- fubarx@lemmy.worldEnglish9 days
It’s really unfortunate Apple dropped the iPod Nano. The ones with a physical scroll wheel and small display were just the right size for sticking in your pocket and going for a walk, run, or bike. Great way to leave distractions behind.
This one looks like it’s got some good design ideas. Nowadays, most people have streaming playlists. If they add software to snapshot those playlists onto the device in high quality, they might have something.
9 daysWell, that article really made me consider getting a dedicated music device again after decades of using my smartphone.
- zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish9 days
I switched to using a dedicated DAP because I haven’t been able to get a phone that fits my needs with a headphone jack. am considering getting this, if the kickstarter was active I’d be tempted to get it at the $75 price. There’s no way I’d pay over $100 though, there are too many caveats I have with this device considering I already have a DAP that is OK.
- crazyduck@lemmy.zipEnglish9 days
Take a look at the fiio echo nano, might be right up your alley. ~50-60€ DAC, 3.5mm audio jack, small form factor, retro look
+1 for Echo Snowsky, great cheap DAP for flac files, and has Bluetooth support if you’re in a pinch. Only downside is the slightly crappy UI design.
Cute design, though probably only good for carrying a few favourite albums around, as without a scroll wheel, it’ll be painfully slow to navigate through larger music collections.
- zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish9 days
I have about 100 albums on my little DAP and it isn’t as bad as you’re probably thinking. If I had thousands of albums, yeah, that would be a no go, but I really don’t want to be text searching on my music player generally. As long as it has filter menus for artist and genre and the UI isn’t totally brain dead it is likely fine.
- ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish9 days
That’s still easily 20+ clicks to get to the specific song you want to hear in this thing
