Thoughts on PMPs or Portable Music Players? (vlemmy.net)

submitted 2 years ago by Slated@vlemmy.net to c/music@beehaw.org

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I love mine and use it almost all the time. Its a Surfans f20 with rockbox native installed. Makes it feel like I'm using my old ipod lol

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[-] omglongitude@waveform.social 3 points 2 years ago

I'm so happy they still exist. Like many in this community it seems, I enjoy a building a digital music collection and having a player is essential. I use a Cowon Plenue R every day. Plays all file types, great folder management, microSD external storage. It has no features beyond what a music player should do. One of my favorite things. Thanks for this thread

[-] man_zonder_poespas@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

I see very little reason to use these over a regular smartphone 🤔 but the same is true for watches and people still rock those as well, so you do you! It does look like a nifty gadget.

[+] bbbhltz@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

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[-] man_zonder_poespas@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

Those are all fair points! I guess my priorities are just different, in the sense that I care about the convenience of having to carry just one device in my pocket.

On the topic of audiophiles, does quality really have such a big effect on the enjoyability of a song? Personally I'm perfectly fine with listening to 320kbps or even 256kbps through Bluetooth headphones.

[-] jbcrawford@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

I still miss my old iRiver with Rockbox... definitely been thinking about getting a proper PMP again.

[-] zaktmt@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

I was always curious in these. I would follow sites like anythingbutipod back in the day. Cowon was usually the big one that I always wanted to try. But I could never justify the pricing to play lossless audio and also invest in quality headphones to take advantage.