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Recommendations for a good MP3 player in 2019?


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#1 rp88

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Posted 27 August 2019 - 02:15 PM

My current mp3 playing device has a dying battery and I want to get something with a bit more memory this time.

I'm looking for atleast 16GB of memory but ideally more like 32GB (or something that can take an SD/microSD).

The device needs to respect ID3 tags properly, I've tried some utterly awful mp3 players which ignores these and played tracks in completely the wrong order.

Audio quality shouldn't be terrible, it mustn'y be too quiet when listening over normal (over ear) headphones, but needn't be outstanding or particularly satisfying to audiophiles.

Battery life must be long and I need to be able to charge (over micro or mini USB) while it contines playing tracks, preferably a device which isn't glued together during so assembly such that when the battery dies of old age after a few years I can unscrew stuff and solder a new cell into place.

The player needs some form of small screen, so not one of those thumb-drive style devices which just have two buttons and a tiny text display, I need to be able to see things like how much time is left and elapsed within long (hour or so) audiobook tracks (normal mp3 files, no DRM to worry about).

Fast forwarding and rewinging within a track needs to be easy.

Headphones need to use a 3.5mm jack, I have no need of bluetooth.

Device needs to present as a normal USB storage device when attached to PC, I run linux so can't be depending on manufacturer's (effectively always windows only) software to do transfers of files from PC to player.

Device must have buttons of a kind which are not too easily knocked, or have some kind of lock feature where when you slide some sort of switch the rest of the controls don't take any inputs until you unlock, so I can cary it around without constantly skipping tracks.

I was hoping to buy in a UK high street store or on amazon.

Anyone got any recommendations? Thanks

Edited by rp88, 27 August 2019 - 02:16 PM.

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Posted 29 August 2019 - 10:21 AM

What electronic retail stores are in your area? Look around before buying from brickNmorter or online.

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Posted 06 September 2019 - 07:55 PM

Shockingly hard to find m3 players in high street stores thesedays, most people seem to just use their phones for all their audio playing needs, a philosophy I don't subscribe to for reasons such as batetry life. Had to resort to amazon, got a sandisk device which seems quite good and meets all my points above.
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Posted 23 May 2020 - 07:32 PM

I recommend Sandisk clip 16gb. It has bluetooth, radio, and more. I owned one for a while. I loved the fact the radio feature had bluetooth abilities. Which was awesome as the only device I use is my Skull Candy bluetooth headphones!






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