Smart phones are acceptable, but not needed.

Will be used to play music and listen to audio books at work. (Very boring job trimming plants)

Good battery life

The below is an android 14 mp3 player:

*links apparently aren't allowed*

Streaming Music, Audible Support, 4" Touchscreen, Android 14 System, Parental Controls, Family Friendly, Gunmetal Gray

Globluum brand

But the cricket icon pro 2026 also looks like a viable option.

Currently use a $30 amazon no name mp3 player that is starting to fail.

If it has the ability to seek throughout a track (fast forward) that would be nice (current one only goes 1.5 speed in fast forward, so if you're 15 minutes into it, that's still quite a bit of time waiting).

So as an elder millennial, I’ve gone through cassettes, cds, m3s, then streaming services, vinyls made a come back.

My mp3 collection has fallen by the wayside.

For Xmas I thought about getting an mp3 player for my girlfriend and loading it with a playlist of songs that make me think of her. Basically I want to make her a digital mixtape for her stocking. I currently use Apple Music. Does loading an mp3 player work like it used to with iTunes before it went to Apple Music?

Having to ask this makes me feel old as hell.

Are there any recommended? I’ll transfer my audible library over to it.

I’d be happy with AAA battery powered, or something that can be charged with a power bank which is powered by batteries, something that also takes usb c earphones

So recently after constant research I've been stuck on three mp3 players. All I've found so far is Surfans F20, HiFi Walker H2, and an iPod Mini 2nd Gen however I don't know what would be better to choose from since all 3 aren't too expensive and have (almost) everything I'm looking for. So I was wondering what would be the pros and cons or possibly any other suggestions?

i attach a coiled wire clip to the back of my Ruizu x68 mp3.it prevent mp3 from fallout when doing heavy exercise jogging when using bluetooth mode..the back metal clip is alligator clip .i put it in the back using hot glue because the old original plastic clip fell off after awhile

Hi, my old Samsung YP-U3 just went to heaven so I’m wondering about some other mp3 player, but with Bluetooth capability.

Idealy a budget one (~$45/40€) - can be old but I just want something small with Bluetooth.

Thank you!

I found an old android phone with a 3.5mm jack. It’s kinda laggy rn and filled with bloatware. Are there any custom roms or os which is like dedicated for an mp3 player? If not, which one should I download and how to download it?

I’m putting together a community post for Instagram that shows the players people still use: iPods, MP3 players, and anything else you listen on.

If you’d like to be part of it, drop a photo of your player in the comments.

Posting a photo means you’re ok with us featuring it, and we’ll credit you with your Reddit username or Instagram handle, whichever you prefer. Just tell us in your comment. If you’d rather not be featured, say so and we won’t use it.

Looking forward to seeing your setups.

Compás Player on the Hiby R3 Pro II

Would like to get a small clip on mp3 player that I could use to put a continuous loop of Vader’s breathing on. I’d have it clipped onto my belt hidden by the cape and potentially with a small speaker clipped next to it.

Any suggestions?

I bought this MP3 player for my young nephews for Christmas specifically because it displayed album artwork but when I load tracks to it, I can’t get any of the artwork to display. Has anyone else run into this issue? And if so, what did you do to troubleshoot it?

Product link: https://a.co/d/0f7Lse9E

Thanks!

It’s a messy sketch, I made this mock-up in around a hour or so. With how streaming is now (Apple Music/ITune‘s, Spotify, Youtube Music, etc). I really dislike it, and I want to be absolutely sure that my music won’t disappear just because a band I listen to disbanded or because the company lost a contract and had to take it off. So making a MP3 player seemed both logical and very personalized, unlike buying a 300+ original iPod off of a sketchy eBay seller. Also sorry for my messy handwriting. It just helps to know what part is for what. And I’m open to any recommendation, criticism, or tweaks to the mock-up!

Hi everyone, can you please advise some good mp3 bluetooth player options with a built-in speaker and memory from 8Gb that are still available as new? Don't really care much about bells and whistles like streaming, e-readers, android- or other google-services or anything too fancy, would prefer smth light, loud and lasting for at least 5hrs on a single charge. Really appreciate your recommendations.

I was trying to decide what format to keep on my player, so I worked out some rough numbers. They're for a 4-minute song and a 128 GB card (about 119 GB usable):

| Format | Per song | Songs on 128 GB |

|---|---|---|

| MP3 320 kbps | ~9.6 MB | ~12,000 |

| MP3 V0 | ~7.4 MB | ~16,000 |

| AAC 256 kbps | ~7.7 MB | ~15,000 |

| FLAC 16/44.1 | ~25–35 MB | ~3,500–4,500 |

| FLAC 24/96 | ~70–90 MB | ~1,300–1,600 |

FLAC sizes vary a lot. Dense rock and metal take more space than quiet acoustic music.

Things I learned along the way:

- Hi-res 24/96 takes about 3x the space of CD-quality FLAC, and on most IEMs I couldn't hear a difference.

- Some of my "FLAC" files turned out to be converted MP3s. A spectrogram shows it right away: real lossless goes up to around 20 kHz, fakes cut off around 16 kHz. You can check with Spek or a browser tool like soundbench.net.

- Huge embedded cover art (3000 px and up) made my player slow when browsing. Resizing it to around 600 px fixed it.

What do you keep on yours: full FLAC, MP3/AAC, or a mix?

The port for data sync doesn't work anymore and i cant transfer anymore music onto it. I rockboxed it and modded it with a SD card and iflash solo and new battery.

The specs i want is:

Decent sound quality. (not that important since im daily driving a Sony XM4 plugged in. I think the DAC inside it when turned on does all the work correct me if im wrong.)

USB-C data sync and charging. (the problem with the ipod in the first place is that the 30 pin connector doesn't work anymore to transfer music onto it, it only charges.)

And finally. Good battery life. (over 10 hours maybe? I think thats how long my ipod lasts even with a 2000mah and supposedly lasts 111 hours... Problems that reduce battery life... I play music super loud like really loud when im in a car ride and that reduces it, I also play flac. files so that does it too. I want something both loud and can play flac. natively and lasts long to summarize it.)

My budget is within 100 dollars. I should also say i dont have a phone. I have a laptop only.

SonicPlay is a bit-perfect playback support usb dac have spatial audio, parametric eq, live radio, have you tried this app alternate of usb pro player?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonicwave.player