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$700 for an MP3 player in 2022.

ModernMech 5y ago
Here's one for $3200. It has some sort of fancy copper case that I presume makes it worth this much money? https://electronics.sony.com/audio/walkman-digital-recorders/walkman-mp3-players/p/nwwm1z https://electronics.sony.com/audio/walkman-digital-recorders... It comes with 256 GB capacity for storing a whopping "1,600 High-Resolution Audio tracks", I guess at 160MB per song. I guess those DSD files can get pretty big.
- teruakohatu 5y ago
  Who is paying $3,200 for an MP3 player. I can understand $700. For that much surely the inside of the case could be machined better.
  - unmole 5y ago
    > Who is paying $3,200 "Audiophiles"
    - leeoniya 5y ago
      "Audiophiles don’t use their equipment to listen to your music. Audiophiles use your music to listen to their equipment." — Alan Parsons
      - unmole 5y ago
        The term is pretty self-explanatory. Audiophiles are people who love audio equipment. People who love music are called melophiles.
- SllX 5y ago
  microSD slot, USB 2.0, supports WMA but not DRM-ed seeing as how PlaysForSure is dead but damn if it doesn’t look pretty. I also appreciate how on the specs page, under the listing for High Quality Audio it doesn’t say “Yes” or “No”, it says “High Quality Audio”. It also supports Macs, but only Mac OS X 10.8-10.11 if the spec sheet is to be believed. But that USB port is maybe the bigger ding for that price. This is a problem I have with most Lightning-port devices too, but I can’t believe people still sell what are effectively mass storage devices with only USB 2.0. Not even 3.0! I don’t care what the port at the end looks like, but 2.0 is 480 Mbps CPU-bound when FireWire 400 devices from 1999 had more consistent throughput and even that would be too slow for the size of the drives that are typically attached today.
teruakohatu 5y ago
It is essentially a mobile phone running Android with higher end audio components and cellular functionality disabled.

Here's one for $3200. It has some sort of fancy copper case that I presume makes it worth this much money? https://electronics.sony.com/audio/walkman-digital-recorders/walkman-mp3-players/p/nwwm1z https://electronics.sony.com/audio/walkman-digital-recorders... It comes with 256 GB capacity for storing a whopping "1,600 High-Resolution Audio tracks", I guess at 160MB per song. I guess those DSD files can get pretty big.

teruakohatu 5y ago
Who is paying $3,200 for an MP3 player. I can understand $700. For that much surely the inside of the case could be machined better.
- unmole 5y ago
  > Who is paying $3,200 "Audiophiles"
  - leeoniya 5y ago
    "Audiophiles don’t use their equipment to listen to your music. Audiophiles use your music to listen to their equipment." — Alan Parsons
    - unmole 5y ago
      The term is pretty self-explanatory. Audiophiles are people who love audio equipment. People who love music are called melophiles.
SllX 5y ago
microSD slot, USB 2.0, supports WMA but not DRM-ed seeing as how PlaysForSure is dead but damn if it doesn’t look pretty. I also appreciate how on the specs page, under the listing for High Quality Audio it doesn’t say “Yes” or “No”, it says “High Quality Audio”. It also supports Macs, but only Mac OS X 10.8-10.11 if the spec sheet is to be believed. But that USB port is maybe the bigger ding for that price. This is a problem I have with most Lightning-port devices too, but I can’t believe people still sell what are effectively mass storage devices with only USB 2.0. Not even 3.0! I don’t care what the port at the end looks like, but 2.0 is 480 Mbps CPU-bound when FireWire 400 devices from 1999 had more consistent throughput and even that would be too slow for the size of the drives that are typically attached today.

teruakohatu 5y ago

It is essentially a mobile phone running Android with higher end audio components and cellular functionality disabled.