I’ve already spent some time stepping away from streaming with another digital audio player, but the Snowsky Echo sits in a slightly different space. Where something like the Innioasis Y1 leans heavily into affordable nostalgia as a concept, the Echo feels more like an attempt to refine it, to
  • oneguynick@lemmy.worldEnglish
    49·
    23 days ago

    It’s funny to have been on the front end of the rapid consolidation of devices only to see the tail end of it when we distribute them again.

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      22 days ago

      I remember, back in like 2005, camera phones and media phones were starting to properly come out, and I didn’t want it. I had a cell phone and an mp3 player and a digital camera, and I kinda liked it that way.

    • mechoman444@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      22 days ago

      I mean it’s definitely pretty phenomenal. I actually still have an 80 gig iPod from back in the day. It is a superior music player.

      But I just can’t see myself carrying that around and my phone. Nowadays, most of the music that I listen to is Pandora or YouTube music.

      I have a mp3 collection on my phone but it’s very curated.

  • Obituarykidney@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    22 days ago

    People here are complaining about another device to carry around, android phones not having enough storage, streaming being better etc.

    There are programs and apps to stream your own. I have a nas (network attached storage) where I keep my music. It came with a music player and a mobile app out of the box that can stream and cast my collection. Plex can also do it quite easily. I’m sure there are others too.

    • cosmo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      22 days ago

      Plexamp is just wonderful, even if the Plex music library management is slightly lacking. Before I moved my music to a Plex server on my NAS I used DoubleTwist’s Cloud Player and streamed my own music out of my Google Drive storage. This was 10 years ago, but it did the job well enough. However Plex made all my music available all the time directly on my phone. No moving of files to cloud storage necessary. Easy switch.

  • Hiro8811@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    21 days ago

    It’s not bad but they are usually useless unless you have high quality music, even then you need some quality headphones or IEMs to make proper use of it. I’m not against it but software usually sucks and updates are really rare, until then I’m not sure I can buy another one.

    • PerfectDark@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      22 days ago

      Thank you!

      I’ve had a great time trying these out, and finding the one which will stick with me. You’ll have a great time with this, and while it is in the post you can start getting, building and curating your music collection! :P

      (which color will you opt for?)

      • JigglySackles@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        22 days ago

        I didn’t know they were on AliExpress, so now I’m definitely after that dark green. Was looking at the black with a red button because I didn’t like the light blue or pink amazon had.

        I have curated my music for awhile. I still prefer burning discs and listening to those in the car instead of streaming lol.

  • vic_rattlehead@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    23 days ago

    What’s the benefit of this device when you can just put your audio files directly on your phone or laptop already?