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Advice on music player devices? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 day ago by zo0@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Hello fellow lemmings <3

I have been struggling with how to listen to music in a while now. I am on spotify but I don't want to be. I despise the app for being inefficient, battery hog bloated crap that I don't need in my phone and that's not even beginning with my issues with the company.

So I have been looking into other solutions for my music needs.

I tried setting up my own server for streaming music, but it's too much manual work, that still uses a lot of resources for a subpar experience. Going through the albums and sorting them and fixing the metadata and all that because musicbrainz insists this live track is the same as the studio one is not fun and I'm just over it.

So I'm going back to the roots, physical music player. I am looking into buying a device just like those old mp3 players but I'm not sure which way to go.

For me the most important feature (other than quality ofc) is it having FOSS software. I won't be tweaking with the hardware but being able to modify the software, at least to a degree, for me is the main attraction. If it already has an active community then even better.

Do you guys have similar experiences or anecdotes? Perhaps device recommendations? Other solutions are also welcome I am still shopping for ideas

Thanks y'all!

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[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

if you can find one for cheap nearby, an ipod is decent. the full sized models can take large ssds and run foss rockbox fw. the price is insane in my area though so i can't have one, but my friend uses it and it's great.

[–] zo0@programming.dev 1 points 2 hours ago

Yeah finding one is gonna be a challenge I would assume

[–] Lorindol@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 hours ago

This. I've been using a 2 Gen 8GB iPod Nano since 2008. They're not hard to find and installing a new battery is not that hard, if you have any experience at soldering.

I also have a Sansa Clip+, it has a far better DAC than iPods and can take a 32GB SD card. Runs Rockbox without any problems.