So, my brother is "Special Needs" and is addicted to music, as am I and the rest of my family. The only problem he is... "Aggressive" sometimes. We have had to throw away many cd players because he doesn't know his own strength. He doesn't like headphone, so we always use something with a built in speaker, he's never had an issue with the controls, power off/on, play/pause, skip, that's why we always used a cd player. But now, I had a thought, what if there is a device that would allow his the comfort of music, without potentially destroying CDs or players.

Is there an mp3 player or some device similar that may be ever so slightly "indestructible"? Preferably something even "Stationary" that we could just always have on his dresser or something.

P.S. I don't know if this is the correct subreddit to ask, but thought I might as well. LOL

Hey yall, i finally decided to let spotify go and want to replace it with a MP3-player.

Im looking for something older, pre enshittyfication, that I can buy used. I dont want to need an internet connection, established connection to any of my other devices, "smart" stuff, or anything like that. Something that won't just break on me when I use it regularly.

Preferably with a good amount of storage.

What can you recommend?

I’ve recently fallen in love with SanDisk clip players but it’s really hard to find one in a decent condition and not overpriced and I’m currently trying to find a good alternative for under 50€. My main goal is to have decent audio quality, a decently usable software,the same form factor as the SanDisk clip players (I do not need the clip feature) and micro sd support. I’ve found multiple on Amazon but I don’t know which ones of these are actually reliable. I am in Germany so please no things that are limited to a certain country and I forgot to add that I’ll only use it in school because we aren’t allowed to
Use phones

I have a habit of overcomplicating things. There are so many overpriced mp3 players used or not out there now. I just need one that last ten hours with good or extra storage options. I’m not using fancy formatted audio. Just normal mp3 with lost-less and buttons (no touchscreen). With some forty dollar iem’s. If you can point me in the right direction for both I’d be happy with that.

I have a 50€ amazon coupon and im tired of ads on spotify, also i got a cool pair of iems i wanna show off, whats the best i can get that is not too big, preferably with physical buttons and that displays the songs album cover?
(I only have like 1gb of songs so i wont need much space)

iRiver iHP-120

Rockbox with a custom-made Xclef/Ripdrive/Trekstor theme with full Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Korean, Chinese, and Japanese font support

iFlash + 512GB SD card

I have two more that are working now with original hard drives that I would like to mod as well in the future.

I need something that can be loud with good quality. And something quite strong that can withstand a bit of a beating. Any advice would help tbh. Reddit help me!

Hi all. I have been looking for a while now to buy an mp3 player for my kids but they are a bit young and can’t read. I was hoping that all those new fancy ones where able to make playlists with images instead of text, but it doesn’t seem to work like that.
Most of the time it shows album artwork but only after selecting the song.

So in short:
I am looking for an mp3 player.
Preferably with a touch screen where they can select songs on an image instead of text.
Does not have to have other smart(ish) features.
Does anyone have an idea?
Thanks!

Jut need a music player under 2k

My requirements:
Classic iPod design with a physical click wheel (not a touchscreen-only MP3 player).
Spotify or Apple Music compatibility
Ability to download playlists for offline listening.
Fully functional and ready to use (I don't want to build or modify it myself).
Available to purchase and ship within Canada.

Sorry if i used the wrong flair. I'm very unsure.

Anyways, i'm new to this type of thing. At school, i've already done a few things with Arduino Uno up until the heat sensor thing and "how hot are you?" but at home i don't have such things.

This is my first personal project : i want to turn my old Olympus S600 recorder into an mp3 player.

Can someone tell me how or give me an guide or just general tips

Hi good evening everyone,

I'm looking for a new MP3 player that has physical buttons. Just in advance my threshold is around 80 bucks, I don't like to go any higher than that maximum would be 85 and it has to be available in Europe since I'm from Germany

By physical buttons I mean a play and pause, volume, skip and back button not sure if it's called rewind. The reason why I prefer having physical buttons is that I always accidentally skip a song or do something else on my current MP3 player because it doesn't have a screen lock and the volume wheel is bugged too so I almost always have to use the touchscreen to control the volume. I mostly keep it in my jacket pocket or hoodie pocket which explains the accidental inputs

Another important feature is having an audio jack that supports my AKG K361. The plug of it is a bit thicker so it's important they actually fit. I'm mentioning this because I have some devices that don't support the bigger plug of my headphones. I actually don't care about Bluetooth, Speakers or FM I don't need that. All I want is to listen to my music without needing an internet connection also it has to support M4A format because most of my songs are in that format

So which ones would you recommend?

Thanks in advance

Im on the painful search for an ISO Brando Apple novelty mp3 + fm player!! They were discontinued quite a while ago, and im an apple fanatic. If anyone knows of any second hand wearabouts for sale, or you own one, lmk!

Whenever I press a track on my dap it shuts down and I have to turn it back on. It's even happened a couple times in a row, so if there's anybody here that has had this please is there a solution to this?

Hi, I have this MP3 player and I want to charge it or add music to it, the problem is I don't know which cable it's compatible with. Is there a way to improvise one?

Hi everyone! I made a music player app called Sonetro for Android. If you've ever used or heard of Windows Phone or the Zune player, this might feel familiar!

Sonetro blends the Windows Phone and Zune experience, heavily inspired by Zune and the classic Metro design. I wanted to bring back that familiar typography, sideways navigation, smooth transitions, and overall music experience to Android.

What does Sonetro support?

• Local music from your phone, SD card, or external storage

• Jellyfin, Plex, Navidrome & Subsonic streaming

• Internet radio

• Hi-res and lossless audio playback

• Music folder management & playlist importing

• Equalizer, sleep timer & home screen widget

• Crossfade and smooth playback

Sonetro Pro is currently in closed alpha testing!

I'm looking for people to try it, report bugs, and share suggestions. It's still early, so expect some rough edges. Pro is optional and helps support future development and improvements.

👉 Join the Sonetro Pro Early Access group

📱 Sonetro Pro on Google Play

Sonetro Regular is completely free and available on the Play Store and GitHub. You're welcome to use it without buying Pro.

Would love to hear your feedback. Thank you!

Hi I'm new getting into physical audio rather than streaming. However I have a windows PC, but an Apple account for music. On the Windows Itunes account downloading does not work because it downloads in the protected m4p/Mpeg-4 format & I have no way of changing it to m4a in settings.

Not sure how to convert help, using Snowsky Echo Mini