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.

  • BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 days ago

    Edit: even better than listening to my dumb ass, this website gives a rundown of the common recommendations at the moment: https://www.hifioasis.com/advice/the-best-digital-audio-players-daps/

    There are options. I’m trying to work out now what to get my partner who wants to stop using her phone for audio streaming.

    Budget options, these are cheap and don’t use Android as far as I’m aware:

    Snowsky Echo Mini (made by Fiio)

    Hiby R1

    Shanling m0s

    Tempotec v1

    Next tier up would be (and this is where android seems to become the default, but I think Hiby use a heavily customised version of it):

    Hiby M300

    Fiio JM21

    Hiby R3

    Then you get into midrange I guess you’d call it:

    Hiby R4

    Sony nw-a306

    More expensive:

    Something from iBasso like the DX180

    After that you start looking at tech outside what I think is worth paying. You can easily find reviews from audiophile websites about all of these I’ve mentioned.