DAPs and etc

[grayestofghosts]

In a fit of astonishingly wasteful spending I'm getting a dedicated digital audio player. I am not sure if I'm going to end up using it... it will either be the best purchase I've made in a while or a terrible waste, but I'm getting one of the cheap ones so it's unlikely to be too terrible if I end up not using it much. Most of the reviews I see of people using them are audiophiles and I'm not sure I can actually discern anything that they're talking about when I'm listening, because I'm usually listening when I'm doing things. However that's kind of the problem, because most audio comes from my phone and the phone is the most distracting and anxiety-inducing thing in my general vicinity, being able to listen to music that's not attached to my phone should be... good? At least I hope. I think if things were going well in the world I would care a lot less about staying off my phone so much but these days you just scroll and something brand new and horrible hits you in the face every few hours. I need to be able to do my job, at least.

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[grayestofghosts]

I was looking at the M6 for like ten seconds because it was advertising itself for books but I quickly snapped out of it because I hate reading books on my phone and on an even tinier screen would be even worse. It's also too expensive for an impulse purchase for me.

I got the Snowsky Echo Mini which will absolutely need expanded memory almost as soon as I get it. My main requirement was that it be as little like a phone as possible. There were some others with click wheels that I was looking at but apparently the wheels weren't great and the software would likely need to be replaced to make them adequate and I didn't know if I wanted to mess with that. Also for a moment I was looking at Mighty which is a screenless device with Spotify integration but I think having to navigate playlists with voice controls would have made me crazy. I think the Snowsky will have what I want but we will see how it works when I have it in my hot little hands.

[axolotls]

Reading books on it would be very odd, it is quite small! (Which is part of why I chose it, actually, so that it can fit in my bomber jacket pockets.) Yeah though, I had to get it as a birthday gift because of how expensive it was, but it was basically the best option I could find for my needs hah, and I am happy with it (though I'm always afraid of scratching it! Already have a few little scratches :') I hate screen protectors thooough).

Ohhh wow, that's pretty! Love the buttons on the side! I hope you enjoy it! What colour did you get?

[grayestofghosts]

I got it today and am figuring it out now. One thing I've learned is that it will freak the fuck out if you accidentally put a jpeg in there. I got the blue one! It's very interesting seeing the ins and outs of some of this stuff. Like I tried sorting a playlist into its own album so it would organize easily and one track won't take the album artwork... turns out it's the only one in the bunch that's an actual mp3 and not a m4a. Wacky.

[axolotls]

Oh, that's weird! Hopefully the kinks get worked out? Might be worth giving them some feedback, I know they did firmware updates for the M6 while it was still relatively new.