What has been your favorite music player

[beagledave]

I really enjoy the TuneIn app. Local radio stations in my region are lame, TuneIn gives me access to great radio stations.

I use it quite a bit with Plex.

[RAMd®d]

1) My car's optional high-end system.

As it was part of the package of a loaded previous model year car, I didn't notice that it was an upgrade. It had a cassette deck of decent quality, and a six-cd changer in the console. It wasn't new enough for an AUX jack or USB port. The FM section was sub-par for FM, but typical for every car I've ever been in.

But the amp and speakers are exquisite. Unfortunately, the car doesn't isolate outside noise well, so that means pumping up the volume (not necessarily a bad thing).

There is I like more than listening to good sounding music I like while driving. In that category, riding my bike is a better feeling, but the acoustics don't bode well for musicality. But it's close enough.

2) My iPods. My last was the 80G Classic. Nearly all my music portable. I could listen to what I wanted anytime, any place. With good earbuds, even being out and about was sheer joy. I wish I and opted for the 120 or 160G version. At home, good 'cans meant more joy.

A 128G 'Phone will probably be in my future, but listening to music on my 'Phones, will wholly enjoyable, doesn't give my quite the same thrill .The thrill isn't gone, it's just diminished. Every now and then I break out the Classic, and it's back.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

RAMd®d wrote:
2) My iPods. My last was the 80G Classic. Nearly all my music portable. I could listen to what I wanted anytime, any place. With good earbuds, even being out and about was sheer joy. I wish I and opted for the 120 or 160G version. At home, good 'cans meant more joy.

I recently upgraded my 60G iPod Classic to an SD card-based storage system with 400 GB of storage (able to max out to 1TB). It now has the capacity to hold my entire music collection in Apple Lossless format and serves as a jukebox in my car.

[Lew Zealand]

Hmm… too many to list.

It started with an early Walkman & Sony MDR-31 headphones.
It's currently: Mac Mini - iTunes - USB Dragonfly - iCan - HiFiMan HE-400S


Manymanymany different ones in between including boom box + car amp w/homemade 12V power supply to Realistic Minimus-25s, about 5 different car amps (in my actual car!) with around 5 different custom speaker setups. Around 6 different Walkmen and Discmen with Sony MDR-41s, 62s, 84s, Grado SR-60s. Mini Stereos, Panasonic boomboxes. Lotsa fun from *all* of them.


At home the current second banana to the headphone setup above is *very* simple:

Intel NUC6i5 - Lepai LP7498E Class-D amp - Pioneer SP-FS52s

This has *amazing* sound for something that cost all of $270 new for the amp + speakers. Both have been well-reviewed as good low cost audio. The 24 bit masters of Exile on Main Street sound almost as good on this as it does in the HiFiMan 'phones, which cost more than those 3 pieces put together.