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Just looking at your link the price of those is astoundingly high. It seems like they've taken a modest tool and sought to turn it into some sort of Veblen-good
by frabbit 7y ago
Just looking at your link the price of those is astoundingly high. It seems like they've taken a modest tool and sought to turn it into some sort of Veblen-good by replacing plastic cases and mechanical buttons with high res touchscreens and aluminum cases.
The rockbox-compatible sansas (and earlier cowons) were:
1. cheap (circa 30 bucks)
2. very small (I just measured my Clip Zip as: 5cm x 3cm x 1cm )
3. very light
4. has an SD slot (I don't know its max supported size but 32GB works fine for my audiobooks)
5. is easily flashable with rockbox
- benologist 7y agoThere's a lot of funky semi-open handheld retro gaming devices that might repurpose if you're into buttons - https://obscurehandhelds.com/ https://obscurehandhelds.com/
- squarefoot 7y agoThe very cheap Odroid GO, once fitted with stereo DAC and headphone jack, would make a nice platform to build an audio player. Surely not the smallest around, but good enough to generate interest to make a smaller version. https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-go/ https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-go/