/pmp/ Portable Media Players

>>61233713
• Anon compiles list of x02-like players >>61232790 >>61232921

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>>61234251
Had tried these two:
>https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Xduoo-X2-Music-Player-Flac-Player/32276034517.html
>https://www.aliexpress.com/item/FiiO-M3-Music-player/32584812322.html
Being spoiled by Clip+ for 8 years, the UI and shuffle playback of those two feels horrible compared to it.

I need something to everyday life. Good battery life, good design, can read all my flac and sacd

I was in need of a player and already ordered Fiio x3 before I found this thread. Waiting it to be shipped now. Did I fuck up or is it decent one?

Is the Sansa Clip Plus worth the 50-60 bucks price tag considering the newer stuff you can get for that price?

>>61235500
I have a used fiio x1 and I absolutely love it

bamp

>>61235539
yes, since the new players don't differ feature wise from the clip+ and you get rockbox support with the clip+

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>>61234428
Post photos of technology

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>>61235539
I think it might be a cheaper option to look for the other players that support rockbox because it will be easier to find a cheap old one. or get a chink player. the clip+ is good, but I don't think any of the other supported players (unless they're ancient, are any worse).

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my last living zune. bought it at launch, and still running well.

>>61237731
16gb? I can't find mine.

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Worship me poorfags

>>61237731
do you have to use the zune software?

>>61238210
>>61238306
yes to both.
16gb feels very small now.
and i unironically liked zune software back then. now it's a mess if you want to do anything like updating. gotta setup a local server and trick the software into thinking it is microsoft, since they dropped the entire thing.
try to limit when i have to use the software now.

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>>61238268
Get on my level kiddo

>>61238405
The software works perfectly fine, I recently did a fresh install of w7 and it still works

>>61238876
well might be my win10 install. had a ton more slowdowns and times i had to end the process

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So few GB , but so comfy

>>61235500
>>61235561
it's great but:
>after a while the scroll wheel starts acting weird and is hard to select an album
>when it gets hot and you turn it on it does not recognize the sd card so you need to take it out and put it back in

apart from that it's a pretty nice device

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq6e6fPP2ho

>"new" rockbox release
Yay, now my 4th gen ipod might get a full day of use on the 750 mAh ifixit shitter i put in it 2 years ago.
Also, what is the cheapest per gb storage option for these? i want to get rid of the 20gb HDD.

>>61241162
The battery increase is only on the Clip line.
Cheapest option would be SD + SD-CF adapter + CF-ZIF adapter.
May or may not work.

I still have one of the original iPod Classics. Pics upon request.

>>61241321
Shit. Guess I'm going to get a 1200 mAh off ebay next week.
I'll have to do some research on those. It seems that the 4th gen greyscale is pretty forgotten in the modding scene though.

>>61239600
>W10

Well there's your problem

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Best DAP under 100 bucks?

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Serious question (pls not hate):

Why not use only phone?

>>61242118
b/c 2big, eats battery, no physical cuntrolls

Modded ipod classic bro, are you here? How many songs does yours hold? I'll finally mod mine on Friday.

Any other modded ipod classic owners?

>>61242109
used fiio x1

>>61242118
Physical controls is a big one. Another is people just enjoying having a dedicated physical device for it. Some consider it nostalgic, others think it's comfy, that kind of thing.

>>61190058
I like mine but after a few months of usage the god damn Micro USB no longer fucking works, can only charge out of it now

Really pissed.

>FiiO X1 2nd gen
vs
>FiiO X3 2nd gen
Is there any point in getting the X3 if you don't need USB DAC? I doubt there is an audible difference between the two in terms of their integrated DAC and AMPs, but I might as well ask.

Also, does anyone else think the X3 still looks better than the new X1? The X3 is just a brick with some controls on it. It's fantastic.

I'm just worried about price/performance compared between the two. The X3 is almost double the cost and I really wonder if it's worth it.

>>61242754
the x3 might have more power output, and there's the dedicated line out if you're using an external amp with it
>does anyone else think the X3 still looks better than the new X1?
Yeah, I agree. I absolutely LOVE how the 2nd gen x5 looks, I want to find a used one for like $150 and have that be my endgame
>The X3 is almost double the cost and I really wonder if it's worth it.
I doubt it, the best thing to do would be get a used fiio x1 for like $50 if you're money conscious, most of the 2nd gen x1, but for half the cost

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The amp circuitry of a Shanling M2

>KZ ZS3
>Sony A15, Clear Bass +1

Fuck, it's like having subs in your ears.

I've got a Jelly smartphone arriving in the next few weeks, cost me $75 to back on Kickstarter. With its tiny size, micro SD slot and the fact that it runs full Android I think it'll make a amazing PMP, whether I end up using it as a phone or not

>>61244747
>Jelly smartphone
what

>>61245186

Supposedly the smallest 4G smartphone ever made. Should be arriving late this month or in August. Will give /spg/ a review when it does

>>61245197
I got an old 2.8" phone too actually.
But laggy Android 2.2 on low specs and shitty audio isn't my thing, so I can't really use it for anything.
Also no physical controls, though its inline control doesn't lag like my newer phones funnily.

>>61245253

The Jelly's on 7.0 and has 2gig RAM. The processor isn't specified though so I'm not sure what to expect from that

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Give me 1(one) reason why you havent bought the ruizu A50 HD on massdrop https://www.massdrop.com/buy/ruizu-a50-dap

I have an old V1 Sansa E200 series MP3 player that needs a new battery (which on a quick check of Amazon seems to be a minefield of batteries with no reviews or with 25% having 1 star for not functioning) and cable, the hardware doesn't support more than a 2 GB micro SD (though Rockbox does if you use a separate device to transfer the music), and it needs to be taken apart for cleaning every ~2 years now due to the scroll wheel. Would I be better off just replacing it at this point?

>>61245519
>buying anything from masscuck

>>61242118
No cameras allowed where I work, so can't use phone

>>61245519
Because the Shanling M1 is superior.
Hell the thing is obviously a M1 clone. The chinks are copying other chinks now.

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>>61240569
>2017
>not playing it loud and proud

Why hasn't someone crowdfunded a badass open source PMP project? The components have to be cheap as fuck now and you could probably even build it to run Rockbox natively without too much issue. Both the hardware and software are no issue, so all one would really have to provide is a compelling design…

>>61233713
What MP3 players are people even going with now days that the Clip has been discontinued? Is it just Chinese shit and used Clips/iPods?

Amazing deal on the XDuoo X3 DAP, you can get it at half price for $50.99 with the coupon HXFXDU60. As a reminder there is a Rockbox port available for it.

https://www.tomtop.com/other-multi-media-video-player-1319/p-v1584b.html

>>61245900
This post looks like an advertisement.

>>61245678
Not enough interest

>>61245900
删除这个!

>>61242118
Wrong board, frogposter, take your ebin maymays and gb2/b.

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Nano 3rd gen reporting in.

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>>61237731
>we will never get the zune phone the size and shape of the zune HD.

Why do all phones these days have to be fuckhuge tablets? Does anybody even like those?

Retard here, I have a bunch of music on iTunes. If I were to buy a Fiio player, how would I go about loading my music onto it? I looked at Fiio's website and it looks like the player I want supports AAC.

>>61246851
Every player nowadays supports AAC

>>61242118
Don't have a smartphone

>>61242388
No, I kinda wanted to but it seemed too much of a hassle and expensive (would need 2x 180gb sd card to hold my music) so I just got a clip sport instead. I kinda regret.
Will there ever be a new player coming out that might support rockbox?

>>61245519
>touch screen
what even is the point then?

>>61246931
>Will there ever be a new player coming out that might support rockbox
Literally 10 posts above

>>61245900
I would get it if only it had a longer battery life. 8 hours is not enough.
By the way does anyone know if rockbox will automatically merge the file listings if you use 2 sd cards? I mean the simple file browser, not the database thingy.

>>61246991
Ah yes I actually knew about that one.

Hi /g/, since my Android phone's preamp sucks, would using a Fiio X3 as a DAC for it improve sound quality and volume? I would also use the X3 as a standalone PMP, but it would be great if I could use it to listen to stuff from Spotify and Youtube decently, expecially now that I'm not going to be around home for a couple months.

>>61246931
Would it be better to go for the iPod these days over the Clip, considering the iPod seems to have the best spare parts availability?

>>61246991
You mean the ad for the PMP that isn't actually listed on the Rockbox website?

>>61247059
Also, advices on how would I actually use it as a phone DAC would be nice.

>>61247074
>Would it be better to go for the iPod these days over the Clip, considering the iPod seems to have the best spare parts availability?
No idea. Repairing ipods should be no problem for the average /g/entooman, no idea about the sansa clips but I think they're repairable too.
>>61247074
>You mean the ad for the PMP that isn't actually listed on the Rockbox website?
There's a 3rd party port
http://xvtx.ru/rockbox/
I wonder why it's not just integrated with the main rockbox branch.

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Pic related
>be me in car with family
>parents getting gas
>plug in and turn on
>put playlist on random
>brother says "hey why does anon get one and not me?"
>he has super new phone at the time
>tune out and fall asleep
I miss those days.

>>61247152
>3rd party port from some random Russian site
I think I'll pass until it gets mainlined.

>>61247247
If it works it works, there's a huge thread on it over at head-fi.

>>61247281
Sure, but you still need to go through the source to check for malware, unless they don't provide the source like pajeet Android ROMs.

>>61246931
You're the wrong ipod classic bro. There was another who already made the mod. He chose the sata mod.
You could have gone for 3 x 128gb micro sd.
I chose 2 x 128gb + 2 x 200gb but I forgot there's a song limit, so I probably messed up by not getting just 4 x 128.

>>61245638
?
where the fuck do you work?

>>61248477
Anywhere manufacturing/healthcare/government/boss paranoid about dem spies

>>61248399
>song limit
what?
Afaict if you just use the normal folder browser (not some database shit) you can have unlimited songs, no?

>>61248875
The iflash site says users report a storage limit of ~50000 tracks.

>>61248927
Hm that sucks, I don't have 50k mp3s yet though.
Maybe I should do it after all, I was planning to return the clip sport anyway since the headphone jack crackles a bit.

>>61233713
Anyone got a good theme for the xduoo x3?

>>61245724
Walkman E-series. The thing feels like 50 cents in the hand but it sounds surprisingly good for a budget model, even with the included headphones.

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I did a thing.

>>61248980
I have 4 x ipod classic with 22k each + another with aboout 33%, and I've been dreaming of having all my music in one pmp for years.
Now I sold two and hopefully I can merge three if enough songs were in all three of them.
If you have the same dream go for it.

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>>61249781
In fact, i did 2 things.

>>61245900
From a review:
>Slow and Clunky Performance - The player takes around 12 seconds to start up. When browsing files for the first time, there is a delay while the player loads the contents of each folder. The delay varies depending on how many songs are in each folder. I sort my music by genres such as Jazz, Rock, Metal, etc. My largest folder is Metal which takes a good three seconds before opening. This may not seem too bad, but consider that this delay will occur every time you turn the player on.
>Intro Cut Offs and No Gapless Playback - This is the most severe flaw in my opinion. Every single song has the first second cut off. This is the same as skipping the first second of each song. Gapless playback is also absent which means an additional half second delay between songs. A lot of the albums I listen to have songs that transition seamlessly into the next. This immersion is completely destroyed because of the delay and initial cut off.
https://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/4c2u3a/the_xduoo_x3_dap_now_has_a_fully_functional/
How the fuck is this acceptable in 2017? My old ass Sansa E200 had gapless playback.

>>61250071
Rockbox fixes most of the problems

>>61249781
>>61249792
That's great! Will use as a OP pic for a next thread.

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pulled the trigger on this one

So I ended up with a Walkman E394.
It's clearly a budget model and feels like a plasticy piece of shit in the hand, but the DAC is remarkably good for how it feels. Barren feature set, but as a simple little hunk of plastic to play music it does the job. Not sure I could ever recommend the thing, certainly not at the RRP it demands here in Australia, but it does the job.

>>61245641
half the price and the only obvious thing it's missing is bluetooth far as I can tell.

>>61246966
it's not, you control it with the dial and it has physical buttons on the side

>>61249714
I've got an A series one and it's pretty nice. I looked at the E series and the low memory and lack of support of microsd and FLAC turned me off. Looks like its got great battery life compared to everything else

>>61254251
Because of the local market being basically dead I didn't really have any nicer choices. It feels a bit cheap for anything with the Sony name on it or a Walkman logo on the back but in terms of audio quality there's really not much to complain about. Good simple little player but it's overpriced. And yeah, a supposed 30 straight hours of playback is pretty damn nice.

I'm looking for a portable music player <250$ with nice controls (buttons, knobs, wheel), expandable storage and a decent design and ui.
Should I buy and fix an iPod video or should I just get an fiio x1 (1st or 2nd gen)? Is there anything else?

>>61255641
Not sure what prices are like in the US but I think there's a semi-premium Walkman that fits that bill. Not sure about the expandable storage, though.

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Could I use my old phone as a regular PMP?

I have Xperia Z3 Compact just lying around that I usually just use for hotspot on the go, and it also apparently supports active noise cancellation headsets

I really don't mind bulkiness because I always found the regular ipod touchs to be too tiny and thin

>>61255641
That rules out all chink shit.
Only nip and gook DAPs remains.

>>61255963
I use my old fire phone in airplane mode with Pulse player as a PMP. Gets the job done.

>>61233713
>no list on shit to buy

>>61256987
Chinkshit: FiiO, Shanling, xDuoo, Benjie, some other obscure ones
Gookshit: Cowon, Aune, iBasso, iRiver/A&K
Nipshit: Walkman
Burgershit: iPod Classic, Sansas

Can iPods play lossless audio files like FLAC?
I like the aesthetic of the Classic, but not the price of one in a good condition, what are the best alternatives? Is the 3rd Gen Nano good? Is the HDD easily replaceable?

>>61250980
tempting..
Any idea what the battery life is with rockbox on that one? Seems like it should be an improvement but I can't find anything.

>>61257626
They can play ALAC

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are there any smart watches that can play music to Bluetooth without a cellphone connected?

>>61258306
You probably can if you sideload an app for bluetooth casting onto an Android Wear device. If it has bluetooth capabilities, any device should be able to do it.

Asteroid OS is also in development and could have a feature like this created and ported.

>>61258273
here is a link to where I bought it from, also apply this coupon if it's still active HXFXDU60
https://www.tomtop.com/other-multi-media-video-player-1319/p-v1584b.html

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Isn't this little thingy a beauty?

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Thoughts? The style kind of reminds me of some Sony Minidisc players

>>61258459
>>61258548
X02 but fancier

Pick a meme machine for me, /pmp/
>iPod Mini 2g (3Gb) £35
>iPod Nano 3g (4Gb) £46
>iPod Nano 5g (8Gb) £48
>iPod Classic 4g (20Gb) £48
>iPod Classic 5g (30Gb) £56

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>Lelnopo

>>61258548
I think it looks like chinkshit.

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Goddamn this fucking thing is impossible to open.
What the fuck.

>>61259097
You can do it anon!

>>61258306
DZ09 and anything with the same kind of chip. Even clones work for your purposes

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>>61256987
here is some good cheap chink shit
>>61232790

since these threads are fairly new, we need to collect a lot more info to build a semi-consensus about players which we can then put in a wiki or image or something. currently we also don't a have a bunch of hands-on knowledge, so we'll have to work with posted info and hearsay which might or might not be right, particularly with chink shit, you can't trust descriptions completely.

personally I see PMPs (mainly DAPs and excluding phones for now) can be placed into 3 categories which can be useful for us to use:

>old players (any price)
generally 3+ years old, from ancient shit to things that recently went out of fashion. this will probably be centered around rocbox but can also include old players people still like for whatever reason that are dependent on their own software, like zune. the only prerequisite to recommendation should be good value and decent enough functionality. I don't think it's worth recommending 128mb players or anything, though linking info can't hurt for people who just happen to have them. at some point mod info for things like batteries would be good as well.

>recent cheap players ($10-70)
this will mostly be chink shit, since they seem to be the only ones making tiny cheap DAPs anymore. since there are so many, this should be focused on finding the good ones in the sea of crap, and definitively stating the features and things like build. to many it's worth paying more for what's basically an x02 with a nicer case and extra buttons or slightly nicer UI.

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>>61261186
continued:

>expensive modern players ($80-1k+)
I've noticed at this point, most players start to put features, size, and battery life on the back end of priority and start focusing on better DACs and AMPs, as well as audiophile meme format support (not filetypes since most cheap players support them all too) like DSD, 24-bit 192khz, balanced out, line/digital out etc. at what point a player reaches the point of being pointless in terms of what's audibly enjoyable is up to each person.

>phone accessories (maybe)
for those who want to stick with phones, ways to make them sound better and/or clean up the sound, add power, etc. this would include external amps, dacs, combos, both battery and phone powered. also software where applicable.

Personally I think wireless aka bluetooth should be ignored for now. people who want DAPs usually care enough about quality to not want the compression of bluetooth. though apt-x capable stuff might be ok. I just worry about discussion being dominated by phonefags who only case about beats and bose bluetooth shit and subscription services.

Finally, it should be made clear that many things are better suited to /hpg/ or /csg/, this thread shouldn't turn into headphone recs or chink IEM discussion only.

sorry for longposting

>>61258717
>fill me now

Probably stupid question but can you run rockbox on dictaphones like that one?

>>61254195
>you control it with the dial and it has physical buttons on the side
That's pretty neat then, I thought it was just a volume control.

>>61261216
Wow those headspeakers look pretty dope. I reckon the leak a lot of sound though?

XDUOO x3 for $50 worth it or nah?

>>61258694
Pick whatever supports the modifications you want to make to it. Iirc nanos can't have storage mods done. Expect to at least replace the battery.

How do you guys manage your downloads? I don't really buy music, I prefer to download. I download from youtube sometimes, but IDK how to edit the file to add artist/album etc. I quit using spotify premium after they had a security breach, leaked my CC info, locked me out of my account, and then refused to compensate me for the 2 weeks of annoying work doing to sort that situation out.

>>61261255
>fill me now
fiil me now

It's a high end PCM recorder apparently, though it's only $60.

>>61261186
>old players
I can make a list now, won't be too difficult since there aren't many anyway.
>iPod (Classic/Mini)
>Zune (HD)
>Walkman A/S/X/F
>Mid to high end Cowon/iRiver players
And some more obscure stuff like Creative and Samsung players

>recent cheap players
>>>/g/csg

>expensive players
Less crazy shit: Walkman A1x/2x/3x
Crazy shit: The rest

>>61261308
I listen exclusively to OSTs and Bandcamp stuff, so I had it easy I guess.

>>61261255
I think it basically replaces the scrolling wheel the old ipod used and some more expensive modern player use. you select things and go back/forwards in menus by either clicking the wheel or using a side button.

>>61261271
there are headphones (though not many) that can be placed into the "earspeakers" category, meaning they're for personal use on the head but make a point of not sealing like most headphones do. k1000 and floats are in this category as well. I've never used them but I've heard it's like listening to stax and speakers somehow combined, though iirc the sense of bass impact is usually sacrificed for more "lifelike" highs and mids.

What happened to the Ruizu X02 on Amazon? It's unavailable. I'm still using my 6G iPod Classic + 6G Nano but a small/cheap player with memory cards I can swap sounds sick.

>>61261379
>It's a high end PCM recorder apparently, though it's only $60.
Yea I have a similar device, Tascam DR-05. It's pretty good but would be a bit too bulky for using as an mp3 player.

>>61261389
Yea it seems the only reason tiny earphones can deliver bass at all is because they're very deep in your ear channel, so I can't imagine your pic related giving much bass.

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>>61261255
>>61261389
The wheel is actually not a very good way to control the player I think.
A touchpad, that allows gestures like a touchscreen would be nice. Or just a touchscreen. It makes scrolling through lists easier.

>earspeakers

>>61261411
Mod your classic.

>>61261457
it's the same problem earbuds have, when you don't have a tight seal you usually have to design the cups and tuning differently to deliver that bass. it's no easy task and even on open headphones which can have much bigger drivers it's a challenge, which is why many open headphones have a "bass light" character, it's the perception of the loss of bass pressure that comes with bassy closed headphones. when you get down to the size of buds it becomes near impossible to create the kind of bass an IEM does, because since an IEM seals with your ear canal it effectively becomes a single tube from driver to ear drum.

>>61261490
That webm is so fucking accurate.

>>61261299
I hear it has very short battery life. that said you won't get a dual-microsd player for cheaper.

it should be noted that xudoo just released what looks like a successor to that player which seems generally better in every way.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/2016-Newest-XDUOO-X10-Portable-High-Resolution-Lossless-DSD-Music-Player-DAP-Support-Optical-Output-MP3/32770919448.html

>>61261308
use a desktop player which supports tag editing, I think there is even software just for that, so you can do it in bulk. the quickest way would be by album or playlist.

>>61261490
I think most people looking for DAPs want to move away from a touchscreen, otherwise they would just use a phone. I think a touch screen can draw a lot from the battery as well compared to buttons. to compensate many cheap touch players I've seen have slow processors which means the touch experience is usually laggy. also touch screens have to be looked at. some portable players with good button placement can be controlled in the pocket when you get used to it. also that new ruizu is one of the only players I've seen that supports inline mic controls for phones.

>>61261674
I meant touch + buttons. Buttons are a given.
The screen will be off most of the time and the touch panel doesn't draw much power.
Fact is, navigating a long ass list with wheels sucks, especially if it's a touch wheel or some non-feedback control. Some fw (like Apple's) has some form of fast scrolling to help, but chink DAPs don't.

>>61261568
>I hear it has very short battery life
Someone on head-fi says:
"My longest recorded time of using RB with a full charge and external amp was 14 hours"
14 hours would be OK, I guess this is flac, I wonder if mp3 without external amp would be better or worse in comparison.
Someone else:
"At 10 hours and 45 minutes my X3 run in Rockbox mode finally shut down. It's now on the AC wall wart charger in xDuoo v1.1 mode.

So as far as battery life under Rockbox goes... it's as good as if not a tiny bit better than the stock firmware. Realistically too close to call though."

so.. not much improvement in battery life from using rockbox it seems.

>>61261568
X10 looks pretty dope
However "Playback Time >9 hours" doesn't give me much hope in the battery department.

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>>61259097
Those are a real pain in the ass to open, I suggest you use pick related, many of them actually so they can hold the opened clips

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>>61261073
> $10 on amazon
why?

>>61261490
sauce?

I fucked up an iPod 5g changing the screen (managed it but ripped off the battery connector) and was pretty triggered so just bit the bullet on a FiiO X1. Drives my senns lying in bed and my 215s walking around just fine.

>>61233713
what can you still do with a first gen ipod touch?

>>61263446
listen to music?
I have an 8gb ipod touch lying around but the headphone jack is broken.

>>61263548
16 gb on my and yeah i primarily using it to listen to music, but I thought there were some guides like the normal ipod too.

Thinking of getting a Ruizu x02 for everyday use, is it worth the money or should I save up?

Is there any way to mod the ipod nano 6G (OPs pic) to have bigger storage or even something similar to rockbox? Google tells me that nobody's ever even tried to mod it and there's no Rockbox support, but no other pmp can be used as a comfy watch/pmp hybrid.

>>61263584
What guides are you talking about?

>>61264570
Literally any smart watch (unless you need a jack)


And yes, you can directly connected bt headphones to such a watch. Only problem is no modding and battery life. Maybe a good compliment to a heavier music player?

>>61264631
I probably forgot to specify that I need the headphone jack as I don't want to shell out for bt headphones and also have to charge them, which is why I don't really want a smartwatch (one of the reasons, anyway).
The problem is really just size, there aren't any pmp's that can fit on a wristband quite like the nano can (at least that I've found).

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>>61264768
>using an MP3 player in a wristband with wired headphones

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>>61264799
>not tucking the headphones up your sleeve so that they can't get caught on anything
>not having to charge them

>>61264965
It still seems like the cable could get pulled if you're moving quickly, even if you were wearing long sleeves (ex. if it got around the outside of your elbow).

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>>61264992
I use pic related and have never had problems with the cable getting pulled, as long as you stretch once you've put them in it won't ever come out, the buttons also mean I can keep the player covered.

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I bought a fiio X1 because of these threads. I'm digging it.

I got an old ipod touch, the white one, that I'd like to use but iTunes and stuff kills me. Is there any way to rockbox it or something along those lines? Sorry if this is a stupid question,I'd just like to put it to some use.

>>61265125
Have you tried the bluetooth feature? I've heard it takes literal minutes for the bluetooth to start working.

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I have a job that requires me to be in extremely remote places for long durations of time. I want something that's both rugged and barebones and has incredible battery life, crisp playback also a plus. I think I'd be okay without a screen but I'm not entirely sure - is the Walnut V2 what I'm looking for? Anyone actually own it? Miss your screen or learn to live without it?

>>61266415
>Walnut V2 what I'm looking for?
Perhaps, might want to look at the zishan z2 as well for better sound quality (same dac as the A&K players)

>Miss your screen or learn to live without it?
It does take some getting used to, but once you do it's pretty simple to navigate through your music. Though if you wanna wait a few weeks, walnut v3 is coming out and it's gonna have a screen.

>>61265396
I haven't yet, but primary use will be hard wired anyway

>>61266598
Maybe I'll wait for the v3 then. Do you have a link to any articles/previews of what it'll look like? I can't find any information on it

>>61261834
yeah and at 2400mah this thing is more hungry than my phone.

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using my rocker to record the Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA soundtrack to cassette because autism

also I got this deck in a thrift shop for $7

>>61264548
depends on what you expect, if you just want a player that works well with a decent UI and great battery life get it or one like it. if you want something with a nicer screen, more power, support for "high-res" formats etc. get something in the $100+ range like an x1.

>>61240569

I had a 1st gen ipod nano, i foolishly turned it in for the battery recall... the touchscreen one they sent me was complete shit... Sold that shit on ebay, got a clip+ and no ragets...

>>61267488
nice

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who here /minidisc/?

>>61249792
totally OP pic for next time

>>61267980
Haven't rocked mine in a decade
Beautiful device and I hope to stumble upon minidiscs at some thrift store so I can make use of it

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>>61268130
I got a high end Kenwood deck and Sony portable along with some guy's home made MD collection straight out of 2002 for about $40 a few years ago, well worth it. Seen some decks in thrift stores lately but once the lenses go its pretty much over for them...

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>>61245519
Because I have a Sony Walkman NWZX2BLK.

>>61268168
Lucky bastard, all I have is my portable so its all blank discs which isn't worth the hassle of burning everything

PMP of infographic of older second hand and new players when!!!!!!!???

>>61268411
>infographic
Fuck that. Make a pastebin.

>>61268200
How is it? I was considering one but since I have an Xperia Z5 it was feeling a lot like 'my phone but doing a bit less'.

fuck you ellory

So what advantages (for sound quality, not battery or something) do sub $200 PMPs have compared to your average smartphone? Are they able to drive higher impedance stuff? I'm liking some of these, but i don't really know what actual advantages there are other than meme labels like High resolution.

>>61270216
They are small and have physical controls and people like them.
Some also have good amps or just powerful output. Clip Zip can drive a HD600.
Chink $200 players would blow phones the fuck out anyway, for that price you're already getting very good DACs and amp system.

>>61270242
Thanks. I guess I'd only be interested in the better dac, the other stuff isn't that important to me. The fiio x1 looks good, but i didn't really like the ui when i tried it in store, and apparently it doesn't like rockbox either.

I liked the nw a35 walkman, but it seems overpriced for apparently not being much better than the x1 in terms of sound.

Maybe I'll just stick to my phone...

>>61268729
Made one
https://spit.mixtape.moe/view/a998b58c

>>61233713
>Converting an iPod video 5G/5.5G to a rockboxed player with an msata SSD and a 3000 mAh battery http://nullvoid.station.moe/Freedom-Hardware/Video5G-Rockbox/

What the fuck.

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>>61233713
https://liliputing.com/2017/04/might-best-mp3-player-can-get-1-50.html

$1.50 mp3 player w/sdcard slot

>>61271190
Ali is full of this

>>61271177
the dream

Once more found some shit about the Xduoo X3 battery:
https://www.head-fi.org/f/threads/xduoo-x3-dsd-24bit-192khz-cs4398-chip-lossless-music-player.782912/page-217
They're saying older versions had a 1500mah battery, while newer have 2000mah. If so, I guess the stated battery life of ~8-10 hours is for the old version, and if you're lucky enough to get the newer one you should get some more playback time.

>>61238791
>pro Walkman with Dolby C and metal tape compatibility
legit jelly tbqh my senpai

>>61263275
Akiba's Trip The Animation

>>61267488
nice deck, shit tape, unfortunately nowadays it's literally impossible to find quality tapes, even shitty tapes are rare as fuck
I did the same for a while, definitively a quite fun
>>61271190
Unfortunately they're pure shit

>>61271839
As someone with a Shanling M2 (similar hardware, 2200mah battery): Don't count on it.
I've heard some X3 only run 6h.

>>61233713
Put this in the OP >>61270491

>>61233713
This general is just what I needed. I always plug my 12GB Nexus to the speakers at my office and lose control of him for the entire day + have to switch playlists every week because of the limited storage.

After a couple of hours of searching drawers and closets I found my old Ipod gen 5, but I can't find the charger cable. What's the best place to get them and new memory for cheap?

Where the info/thread on the Rockbox website about the Sony A10/A20 getting Rockbox support? I checked the forums but couldn't find any information.

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If I'm using an old phone as PMP, could I add physical buttons through these cheapo NFC buttons?
Could you even mount them on the side?

>>61272810
It's in progress. Not quite there but is somewhere.
Unlike FiiO/JZ4760 ports.
http://gerrit.rockbox.org/r/#/c/1597/

>>61272750
Get a dock connector to USB cable. Basically cable for anything Apple from iPhone 4 back.
>memory
Check OP.

>>61272955
Thanks for the help!
I read the guide in the OP and he bought a 100$ SSD there. Why would I need an SSD for a music player? I only need speed for the codecs, memory access shouldn't really matter, no?

Was surprised to find out that getting this one
https://www.iflash.xyz/store/iflash-cf/
or the 40$ x4 SD card variant will actually cost more for the same amount of memory. It would even be more if I get a 128GB CF or 128GB SD.

Am I doing wrong research here or SSDs actually cost less than older flash memory variants? In that case, a recommendation for a 128GB SSD that will fit an Ipod will be nice.

>>61273262
iFlash are overpriced. It's the only thing that does direct SD->ATA however.

If you want to go cheap, CF-ZIF adapter is $3, SD-CF $4-10, then add a SD of your choice.
No guarantee it'll work though.

>>61269761
I like it. It's one of the few media players than does 24bit flacs as opposed to only 16bit.

My only complaint that it's heavy as fuck. The damn thing weighs four times as much as my old video iPod with Rockbox on it.

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>>61273464
kek

>>61273464
That does sound pretty nice.
I just wish that we could get a modern high-end Walkman with physical controls and maybe a smaller form factor. I don't want my music player to be another phone and a half in my pocket, because my phone has a good enough DAC already. If the package is less physically convenient while only offering minor improvements, it's not much good to me.

>>61274082
ZX100.
Below that there is the A series.

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>>61274082
Yeah, the physical controls are really nice. I like how you can operate the ZX2 with the case closed just by touching the buttons on the side.

>>61273852
>it's heavy because it's made out of metal
I know it' sounds dumb, but I actually somewhat appreciate plastic pmp's after using the Sony's "let's make everyone out of metal instead of plastic" Walkman.

Is Bluedio good??

>>61274959
Got any tip on how to open that Classic?

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>>61275247
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aQn-HkvtvM
This one helped me somewhat. I messed up on my first time quite a bit, but once you understand you're supposed to get in between the two sides, it should be okay.
The mistake I made was that because one of the clips was stuck, I was trying to go behind that one metal segment you see on the inside of the empty shell.

>>61273334
Are there ZIF adapters that convert 2 sd cards into 1 zif thing?

>>61275352
There are dual SD-CF adapters.

>>61274959
>he seriously has Linkin Park's One More Light album, where they completely sold out, stopped resembling their old music in any way, and started just playing pop music
Please consider suicide.

>>61275581
>the linkin park album(s) before the recent album(s) were so much better

This decade old meme is stale.

Anyways, it's really not that bad of an album, fampai.

>>61275666
>implying Hybrid Theory and Meteora weren't good
>implying Linkin Park hasn't sold out completely
>implying modern pop isn't shit

>>61274959
I'm the anon that posted about having the current E-series Walkman a little while back. It feels cheap in the hand but it's nice to have something so light. And I forgot just how much I liked physical controls on things. Clicky buttons make everything better.

Even if it would cost about $500 in my currency, I'm seriously considering buying the Sony nw-a25.

But does the software have hapless playback? That's a big deal for me, also are there Chinese pmps with gapless?

>>61270491
very nice, anon

>>61275119
They make PMP's?

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I need a small bluetooth capable mp3 player with a color screen big enough to display album artwork.
I saw the benjie x1 and this other one called the auphil m9.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Bluetooth-HIFI-MP3-Player-8G-Touch-Key-Black-MP3-with-Pedo-Meter-Recorder-E-Book-Video/32757338231.html

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-MP3-Music-Player-1-8-Screen-8GB-Built-in-Speaker-Metal-Body-Lossless-Audio-APE/32805534199.html

Has anyone bought any of these and can comment on the bluetooth? The benjie website says the x1 has bluetooth but the chinks on aliexpress say it doesnt. please advise

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>>61238791
Hey, why not.

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New to this thread, grabbed this because it's cheaper than anywhere I've seen and I need a player that has good storage and physical buttons. Will this be better than my (now broken) SD card modded/rockboxed ipod or am I better off just getting another gen 5 and modding again since I already have the 256gb SD card

>>61278795
neat, had no idea this was a thing

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>>61233713
What do you use to listen to your music when you're on the go?

I've been using my faithful Zen Nano Plus for 10-11 years now, it still works but the screen is fucked, i can't add new music, and if i add a little preassure on it it dies because of loose parts so, i can't have it in my pocket. I feel it's time to retire it and upgrade.

Are MP3 players still a thing? Or is it MP4 now? I've been out of the loop for too long. Or does everyone just use their phones?

>>61280112
Depending on where you live getting a good MP3 player can be nearly impossible. It basically is in Australia, according to a few anons complaining in previous threads. Seems a touch more alive in the US but still not great.

>>61280138
Just buy off of American amazon?

>>61280145
I probably should've qualified that with 'locally'. It's a solid option but a pain in the ass that really doesn't need to be there.

>>61280138
Why though? Is MP3 outdated?
I'm in Norway, i have no idea how hard it is to get MP3 players. Why would i want MP3 if it is outdated?

My sansa clip+ isn't holding a charge well anymore. Is the clip sport a good beater device? I will miss rockbox but I don't absolutely need it

>>61280168
'MP3 player' is functionally a generic name for a portable music player. And most people just use their phones.

>>61267957
Should've spent 1 min to learn how the new Nano works, it's pretty damn good and the buttons have a lot of functions for pocket operation.
But yeah, I took full advantage of the recall and got like 7 of the fuckers. Nice profit indeed.

>>61280180
So what should i use if i don't want to use my phone?

>>61280207
Sony and Apple music players are great if you want a good stock experience.

Despite all the posts shilling about Chink players, do not get them.

>>61280236
There are many people who have nothing but good things to say about many chinese audio players, why don't you like them?

>>61280256
>There are many people who have nothing but good things to say
That's why, we have a lot of people working at stores like Gearbest and Aliexpress doing reviews and marketing on here, especially on /ctg/.
I bought a few chink devices, the interfaces are garbage, the batteries barely last more than 1-2 years and the overall quality isn't up to scratch.
Only get these chink devices if you are really stingy or don't really have a lot of money.

I personally are really faithful to Sony players, they're not the best but there's just something special about them.

>>61261308
mp3tag is free software that lets you do that
It's a bit of a pain to use cause I think it's meant for editing multiple files at once, but it works well enough. It's on Linux, too.

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>>61280329
>he really believes that chinks will PAY for marketing on a Venetian Chebureki Recipe Tabloid

Half a year with a ruizu and not a complain, the controls are awkward at first but that is it.

>>61261308
MusicBrainz Picard

>>61280410
Chinks cost a few bucks a day, if they can afford to give products to Youtubers with 500 views, they can afford to market on here with more than 30k daily visitors.

And 6 months is nothing in terms of product ownership.

>>61245537
Wow I had one of those. Sweet little guy until it was stolen. But yes, you gotta upgrade. You can stay with a Sansa if you want but there's so much to choose from, and even a cheap new clip is a better investment than an unknown new battery.

>>61280256
I would never buy another Chinese MP3 player. I pissed away a bit of money on a few over a period of couple years in the mid 2000s before finally realizing that I could have just bought a decent one to begin with and actually had it last.

>>61280410
>I owned X for half a year without problems
That's absolutely meaningless when it comes to durability, especially when you didn't even say how much you've actually used it. All that tells me is that you didn't get a lemon.

>>61247161
I had three of those in high school none ever lasted more than than six months before the ROM corrupted itself beyond repair. I took good care of my shit too, still have my Creative Zen Stone+ from ten years ago and it still works great too.

>>61280177
I've had my clip sport for around 2 years now. survived getting run over by a car twice with minor scraches. Shit is old nokia level durable. Its alright as far as performance goes. A little worse audio quality than the sansa because lol can't hear shit when you're running.

>>61268200
>$1100 dollary doos

WEW
E
W

Anybody have any experience with Minidisc players? I'd really like to get my hands on one of the things.

>>61281055
Pretty good. Unfortunately a lot of them were neglected and suffered battery corrosion problems. The Lithium models are slowly rotting away too and replacements are expensive.

Try to find one that takes regular Dry Cells like AA or AAAs. They still last amazingly long on a single charge.

>>61281139
That's annoying, but thanks for letting me know. It also seems difficult to find a player that still has its remote if a quick ebay search is anything to go by, which is unfortunate. They kind of complete the aesthetic in my opinion and if I get one, I'd like to have the remote with it.

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>>61280959
Literally worth every penny to be honest with you fampai.

If money is no problem, get it.

>>61281317
Looks sexy, but
>android

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I'm looking for a modern music player i can i can change songs on without looking at it. So no touch screen. I want to be able to just reach into my pocket and change songs.

What should i get?

>>61281452
Most of the modern Sony Walkmen's have buttons on the sides.

Is the Fiio X1 the all around best PMP in it's price range? What are some good/better options?

Looking for something that lets me browse by folder and also has like 128GB of space (whether this means built-in or through an SD/microSD doesn't matter to me). I have a large music collection and I'm getting tired of having to switch out albums all the time on my iphone. Also obviously I'd like something that's relatively cheap but it's okay if it costs a little extra as long as the price is worth it

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>>61281317
How do you 2hu autists have so much money?

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>>61282402
Because 2hu is love.
2hu is life.

>>61278869
DX50 is better
Can be rockboxed and it uses a sgs3 battery.

>>61233713
Is there any Android based PMP the size of a ZuneHD?

I just want to stream my google play music while I go on runs.

>>61283438
Fiio x5 Ⅲ

>>61233713
I have a mobiblu Boxon. I dont use it anymore because of the battery spends more time charging than playin music.

It had 2 GB of memory (I dont think it was 4) but for its time it was so awesome. The only usability drawback was for loooooooooong tracks. if you wanted to get to a distant point on your track, you had to fast forward and it was like doing so like minute for every 10 seconds. so it was a PITA to get to 10+ minutes ahead.
I still have it, I just dont want to throw it away.

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>>61283502
forgot the pic

>>61283467
Damn that's actually the size I've been looking for all this time. Thank you based anon.

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>>61283585
Thought you were gonna say it's too expensive or something

>>61283616
please refrain from posting yuri.

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What is the /g/ recommended pmp for people with large music libraries? I have around 350gb of flac files and would like a player with enough capacity for all of it without encoding into a smaller file format such as ogg. Is an iPod classic with rockbox and msata ssd my only option? Or are there better options? Ideally a 1tb msata ssd is what I want.

I just want a turd gen ipod nano with high capacity.

>>61283918
fucking anything with mSD slots or just a large storage and fits within your price range

nice gif

>>61283918
There are DAPs with dual mSD.
There are DAPs with 256GB and SD.
There is the AK KANN with 64GB + 2SD
There are DAPs with USB OTG support.

You have plenty of choices.

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>>61281312
You've also got to make sure you get one with the ability to record or find a minidisc deck. This is pretty good for learning some basic stuff if you don't know a whole lot about the format
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU3BceoMuaA

>>61233713
Thanks OP for reminding me how what a god tier piece of hardware that shuffle would be if Apple didn't lock everybody the fuck out and make it totally impossible to hack / customise

>>61284431
Techmoan is what gave me the itch for one. I've already looked up and been horrified by the price of the high-end player he has, though I've been able to find a few original and NetMD recorders locally at relatively reasonable prices.

>>61284447
That's a nano

>>61266598
You sure it's going to have a screen? I've not heard that - although I have heard that it's going to have a balanced out 2.5mm and a standard 3.5.

Just use your phone hipster faggots

>>61284450
>>61284450

Meh I had MD and spent a fortune at the time on it. It was and still is shit. As usual the best and worst of Sony condensed in one product.

DAT was the true patrician format back in the day. I had one at high school that I recorded vinyl and MP3 rips to. Fuck I wish portable DAT did 24/48 back in the day. But today is practically useless as a CD-R today.

Casette is the true Retro format and professional Sony that techmoan has is the ducks guts. I almost bought one back in the day and will be buying one soon.

>>61284551
Just stfu you poor peasant faggot

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>>61284450
I'm a bit interested myself considering I mess around with cassettes a bit. The thrift stores near me suck as far as getting old tech so I've had to look online and I've seen some decent ones for around 40$.

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>>61284559
Using Minidisc or even cassettes these days is mostly for the novelty of it

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>>61285369
Speaking of Minidiscs, my MZ-N420D fell off my desk a few days ago and now the whole opening and closing mechanism is fucked
The right (or the side with the USB port) side is now stuck and won't close

>>61280759
Same here. Went through two.

>>61282615
>tfw only SP5 m3
Do you draw too?

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>>61270491
/pmp/ guide
Added Zune and FiiO
I'm kinda behind on chink DAPs though, it would be nice if someone can add to this.
https://spit.mixtape.moe/view/46e30bac

>>61275709
Linkin Park was always shit.

Got these:

iPod classic 120 GB
Sony Walkman A805
Clip+

Which one is my daily?

Is it stupid to use a PSP as a PMP in this day and age?

How much should I spend on an iPod Classic?

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>>61285433
That Sucks, do you think you're capable of fixing it?

How does this look?
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Original-Touch-Screen-MP3-Player-8GB-BENJIE-S5-Metal-APE-FLAC-WAV-High-Sound-Quality-Entry/32669167082.html

or should I just get a fiio X1

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>>61286026
Not sure
But the mechanism deck hinge possibly jumped out
Will look into the service manual when I get a chance

>>61285972
A805

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>>61286135
You might have a bit of trouble with that, I was repairing a walkman and I was trying to find a service manual to figure out and there was a bunch of websites trying to charge me just to download it. I hope you can fix it though

>>61285990
Yes, it's big and it doesn't have the greatest DAC either way.

>>61285712
as /csg/

>>61285712
ask*

>>61285712
Pretty much anything by Benjie is good, Ruizu are fine too. ONN also makes some good players.

Agptek sells rebranded Ruizu and Benjie DAPs on Amazon, though they often make their own firmware for them

>>61287506
whoops, somehow I missed that you already had Benjie and Ruizu in there
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>>61287506
AGPTek is actually Ruizu's international brand.

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2nd week of using this badboy and it's incredible. Was using a Ruizu before but got higher impedance IEMS so I wanted a new pmp and this thing is great. Batter has only gone to half and I've been using it regularly in several hour bursts every single day. Supports FLAC and wav unsure of 24 bit but 16 bit for sure. Physical buttons on the side are that sweet cherry on top. Plus it's tiny. Plenue would buy again.

>>61287761
Are you sure? Why do AGPTek use different firmware for Ruizu then? And how are they selling rebranded Benjie players too (AGPTek M30 for example)

>>61288577
How the fuck do I know
Many chink DAPs are actually very similar, in many ways. Like how most of them use the same SoC and, to an extent, the software.
Making a chink DAP is like putting together building blocks.

>>61288606
How do you know AGPTeK is Ruizu, not just another company rebranding them?

>>61288685
A Ruizu rep said that somewhere IIRC. Can't find it now.

>>61288350
What's that pmp?

>>61288747
>Plenue

>>61288818
To be precise, that's a Plenue D.
It's the affordable Plenue.

>>61285712
Needs information on iBasso players, they're one of the chink manufacturers that actually does decent hifi. I might do a mini review when I get my dx50 in if anyone's interested.

>>61286135
I think you can pop it back in place

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>>61289344
Well you can't really without opening it up
It's like the orangish part was spring loaded

Green area is where I think the part popped out and I think the thing marked red was either misaligned or ripped out

>>61247161
Still have one of those that works. One AA was awesome.

If someone can help add to this it'd be appreciated.
https://spit.mixtape.moe/view/a19f7a3f

>>61249781
>>61249792
Is that the iPod Photo? I have one I've yet to mod. My regular 7th gen gets most of the use, I haven't motivated myself to fix the old boy. 20gb hard disk but the battery still lasts a day.

>>61258279
Yeah, apple lossles. Either transcode your flacss (doesn't take long) or rockbox for flac support.

8Gb iPod Nano 3g for £30. y/n?

>>61265379
Use a third party app like VLC and throw everything in there (organized into folders, since 3rd party apps apparently aren't allowed to read id3 tags)

Or upload everything you own to google music and use the play app.

>>61289612

apple pushing alac over flac was a monumental corporate ass fuck

the sole reasons why normies dont do lossless to this day

>>61290142
I disagree.

I know .alac is fucking retarded. But the real reason normies don't want lossless is because they just don't give a shit. Go up to anyone and tell them you could listen to your favorite music in "higher resolution" and they'll just sort of ignore you.

>>61289573
It's worth mentioning that the dx80's battery can't be easily serviced or replaced. So unlike the dx50 you can't just switch and be good to go if it stops holding its charge as well

>>61290142
Well, it was the wisest choice. A lossless codec was needed, and FLAC, even if it's open source, could always be patent challenged.

FUCK. YES.
FINALLY IT OPENS.
Damn I bent the shell all over. Will have to replace that.

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>>61290611
Forgot pic

>>61272070
I used one for listening to audiobooks, but sound quality coming out of this was unbearable for any music, and battery couldn't do anything more that 2-3 hours, so you wouldn't listen to a whole book in one sitting either. But well, that's better than nothing when you're an absolute poorfag that can't afford pretty much anything at all.

I fucked up making a new thread, here's the correct one
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>>61265125
I got one too. Wish it didn't auto play folder after folder, but I like the audio quality.

>>61288350
Bought this too a few weeks back. It's amazing!

>>61290238

i just told my dad flac / alac was the same as the cd's he buys and plays in his car

i filled up his iphone 4s 64gb with lossless