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A much easier and cheaper solution would be to get a device that is still sold first hand, like a Sansa Clip and buy a microSD card...saves a few hundred, lasts
by disposition2 11y ago
A much easier and cheaper solution would be to get a device that is still sold first hand, like a Sansa Clip and buy a microSD card...saves a few hundred, lasts longer, not limited by iTunes syncing, can copy / paste files & folder, can install Rockbox [1] (some iPods also support this 3rd party firmware), lossless (not ALAC) audio.
1. http://rockbox.org/ http://rockbox.org/
- thraxil 11y agoExactly my setup. I love it for travelling since it weighs nothing (my headphones weigh significantly more than the Sansa), the batteries last forever, and I don't have to play the "can I listen to music on this long flight or will that use up too much of my phone's battery which I might need when I land" game.
- DerekL 11y agoThe Sansa Clip sounds like a good idea, but the storage is limited. For instance, the Clip Jam is limited to 40 GB (8 built-in plus 32 on the card). These refurbished iPods go up to 256 GB. You could split your music among multiple cards, but that's not convenient.
- thraxil 11y agoYeah, but the problem I have with the iPod thing is that while 256GB is a lot more than 40GB, it's still only a fraction of my collection so I'd still have to spend time deciding what to put on it. 40GB is enough to go months of normal usage without hearing the same track twice. So I have a python script that loads every 5 star rated track onto the Sansa (using up a good chunk of that 40GB) and generates an m3u of all of them, pre-shuffled. I feel like that's the best compromise I can make for having less than 100% on a single portable device and 40GB is plenty for that. More than 40GB and there's not real improvement for me up until about a TB.