9 Oct
2025
9 Oct
'25
5:44 a.m.
On 9/10/25 09:54, Josh Lawrence wrote:
Hello everyone,
I need some recommendations for a portable hardware audio player (mp3,
ogg, flac) that supports Linux, and is of reasonable quality. A quick
search on Amazon pulls up everything from $18 - $200, and I'm afraid
to pull the trigger without some kind of recommendation. My needs are
simple, I just need to put tons of practice tracks on it and plug it
up to my keyboard via some kind of audio jack (1/8"). Power on,
select a track, play, experience musical disappointment, power off. :)
General brand recommendations are useful, pretty much any info is more
than welcome - my trusty mp3 player that was recommended by this list
many years ago has vanished, so I must replace it.
Thanks everyone!
Josh
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I use and recommend old Android phones. I have a Galaxy S2, LG G3, and
Pixel which can all have their file systems made visible to Linux when
plugged in via USB, although some require more tinkering than others
maybe like enabling Dev mode on the phone. YMMV.
It's good for them to have a purpose after the network they originally
worked on is mothballed eg. 3G is no longer available here but phone
with SIM removed still plays music. ;)
They play MP3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, Opus, AAC, WAV and make fine audio
players. I use an Android player application called Rocket Player but
most will work.
Roger