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I carried around a 160GB iPod Classic for years before finally selling it (for over $200, holy poo poo) and replaced it with a cheap, but highly functional, prepaid Android phone with a bad ESN off ebay and a 128GB microSD card. For under $150 have a device that can play music, but also can be used on Wi-Fi to watch movies, etc. I use an app called iSyncr so all my info from iTunes (ratings, playlists) syncs up well.
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# ¿ Apr 2, 2015 19:19 |
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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 03:36 |
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rt4 posted:Amazon currently has their low-end Fire tablet on sale for $50. It includes a micro SD slot and Bluetooth, which qualifies it as the cheapest Bluetooth MP3 player available. Exactly what I've been looking for. For an MP3 player a prepaid Android phone is probably a better (and likely cheaper) choice since it's portable. Verizon Moto E's sold for $9.99 on Black Friday and there are a ton of them on eBay/Amazon for $30 or so. Much more portable.
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# ¿ Dec 31, 2015 19:00 |
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SubjectVerbObject posted:Man this sucks. I just started looking for a cheap Mp3 player because I want to listen to some class recordings in the car. From the look of things there's nothing cheap that doesn't have huge interface/organizational issues, which would make it hard to organize class files. I would almost take a chance on something really cheap on Amazon, but all of the random no name players have 4 star + reviews by people who got a free player "in exchange for an honest review." Yeah right. Why not a phone? Verizon prepaid Moto E's go for $30 on Amazon (because a bunch of people bought them for $9.99 on black friday and are reselling for a profit) and will do what you want much, much better than anything you could find for a similar price. Not to mention an audio book player will probably work better for listening to classes than a straight MP3 player since it will allow you to listen at different speeds, save your place, etc. mediaphage posted:What's wrong with Apple? Just buy an used shuffle or nano on Craigslist; you won't find anything better for something approaching the price. Shuffle is a bad choice for someone who wants to listen to long lectures, presumably in a specific order.
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# ¿ Jan 25, 2016 02:22 |
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SubjectVerbObject posted:The phone idea sounds interesting. You would not activate it but just connect to Wifi, yes? So in effect it is a small cheap tablet? Yep. You basically throw it into airplane mode, turn Wi-Fi back on, and you have the equivalent of an iPod touch or small tablet.
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# ¿ Jan 26, 2016 07:52 |
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:E4 seems kind of overkill for the purpose. The nice thing about using an Android device as a media player only is that you can buy one of the subsidized prepaid devices. Walmart is selling the Verizon Prepaid E4 for $40. Unfortunately it's currently out of stock in most stores and online. Apparently you can actually unlock this phone and use it with most GSM providers with a $2 code from eBay, which is really unusual for prepaid phones. There may also be some cheap prepaid phones with better DAC's out there, but I haven't researched this in a while.
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# ¿ Nov 4, 2017 16:36 |
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This image basically is the summation of everything I would expect from someone reviewing high end audio players.
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# ¿ Nov 15, 2017 21:44 |
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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 03:36 |
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ExecuDork posted:There certainly are devices on the new market that meet your specifications, but they're mostly massively overbuilt for the lunatic audiophiles who also buy gold-plated Monster cables and hang magic rocks off of them (i.e. delusional idiots). It's a little bit counter to the thread, but since you mentioned phones specifically for music listening I thought I'd mention that, at least in the US, it's trivially easy to get a phone that will do just that for shockingly cheap. MetroPCS will give you a Moto G Power for free with one month ($65) of service. Just activate the SIM, cancel the service, and you have a device that will work just fine on Wi-Fi and has both MicroSD and a headphone jack. The form factor is kind of lovely for playing music, but battery life with wireless antennas turned off should be excellent. I'm amazed that people are still using iPod Classic's. I had one for many years, but I don't miss the UI at all. Touchscreens have their downsides, but being able search for artists, songs, etc. was a true game changer for me. BeastOfExmoor fucked around with this message at 05:43 on Mar 14, 2024 |
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