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I want to get less reliant on my phone and go out more without it. One of the big use cases for my phone is music.

I have a lot of local music files and I would like to transfer them to a mp3 player. I would prefer something offline that I can drag files too. Also Bluetooth would be a plus so I can continue to use my earbuds.

Something easy to navigate would be ideal too. Basically like what iPods were like with a small screen where you can navigate easily and see album artwork.

  • gon [he]@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    11·
    12 days ago

    You could most definitely buy some old thing. You could legit buy an iPod, actually, in the 2nd hand market.

    Why go modern, when the old stuff is good enough?

  • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.caEnglish
    8·
    12 days ago

    Just get an old phone that doesn’t have a SIM in it, uninstall any apps you don’t want want that could be used locally, forget your wifi networks, load it up with music via usb, connect it to your Bluetooth headphones and go.

  • razorcandy@discuss.tchncs.de
    4·
    11 days ago

    SanDisk Clip Sport Go! 32GB memory, very small and great for training because of the clip. It has a microSD slot if you need more memory.

    • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      1·
      11 days ago

      I loved my sansa clip+ before it stopped working.

      I don’t want to think about how long ago that was.

    • foggenbooty@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      11 days ago

      They’ve always been called DAPs by technical people and audiophiles. PMPs have gone the way of the dodo too thanks to the modern smartphone. They were basically DAPs with a larger screen for consuming video content.

      I think the full circle comeback to these dedicated devices has to do with the removal of the headphone jack, and the poor DACs in the USB-C dongles. That and slow pushback against the subscription model and a return to simpler times where you controlled your media. I for one have very fond memories of my PMP.

  • LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world
    2·
    12 days ago

    I don’t know how much you’re willing to spend but elite obsolete has refurbished pods with increased battery life and storage or with microSD cards. Along with selling parts and tools to upgrade them yourself if you have an old one sitting around.

    I haven’t bought from them myself but it’s worth giving them a look.

  • daggermoon@lemmy.world
    1·
    10 days ago

    I’ve been looking for a descent DAP that plays .flac files and supports 2tb micro SD but they’re all pretty pricey.

  • ramius345@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    12 days ago

    I used to appreciate the slightly nicer dac I’m my lg v20. They are very old at this point. I used to pair it with mdr-v6 headphones.

  • tuckerm@feddit.onlineEnglish
    1·
    12 days ago

    I have a Hiby R3 and have enjoyed it. https://store.hiby.com/products/hiby-r3-ii-2025

    It’s smaller than a phone, but the screen is still large enough to scroll through your collection with. Also, it’s not running Android, which I like. (For some reason I’m just irked by the fact that everything around me is running Android these days.) So there aren’t any apps – it’s just a music player, which I also like.

    • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      0·
      12 days ago

      Nice. I also wanted a DAP that didn’t run Android and I ended with the fun and ultra gimmicky Mixxtape (you can use the device itself as a cassette tape). It was only $60-ish, so don’t expect top tier build quality or interface, but I am pretty happy with it.

  • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    12 days ago

    Very cheap phone, disassemble, remove all radio antennnas. Voila! Untrackable pocket computer (and also as a MP3 player).

    If in the US, you can get carrier-locked prepaid phones for like $20 USD, you don’t need service to get pass the set up (except for Verizon ones apparantly, even tho their MVNOs work fine).

  • MonkeBizNES@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    1·
    12 days ago

    Honestly, if you have an old phone laying around that accepts micro SD cards then just throw VLC on it and put your music on a mSD and you’re set.

    I’ve had terrible luck finding a good music player at an affordable price that plays FLAC files which is like 90%+ of my library. So I’m looking into getting a raspberry pi 4 with maybe 4 or 8 gigs of RAM and making an music player (I will be printing the case with a 3d printer)