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I'd pay some serious money to have an iPod like that again. Just music, no bullshit, long battery life, top notch UI/UX. We went backwards.

concinds 5y ago
FiiO.
- tompt 5y ago
  This is the way. Decent hardware, support for FLAC, and the ability to run android apps if streaming is your thing.
- stronglikedan 5y ago
  Thanks. My buddy just lost his beloved original Nano last week, and the FiiO M5 looks like it may be a worthy successor.
  - eesmith 5y ago
    Looks like something I would like. What do people use to manage podcasts and keep downloads synchronized, and remove podcasts I've listened to? Does it handle resume for in-progress podcasts? If I read https://www.head-fi.org/threads/fiio-m5-compact-and-versatile-hi-res-music-player.903204/page-50#post-16632702 https://www.head-fi.org/threads/fiio-m5-compact-and-versatil... correctly, it treats a podcast recording as a song and doesn't have a way to resume. Or am I misunderstanding?
BoxOfRain 5y ago
I started moving towards my own offline music library after getting pissed off with the record labels removing stuff from streaming services for no reason. Sometimes artists do it too, a lot of Adam Kay's offerings from a decade or so ago have been thoroughly memory-holed presumably in a pre-emptive attempt to avoid controversy for their vulgar humour now he's much better known as a public figure.
- ghaff 5y ago
  I'm not sure I would do it from scratch today but I had a large offline library between ripping CDs and Napster (which was mostly replacing music I only had on old vinyl) pre-streaming so most of my collection is online. I've thought of filling in the gaps with purchases but, for the time being, I figure the missing "classics" I'd want, I should generally be able to buy if I want to at some point.
- kergonath 5y ago
  Damn. I need to make sure to back that up somewhere. To be fair, some are in very, very poor taste. But a lot of them are genuinely hilarious.
  - BoxOfRain 5y ago
    I'd definitely advise it, I never did and I've not been able to find copies anywhere including Discogs. There was one CD on eBay but I was outbid on it just yesterday.
okwubodu 5y ago
The Apple Watch can stand alone as a wireless wrist-mounted music player. It almost reminds me of an iPod nano but that’s maybe still too many frills.
throwaway6734 5y ago
The modern walkman is like this. You can drag and drop mp3 files onto it. There's no wifi or Bluetooth. It's got a crazy long battery life. If only I could add Spotify playlists to it
- FridayoLeary 5y ago
  >There's no wifi or Bluetooth. >If only I could add Spotify playlists to it There is nowadays and i think you can. Otherwise correct.
  - throwaway6734 5y ago
    this is the one I have and was thinking of: https://electronics.sony.com/audio/walkman-digital-recorders/walkman-mp3-players/p/nwe393-b https://electronics.sony.com/audio/walkman-digital-recorders...
cschneid 5y ago
These exist. Mostly they have moved upmarket to serious audiophile nerds, but some are still below the price of an OG iPod. https://www.whathifi.com/us/best-buys/portable/best-portable-music-players https://www.whathifi.com/us/best-buys/portable/best-portable... Can't speak to the UI/UX, but they do one thing, for people who care a lot about that one thing.

concinds 5y ago

FiiO.

tompt 5y ago
This is the way. Decent hardware, support for FLAC, and the ability to run android apps if streaming is your thing.
stronglikedan 5y ago
Thanks. My buddy just lost his beloved original Nano last week, and the FiiO M5 looks like it may be a worthy successor.
- eesmith 5y ago
  Looks like something I would like. What do people use to manage podcasts and keep downloads synchronized, and remove podcasts I've listened to? Does it handle resume for in-progress podcasts? If I read https://www.head-fi.org/threads/fiio-m5-compact-and-versatile-hi-res-music-player.903204/page-50#post-16632702 https://www.head-fi.org/threads/fiio-m5-compact-and-versatil... correctly, it treats a podcast recording as a song and doesn't have a way to resume. Or am I misunderstanding?

BoxOfRain 5y ago

I started moving towards my own offline music library after getting pissed off with the record labels removing stuff from streaming services for no reason. Sometimes artists do it too, a lot of Adam Kay's offerings from a decade or so ago have been thoroughly memory-holed presumably in a pre-emptive attempt to avoid controversy for their vulgar humour now he's much better known as a public figure.

ghaff 5y ago
I'm not sure I would do it from scratch today but I had a large offline library between ripping CDs and Napster (which was mostly replacing music I only had on old vinyl) pre-streaming so most of my collection is online. I've thought of filling in the gaps with purchases but, for the time being, I figure the missing "classics" I'd want, I should generally be able to buy if I want to at some point.
kergonath 5y ago
Damn. I need to make sure to back that up somewhere. To be fair, some are in very, very poor taste. But a lot of them are genuinely hilarious.
- BoxOfRain 5y ago
  I'd definitely advise it, I never did and I've not been able to find copies anywhere including Discogs. There was one CD on eBay but I was outbid on it just yesterday.

okwubodu 5y ago

The Apple Watch can stand alone as a wireless wrist-mounted music player. It almost reminds me of an iPod nano but that’s maybe still too many frills.

throwaway6734 5y ago

The modern walkman is like this. You can drag and drop mp3 files onto it. There's no wifi or Bluetooth. It's got a crazy long battery life. If only I could add Spotify playlists to it

FridayoLeary 5y ago
>There's no wifi or Bluetooth. >If only I could add Spotify playlists to it There is nowadays and i think you can. Otherwise correct.
- throwaway6734 5y ago
  this is the one I have and was thinking of: https://electronics.sony.com/audio/walkman-digital-recorders/walkman-mp3-players/p/nwe393-b https://electronics.sony.com/audio/walkman-digital-recorders...

cschneid 5y ago

These exist. Mostly they have moved upmarket to serious audiophile nerds, but some are still below the price of an OG iPod. https://www.whathifi.com/us/best-buys/portable/best-portable-music-players https://www.whathifi.com/us/best-buys/portable/best-portable... Can't speak to the UI/UX, but they do one thing, for people who care a lot about that one thing.