Why are people buying iPods again?
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Digital-Aftertaste
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Its beefed up daps with the ipod casing, its pretty nice.
HRK69
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I still remember getting my iPod video from my dad 
At the time, I had just returned home after working overseas for over nine months. As a welcome-back gift, I got it, and honestly, it felt like a massive upgrade
Before that, I was still burning MP3s onto 700MB discs. Shuffling through stacks of CDs, organizing folders by hand…. it feels ancient now
Getting this thing felt like stepping into the future. No more limitations, no more disc swapping, just pure freedom to carry my whole music library with me
At the time, I had just returned home after working overseas for over nine months. As a welcome-back gift, I got it, and honestly, it felt like a massive upgrade
Before that, I was still burning MP3s onto 700MB discs. Shuffling through stacks of CDs, organizing folders by hand…. it feels ancient now
Getting this thing felt like stepping into the future. No more limitations, no more disc swapping, just pure freedom to carry my whole music library with me
Billbofet
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I recently (three months ago) bought an mp3 player that plays "lossless" formats - Mechen M30.
It sounds pretty good with nice headphones and has a totally cumbersome way to navigate and load songs.
It's almost like vinyl in that I am somewhat forced to listen to a full album vs playlists or jumping around since it's such a pain in the ass.
Good for my lawn mowing sessions. No regrets. Nostalgia vibes.
It sounds pretty good with nice headphones and has a totally cumbersome way to navigate and load songs.
It's almost like vinyl in that I am somewhat forced to listen to a full album vs playlists or jumping around since it's such a pain in the ass.
Good for my lawn mowing sessions. No regrets. Nostalgia vibes.
reinking
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My guess is since more schools are banning phones and other communication devices, iPod are music only so kids/teens can still have them.
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HRK69
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jshackles
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I bought this one about a month ago
Sound is incredible. Plug in some good headphones, and it's on a different level from a cell phone. Also:
Sound is incredible. Plug in some good headphones, and it's on a different level from a cell phone. Also:
EverydayBeast
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This era of the Nano was peak music device, honestly. Tiny, no stupid video features to distract, easy to browse with one thumb... perfect.
Digital-Aftertaste
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I got an r4 from hiby and added a plugin so that the music sounds like a live performance, the difference is too big to go back after thatI bought this one about a month ago
Sound is incredible. Plug in some good headphones, and it's on a different level from a cell phone. Also:
mclaren777
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Was one of those Sony Walkman guys, good mp3 player never had any issues, great file transfer
I am still one of those guys. I've used it every working day since 2008 and I'll never use anything else.
Today, I listened to over two hours of The Return of the King.
Pagusas
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No joke, the Zune is probably the best thing MS ever made.I'll stick with my zune thank you very much.
I wanted to buy one just to mod one. I've had this idea in my head to go full nerd with it. Make the cover look like the Akatsuki robes from Naruto with the red clouds and turn the scroll wheel into Itachi's mangekyou sharingan. I think it would look pretty boss. Haven't been able to find one under $100 though and I'm not paying that much for something I want to take apart to begin with. Still looking for the right beat up one to come across my path. If anyone in here has one they don't want, just let me know. Lol
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TDiddyLive
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I loved the Zune and was head over heels for the Zune HD. Unfortunately too little, too late and it was immediately destined to fail when it didn't have an App Store.
Melon Husk
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Do they still have replacement batteries for these things??
Dr.Morris79
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Never, ever, not ever.. understood why people bought into this shit..
A standard MP3 player was all you needed
Oh, and Kazaa. That helped.
A standard MP3 player was all you needed
Oh, and Kazaa. That helped.
killatopak
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Not an ipod but I did buy a phone explicitly for the DAC it has. Specifically an LG V60.
I use it for wired earphones.
I use it for wired earphones.
NeoIkaruGAF
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Ipods specifically? Dunno. Physical-only UI is so slow now, and I doubt the battery life can offer anything better than something more modern.
Dedicated DAPs in general, though? For less money than you used to spend on the regular-ass iPod you can get something that blows you phone's sound quality out of a deep-sea trench.
Dedicated DAPs in general, though? For less money than you used to spend on the regular-ass iPod you can get something that blows you phone's sound quality out of a deep-sea trench.
Had this one as well! It was fantastic!
This is what I had back in the day. It ran on a single triple a battery and didn't need a cable to connect to a pc since you could slide out part of it and connect it directly. Had a cumbersome interface, but it got me through high school.
Currently using a rockboxed Sansa Clip Zip+:
I had a Zune HD after several iPods and it was the BEST music player I've ever hadI'll stick with my zune thank you very much.
near
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They seem readily available. There is an entire modding community around the 5th and 7th gen iPods. Custom firmware, increased storage capacity, custom faceplate, etc. It's really simple and easy as well from the few videos I've seen.
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Here's mine: I bought an old iPod 5, swapped out the hard drive for flash storage, replaced the battery, and gave it a whole new housing. I absolutely love that thing.
Nydius
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I can't speak to iPods specifically but I fully understand the appeal of having a device that is specifically, and only, for music. I already use my phone for too many other things, having a device that I can use and listen to music uninterrupted while not tying up resources on my phone is much nicer, even if it means carrying another device.
It's why when I upgraded phones a long time ago, I turned my old iPhone 6S into a dedicated "iPod" of sorts.
It's why when I upgraded phones a long time ago, I turned my old iPhone 6S into a dedicated "iPod" of sorts.
rm082e
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I used iPods for music and podcasts (manually downloaded and transferred everything over USB - never used iTunes) up to around 2012 or so. Listening to audio for hours a day would drain my phone battery pretty bad. The 80gb model I had holds a special place in my memory.
I finally gave up once the phones got to 128gb. At that point I bought had several extra chargers so I would just put the phone on charge on my desk while listening to audio.
I still like the idea of a DAP if you want to avoid distractions and stay focused.
I finally gave up once the phones got to 128gb. At that point I bought had several extra chargers so I would just put the phone on charge on my desk while listening to audio.
I still like the idea of a DAP if you want to avoid distractions and stay focused.
Was one of those Sony Walkman guys, good mp3 player never had any issues, great file transfer
I still have mine i loved it for the gym but during covid I ditched my paper and pen notebook where I wrote my lifts for an app on my phone and then it didnt make sense to use the Walkman anymore.
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the best music player is a 3DS
bender
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My iRiver E10 gave up a while back and I've tried to find something as good again, but it's mostly just cheap Aliexpress music players. It'd be cool if a good company like Sony or Apple made one last stellar music player with physical buttons.
Their flagships if you want to get extra crazy:
Grildon Tundy
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This was my first main mp3 player: The Nokia of mp3 players: the Creative Nomad Zen Xtra
I got it over an iPod because this bad boy had 30 GIGABYTES(!!!) of storage for like half the price. In 2004. That'd be like having 30 terabytes in portable format today.
I got it over an iPod because this bad boy had 30 GIGABYTES(!!!) of storage for like half the price. In 2004. That'd be like having 30 terabytes in portable format today.
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bender
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This was my first main mp3 player: The Nokia of mp3 players: the Creative Nomad Zen Xtra
I got it over an iPod because this bad boy had 30 GIGABYTES(!!!) of storage for like half the price. In 2004. That'd be like having 30 terabytes in portable format today.
For some reason this reminds me of the Rio Karma which was always rated very highly in regards to sound quality.
Rockondevil
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iPad nano was amazing before I got my watch. They're really unnecessary now with watches though.
Laptop1991
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My Ipod Touch 5 was good at the time, before Apple stopped supporting it, i had to buy a 25 quid cheap plastic lightning connector to use a physically connected Logitech speaker back then, but i liked the Touch 5, but when bluetooth speakers came a long and with Apple not allowing SD Cards, for more storage and blacklisting my device i had to switch to the Android/Sony side of things, which is where i'm at today, i only play hi res LDAC music now, sounds great.
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Brigandier
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I had one of these around 2004 for a few years, It was alright nothing special did the job.
