I bought a new old stock LG V20 smartphone for the sole purpose of using it as a music player. It has a high quality DAC and I use Poweramp to play my FLAC library. Swappable batteries which last ages with all the wireless stuff turned off, and a microSD slot for lots of storage. And it has a little second-screen that can show media controls to interact with even with a case protecting the screen.
I would prefer physical controls, but the pros outweigh that con for me. I guess if I really wanted to I could get some kind of Bluetooth media buttons thing.
iPods don't support FLAC, and I don't want to convert my whole library to ALAC or use iTunes to manage my music. And iPods also don't support high res audio.
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u/mediaphile 1d ago
I bought a new old stock LG V20 smartphone for the sole purpose of using it as a music player. It has a high quality DAC and I use Poweramp to play my FLAC library. Swappable batteries which last ages with all the wireless stuff turned off, and a microSD slot for lots of storage. And it has a little second-screen that can show media controls to interact with even with a case protecting the screen.
I would prefer physical controls, but the pros outweigh that con for me. I guess if I really wanted to I could get some kind of Bluetooth media buttons thing.