Comment on The Terminal Demise Of Consumer Electronics Through Subscription Services

FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Are you saying the one you have in mind is 800 bucks or is that your budget?

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  • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That was a typo. I meant to say NOT $800. Sony Walkman has options from $3600 to $400. I want to spend under $100, but I don’t want garbage either.

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    • ch00f@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Get a used iPod. Load it with RythmBox, swap the hard drive for a few hundred gigs of SD cards and you’re golden.

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      • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I want Bluetooth though

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    • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s not particularly high end, but I fairly recently bought a Mixxtape MP3 player for $60 new and it works well and can play as a cassette. The gimmick is wacky (but does work), but I mostly got it because I had to switch to a phone without a headphone jack and I wanted something small and inexpensive.

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      • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        What the hell is even that?! It’s an mp3 player that doubles as a cassette adaptor. That’s wild

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    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This is all secondhand, but people seem to like Shanling as a brand

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• katharta@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Check out Tangara www.crowdsupply.com/cool-tech-zone/tangara

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  • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is exactly what I want. This would be so cool. I’m weary of crowd funding.

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• Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I had a Sansa Fuse about a decade + ago.

  Is there an issue with getting a used smartphone with no service and a headphone jack?

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  • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I might just do this. I was hoping for something a little smaller. I might use a rooted android phone and use a minimalist launcher.

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• morbidcactus@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  FiiO has some that aren’t super pricey (they run a range, their entry level stuff is usually really affordable), their amps and DACs are pretty solid in my experience so I’d totally look into one, second hand would definitely be an option there too.

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  • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Just throwing it in there that none of my Fiio DACs or amps help up over time, especially with the more portable models. Maybe the build quality is better on their higher end models, but I’m definitely not buying any more of their stuff.

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  • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I like the echo mini. It looks like a cassette player

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