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Anyone have suggestions for an iPod Shuffle-like player that isn't ridiculously expensive? No screen, just some simple hardware buttons that plays loaded music.
by ljoshua 6y ago
Anyone have suggestions for an iPod Shuffle-like player that isn't ridiculously expensive? No screen, just some simple hardware buttons that plays loaded music. That doesn't feel cheap or like it has malware preloaded on it? Should be simple, right? Right? (No, says my shopping experience...)
I don't think I've ever had a more satisfying music listening experience than my original iPod Shuffle, the white stick one which plugged in directly as a USB drive. The simplicity of the switch on the back that toggled between shuffle and non-shuffled modes was perfect. I could load up around 300 of my favorite songs (which, as a high schooler in the heady days of Kazaa and ilk, was about all I possessed), know exactly what I was going to get, and could play hunt-and-seek by toggling between my known playlist order and shuffle. And that was it! No screen getting constant notifications, no navigating through ever-changing hierarchies (looking at you, Music on iOS app), and I didn't even need to be OCD about album art at that point.
Ah, the glory days... :)
- CharlesW 6y agoYou can still buy iPod Shuffles, but they're surprisingly expensive. The SanDisk Clip series is good (starting at $30 for 8GB) but they have a tiny screen. This this $21 screen-less MP3 player looks interesting: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0722KVJM3/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0722KVJM3/
- danielheath 6y agoAliexpress has them for $3 including shipping. You put a micro-SD (AKA TF) card into it (FAT filesystem with mp3s on it). First result from an aliexpress search for "mp3 player": https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002052211147.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002052211147.html
- mynameisash 6y agoI picked up some of these a while back, and the result was pretty much exactly what I would expect for ~$3. Total garbage that didn't work - not one of the six I got functioned.
- nikau 6y agoYou must have incredible bad luck or bought them all from the same vendor, I've bought 2 of them and they are fine, battery life is around 10 hrs and they play whatever mp3s I've put on them. Their only weak point is a bit of background noise at low volumes, but for the price they are amazing.
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- madvoid 6y agoI got a pair of AfterShokz (https://aftershokz.com/us/ https://aftershokz.com/us/) for swimming and in some ways it’s more convenient than an iPod shuffle because the headphones are integrated. I really like the bone conduction tech too.