UI is old and proprietary which can throw you off - I don't think you can rockbox it either. Can be an older Plenue model if you want, or a Sansa Disk Clip if you want something smaller/cheaper. FiiO is good too, there's also Astell&Kern or Onkyo.
Levi Wood
I appreciate it. I've been out of the game for so long I just don't know the reputation that comes with any of these names so I figured I'd ask.
Thanks friendo.
Logan Price
FiiO, A&K, Cowon and even Sony are good to chose from. I think Onkyo is relatively new, but they've been in the sound business with stereo speakers for a while. Hope you enjoy whatever model you end up getting.
Unironically your phone. Use airplane mode, buy a cheap DAC dongle (Sabaj DA2) and you're done. Most DAPs are utter garbage and largely overpriced.
Connor Peterson
The only dedicated players I've heard that weren't complete shit were Onkyo DPX-1a and the A&K AK320.
Anthony Hill
>799$ >949$
Michael Cook
If you want to use it at home then use your computer. Get a decent home audio setup.
Grayson Wilson
I would if I had a computer...
I use it when I go to the gym or work in my workshop or around the house. I really like to leave my phone in the truck and go work on some project in the workshop and disconnect for a few hours.
Thing is I've been using a Gen 7 iPod for the last 7-8 years or so I'm sure I'm not used to the crem de la crem.
The new shanling m0 is looking pretty nice for around $100
Brayden Nelson
I have a Ruizu x02 that I sometimes use at work because it's so lightweight and I don't like to carry shit on my pockets while working.
Juan Taylor
Any cheap shit until your headphone/iem goes past $200.
Dominic Gomez
IPod classic? that's still as good as it gets Also, buy a computer for fucks sake. A decent lightweight one with good speakers. You don't need internet for a computer to be useful for file/media storage. How do you plan on putting music on a dedicated PMP without a computer? Buy a boombox and CDs on eBay/amazon
Tyler Cook
>laptop >good speakers Doesn't exist
Bentley Green
Not really a laptop but the current iPad pro has pretty godly speakers for a portable device.
Adam Moore
Huawei Matebook X and Pro.
Nathaniel Williams
>"just use your phone like the rest of us faggot". It's funny because most new phone these days doesn't even have headphone jack anymore.
Joshua Perry
Any budget daps that run android?
Isaac Collins
When I was doing spring cleaning, I found my old (2nd gen) ipod Touch. The thing still turned on, so that's good. Question is, is there a way to put music on an iPod touch without using iTunes? I know there's built-in methods through winamp for ipod classic/mini/nano/whatever, but it doesn't seem to detect my touch.
There's also some thing called WALTR but when you run it it's like some unskippable shitty infomercial about a guy trying to sell the license to you. I could probably crack it, but I'm not so willing after it's tried to shill itself to me that hard.
Lucas Gomez
Not the cheap ones Unfortunately cheap ones are basically a gamble in sound quality.
You really don't want that
Hudson Green
Look around a bit, it's old enough for some softwares to work.
Jacob Jenkins
My dad gifted me a portable dac/amp, and I've been using it w/ my day-to-day phone. It's a bit tedious for when I want to use my phone for other stuff. I don't know know what else can be otg'd other than android sources.
Michael Watson
Recent DAPs can, the ones that run linux. Apparently Sony ones can too. "Cheap" (they're not really cheap) Android DAPs run like bottom end android phones from 2011.
Alexander Martinez
Is all this hassle even worth it?
I mean, I'm sure that a high end DAC with headphones on par will sound better than my shit, but right now using my phone and some chink IEMs I'm quite happy, and I think I should spend some considerable amount of money to get a real improvement.
Robert Cox
I mean, a gift's a gift.
Noah Reed
Probably not Even if you spend considerable money, you may still not find a big improvement. You might like it less even.
Lucas Hernandez
i just bought an old sony walkman the other day.
Gabriel Lewis
clip zip w/rock box. dual booting with rockbox 3.13 (3.14 has voltage scaling for the clip zip that can cause crashes / freezes on some units) and the latest original firmware. i use rockbox when it's hooked into good speakers or headphones (crossfeed and dithering are great), and the original firmware for other situations (because it's better for battery life). really nice player.
Liam Bennett
Glad to know I had a good one then.
I own my own business so I do all my music transferring when I'm in town. Same with movies. I'll torrent one that looks good then play it through my PlayStation when I want to watch it.
Connor Hall
Sell all your dumb bad tech accessories like the PlayStation and get a computer
Julian Howard
what earphones?
Kayden Morales
ALL DEDICATED PLAYERS ARE DEAD TO ME
All my music is in the cloud. I stream all the podcasts I listen to. I never download any music or podcasts.
What's a good dedicated player with actual bluetooth?
Colton Barnes
Are you never without network access? About 50% of the time I listen to music I don't have reliable network connections.
John Lee
Did you read his post fuckwit?
Matthew Rivera
My go to is my rockboxed Xduuo X3 with two 128gb microSDs in. Latest build of rockbox made for it seems to be based on the Sansa Clip rockbox instead of the generic Rockbox firmware it used to have, so it has great battery life now. (Reports 11 hours remaining on a full charge) It also charges in rockbox now so you dont have to reboot it into the official firmware to make sure it charges properly (though why you'd ever want to use the ofw is beyond me). And database is no longer fucked on it.
Isaiah Wood
zune HD, it has an option button where you would find the volume rocker on a phone, but it makes the screen a controller that you don't even have to look at to use: vol up, down, forward, back, ff, rev, and pause are all right there. Also the DAC is very nice, there's a reason 32GB zune HDs still go for $100 all these years later
That doesn't make any sense, they use complete different platforms. Rockbox codebase is shared except the hw specific parts.
Jack Lopez
I have those but what's up with those tips? Some sort of aftermarket? Do they isolate more? I tend to like Ety tri-flange but am open to something better.
David Russell
>Deadzone >can't listen to music even though you have an audio player and headphones Good going
