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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Okay but seriously, the person in the promotional video, unless there's medical condition behind it, should really do something about their posture.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Zune and iPod at Tangara.

Walkman, when the Napster fell!

Steve Jobs, his turtle neck raised high.

(Looks pretty neat, been thinking about getting a dedicated music player again!)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I bought one. Unfortunately, it still doesn’t work well with large music libraries. The database building step takes several hours, with no progress indicator, and once it’s done, the scroll wheel does not accelerate, meaning that scrolling through a long list of artists/albums will take a long time. Hopefully these will be remedied in a future firmware.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Good to know, thank you for sharing your experience! I may go with a different device and install Rockbox instead.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

Any new device that supports it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Given its open source couldn't you have a peek and maybe fix those issues?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I love how we are starting to go backwards with tech like this, the future needs more analog

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I discovered Digital-to-Analog converters and vacuum tubes during the pandemic, replaced my whole setup for headphones and speakers after discovering Schiit Audio.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

Why would you share that link you monster, I have no money lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Pendulum swings. We went too far too fast.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I highly doubt this thing is analog in any way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

This is analog in the sense that it has a Digital to Analog "Cirrus Logic WM8523 DAC"converter and a 3.5mm headphone jack, so does indeed enable analog if you use a wired headphone, and it is absolutely a step in the right direction over shitty bluetooth quality audio.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

but it is a step in the right direction

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Is this a DAP?