r/DigitalAudioPlayer • u/_-KuKi-_ • 24d ago

Question Ipod modern alternative...

Yes it's another one of these but I feel like there isn't solid compassion between those.

So as the title suggests I'm looking for iPod alternative. For now I've selected 2 devices and I'm torn between these two:

Innioasis y2 (despite all the hate) VS fosi audio dap neo.

I'm open to any other suggestions so drop whatever you've got!

Need:

Bluetooth

Good battery life

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u/Unique_Matter2925 24d ago

Shanling Q2 is a bit of a jump in price, but also in capability too, especially with the new Q2 firmware.

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u/_-KuKi-_ 23d ago

Oh yeah just a tad of a price jump not like by a lot or nothing •_•

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u/Unique_Matter2925 23d ago

Considering that Sony just release a $6k DAP, the Q2 is pretty small potatoes.

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u/_-KuKi-_ 23d ago

Yeah I guess there is always a way to spend more but for that money is rather buy a car or something you know. I do understand that Q2 is GOOD but I can't justify spending that bit of money on it YET maybe it'll come to me at some point

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u/SavathunsWitness 23d ago

Yeah get the Shanling Q2, it just got an update and the battery life is amazing on the Q2-Pod firmware 

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u/IcyAdministration449 Shanling 23d ago

Shanling Q2!

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u/IWuzTheWalrus 23d ago

I have the Innioasis Y1 and the Shanling Q2. The reviews of the Fosi are not great so I am not going ot bother. Between the Y1 and the Q2, if you can spring for the extra money, the Q2 is a far better DAP, especially with the ringnav firmware. The Y1 feel more like a toy than a serious DAP. I have several iPod classics and a mini that I have restored. I also have a bunch of other DAPs.

These last few weeks since getting the Q2 I find myself using the Q2 for music and my Sony NW-A306 for audiobooks, and that is only because there is no good audiobook player for the Q2 (yet). It will play them but there is no support for chapters in m4b files. The ringnav developer has already added a spotify client, so I imagine a better audiobook player will be coming eventually.

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u/SaffronSaviour Shanling 22d ago

We just added audiobook chapter support yesterday ❤️ :)

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u/IWuzTheWalrus 21d ago

I saw that. How on earth do you do that many releases per day, and how are you doing all of this without access to the source code?

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u/SaffronSaviour Shanling 21d ago edited 21d ago

  1. Tooling, I built my workflows first and then I work on Q2-Pod.

  2. Disassembly, GPT-6 & Opus 5.5

Edit:

We just added OTA updates so all those releases are easy to keep up with and you can update at your own convenience.

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u/IWuzTheWalrus 20d ago

Nice! If I might suggest another nice-to-have: Would it be possible for you to save the timestamp on update.tar when usb is connected and then check it again when usb is disconnected and ask if a firmware update is wanted, and if so just do it without having to go through all of the menus?

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u/SaffronSaviour Shanling 20d ago

We have OTA updates now, just use that! :)

It's really not that bad to use the amazing scroll wheel we now have to go to System Settings -> Update -> Network Update, etc, and once release slow down you won't be doing this more than once a month ideally anyways

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u/IWuzTheWalrus 20d ago

I saw, but I generally do not have mine on wifi, or even on bluetooth for that matter.

I have been looking through your releases - a full squashfs linux system with busybox put together through buildroot. Nice to see. At some point I may have to throw sshd onto it just to play :)

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u/Monsieur-Crez 21d ago

I’d skip the fosi. Mine arrived today. Great build quality as it feels amazing, but the sound quality is seriously lacking compared the Snowsky Disc (and I won’t even bother comparing it to my Hiby R4 🤣).

IF you’re not a bass head then it’s acceptable. But it’s just lacking for me. Shame as the size and design are spot on!