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So why buy one of these over an Android phone and an external DAC/Amp? Also 32gb? That's only a handful of highres audio. I'm assuming the people buying this
by donatj 4y ago
So why buy one of these over an Android phone and an external DAC/Amp?
Also 32gb? That's only a handful of highres audio.
I'm assuming the people buying this kind of thing are the same people buying higher than CD quality audio?
- matt-attack 4y agoI'm pretty sure the last iPod I bought in 2006 has 160GB.
- CaptainZapp 4y agoSure (I actually still use the same model). But it doesn't come with a memory extension slot. Which, granted, is also not really necessary.
- ErneX 4y agoSome people prefer a dedicated device for music.
- Godel_unicode 4y agoI feel like they know that the people who buy this are going to need TB of storage, and are going to use MicroSD cards for the media.
- neonscribe 4y ago32GB is just for the system. It has a microSD slot for music.
- xeromal 4y agoI could probably use something like this hiking so I can power off my phone for emergencies hunting/camping.
- Ballas 4y agoPutting your phone in airplane mode and carrying a power bank for emergencies seems like a much more efficient solution to me?
- albert_e 4y agoI can get behind the idea of less fiddling with an expensive flagship phone, avoiding risk of dropping and cracking it, reducing wear and tear on its battery, and avoiding distraction if all you want is music or audiobooks Dedicated hardware buttons for music functions would also be a plus
- albert_e 4y agoIf a device separate from phone is desired ...an older android phone that is loaded only with music player app and good SD card and 3.5mm audio jack might suffice? It may actually make sense for custom ROMs that are optimized for dedicated use cases like these to make great purpose-driven gadgets out of old all-purpose smartphones
- Tams80 4y agoThese DAPs aren't about 'sufficing' though. That old smartphone is not going to have as good of a DAC and certainly no physical media buttons.
- jasonkester 4y agoWhat combination of apps would one need to install on an android phone to pull this off? I remember being able to copy music onto my Nexus 4 via the usb cable and play it through Google’s music app, ten years ago. But they ripped that out years ago so that you could only stream music from in the app. Now the default way to play music on my phone appears to be “YouTube Music”, which kinda grudgingly let’s you play individual songs from the hard drive, but only after explaining that it’s not going to let you put them in playlists or categorize them by artist and album or search on them. Does there exist a nice way to play your own mp3s on a phone today?
- bane 4y agoVlc
- krupan 4y agoI use musicolet
- frankosaurus 4y agoI'm in the same boat with Google Play Music and Youtube Music. I switched to AIMP and have been gradually moving files over.
- E39M5S62 4y agoBlackplayer EX, Musicolet, VLC. There are quite a few file-based players for Android phones.
- axiolite 4y ago> Does there exist a nice way to play your own mp3s on a phone today? There are tons of MP3 player apps for Android: vlc - has a surprisingly decent UI for music. (Open Source) Simple Music Player - gets the job done. (Open Source) Rocket Player - paid a few dollars for it near a decade ago and it's still decent. Foobar2000 - The familiar old man is still around.
- tmtvl 4y agoI use VLC on my Android smartphone whenever I'm on the train or bus and the only reason why I wouldn't give it the highest possible recommendation is that they have implemented stop by having you hold down pause for a bit, rather than having a stop button in the UI. Aside from that I can't think of anything wrong with it, it plays .opus (and a slew of other formats), it has an equalizer with a bunch of presets, it doesn't drain too much battery, it doesn't crash, it doesn't show a bunch of ads,... in short, it's a great media player.
- bmitc 4y agoNobody ever seemed to buy LG phones, so I guess part of the answer is there. RIP LG smartphones :(
- _trampeltier 4y ago32gb is not a lot, but at least it's possible to insert an microSD card. A such player is lighter than a phone and has a buttons for everything. Phones just have buttons for volume. Also if you travel a lot, you can listen to music and don't have to worry about the phone battery and like a junky search for wall plugs all the time.
- makeitdouble 4y agoPhyiscal buttons (god I hate the current stock android widget with everything tiny tiny outside of Play/Pause) Won't break your USB port if you drop it the wrong angle. Sony can be trusted thr sound will be good. Separate battery from your phone that probably lasts way longer, like days or weeks. No notifications coming in (feature or not? yours to choose) People buying this will also buy a SD Card, and I assume they are the same who still bougth the iPod Classic.
- bebna 4y agoCheck out neutron?
- makeitdouble 4y agoI suppose you’re referring to the Neutron Music Player app? I never heard of it and though it was a hardware player competing with the Walkman, but it’s another android music player from the look of it. I still checked the app page in case they went for completely different playing controls to compensate for the physical buttons and playing widget, but it seems it mainly focuses on EQ tweaking and “high fidelity” playback. I’m all for alternative players on the market, so more power to them. But I’m probably not their target audience.