Do people still use MP3 players?

[ElectroVibe]

I used to buy MP3 players up until roughly 10 years ago and I loved them. But after a while they became harder to find. As in, finding them in stores.

Did a better method come along? Such as Spotify or some kind of online storage?

I still like the idea of a smaller device dedicated to music that is light and easy to carry.

To be honest, I've gone back to traditional radio. Yes, for 10 years. But if I could find a good player to hold lots of music, maybe hundreds of albums. Or perhaps a way of selecting a dozen albums at a time, and then switching them out each day. If that's easy to do.

I'd even be open to online options, none of which I have used, with the exception of youtube.

Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[joelns]

My iPhone supplanted my MP3 player. All my CD's were ripped into iTunes and uploaded to my phone. Couple that with Spotify, and I've got access to a vast library of music.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if the prevalence of smart phones is why MP3 players are essentially obsolete.

 

[weird_hermiston]

I modded an iPod classic 5.5 gen to use 256gb on sd cards and love it! But I’ve always been into technology that’s passé. I’m starting to re-rip my CDs as FLAC and still have plenty of room on my iPod. I also use Spotify, but not everything I want is on streaming.

 

[PolkaHero]

I buy old Android phones really cheap and install SD cards and use those as MP3 players as I don't store any music on my own smartphone.

 

[g-dude]

Apple still sells the iPod touch - 32gb for $199 is the starting price.

You can also subscribe to iTunes Match for like $25 a year, and basically your entire library gets loaded to iCloud Music Library where you can downloaded as you need it. Or just pay for Apple Music and stream everything Apple offers.

 

[ElectroVibe]

With the last one I had maybe 16G. Does that sound right? I think I was able to store about 100 ripped CDs, which I would sometimes delete a few to add in a few more. Whatever storage amount that I had, I would have wanted about double. I would still like something smaller than a phone.

I've never considered Apple until now.
Do people still even use Ipods?

 

[bass12]

I still use an iPod. The only thing I don’t like about it is the ridiculously short battery life.

 

[NG51]

I still use mine for walking, and for when I just want to unplug from phones, pads, and all that stuff. I like the small size and the simplicity.

 

[Leigh Semmens]

I've got a 128gb uSD card in my phone with all my music on it, when that fills up I'll probably just buy a bigger card.

 

[socialleper]

I have a DAP (digital audio player) as well as music stored on my phone. I'm an audio snob, so let me explain.

First, MP3s are garbage. They literally delete a quarter to a third if your music to compress it. I use FLAC because it is true, lossless, compression, and supports 24-bit hi rez audio.
Spotify is garbage because it plays at MP3 quality. I use Tidal for now, but might switch because of the MQA fuss.
I use a DAP because it has 4.4mm balanced pentaconn, and a very good DAC. It powers my Polaris v2 IEMs better than my phone. It also has a high capacity memory expansion slot.

 

[Kawai2g4b]

I use a Sony Walkman that can expand to about 300GB with an expansion SD card. Since it can play FLAC and WAV files, I can load whatever project I have in development and get a realistic representation through wired headphones. It wasn’t cheap but I find it very user-friendly.

 

[fhm555]

here you go.

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[sharpiemarker]

I haven’t carried an iPod/MP3 player since I got a smart phone. Maybe 2010. I stream and just download the songs for when I’m without cell signal. I find there is only a handful of albums that I can’t find on streaming service that I just listen to on youtube and deal with quality loss. It’s convince over quality for me

 

[Ric5]

Do people still use MP3 players?

YES ... I do

 

[logdrum]

I use Amazon Music HD which is lossless - not MP3s. I did Tidal but the music selection for my taste is not as vast as Amazon for the music I like. I have a good DAC from Schiit Audio not their high end. I just got a portable DAC from Amazon but I may return it and get that one that can do Amazon Music and has the ability to download the FLAC files, I am also probably just build my own DAC based on Raspberry PI

 

[cnltb]

Do people still use MP3 players?
I do...not sure about people.

 

[ERIC31]

here you go.

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Yep! That’s exactly what I use. Mostly for practicing. I connect it to my Vox Bass AmPlug and some headphones and I’m off and running! Micro sd card 64gb and I have way more music on there than I could ever need!

it’s also good for biking, skateboarding, roller skating as it’s light and clips right on my shirt. Can’t do that with my iPhone!!

 

[Andy Daventry]

Yes, it's wonderful when I want to go off grid! I love them. My mp3 player spends most of its time plugged into my practice amp, now that we don't commute any more.

 

[Andy Daventry]

I have a DAP (digital audio player) as well as music stored on my phone. I'm an audio snob, so let me explain.

First, MP3s are garbage. They literally delete a quarter to a third if your music to compress it. I use FLAC because it is true, lossless, compression, and supports 24-bit hi rez audio.
Spotify is garbage because it plays at MP3 quality. I use Tidal for now, but might switch because of the MQA fuss.
I use a DAP because it has 4.4mm balanced pentaconn, and a very good DAC. It powers my Polaris v2 IEMs better than my phone. It also has a high capacity memory expansion slot.

Most of the music I love listening to was produced to be listened to through a transistor radio. And the amount of background noise you get when, for example, commuting, means that hi rez audio (is that what we used to call hifi?) is a bit redundant.

 

[Vodyanoi]

Last MP3 device I've used was the little YP-T9 which proved to be a great companion to me back then; 4GB was more than enough to store some favorite albums. Also, built-in tuner & voice recorder were nice to have. Then smartphones took over and I didn't look back ever since. I stay away from anything online though; I'm a fan of the old-fashioned way of ripping my CD collection and importing the output files in Musicolet.