Ask HN: Any recommendations for a portable music player

5 laserstrahl 4 5/12/2025, 5:54:53 PM

Hey HN,

Can you help me which portable DAP to buy? I used the rockbox derivates. But dunno which one I should use. The modern ones would be too pricey. Like the shanling etc. But maybe you can tell me how do you listen to FLAC music on the go? Is there anything I can buy?

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shoo · 4h ago

another ($250) option is https://www.crowdsupply.com/cool-tech-zone/tangara

> Tangara is a portable music player. It outputs high-quality sound through a 3.5 mm headphone jack or Bluetooth, has great battery life, and includes a processor that’s powerful enough to support any audio format you can throw at it. It’s also 100% open hardware running open-source software, which makes it easy to customize, repair, and upgrade

pwg · 9h ago

Do you carry a smart phone?

If yes, then this:

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/ch.blinkenlights.android.van...

will play flac from your phones local storage (you have to transfer the files to the phone of course).

shoo · 4h ago

similarly, apps such as pulsar in the android play store support playing audio files (incl flac) from storage

Rotundo · 9h ago

If you want a new device, these are not too expensive and well supported by Rockbox: https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/AIGOErosQK

Or get a used iPod. That's what I did.

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Ask HN: Any recommendations for a portable music player

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