Yep this is the audiophile community. The same kind of people who buy Monster cables
Yes it comes with less memory than my modern smartphone, but at least the gold-plated oxygen free copper provides a purer sound.
Yeah Sonys always had a luxury brand lineup. Back in the day their uhh vaio? Computers were hailed as MacBook killers.
some ppl have way too much money
You’d think you could get one for like 20$. i wanted a cheap one that would just do music for… some reason idfk, but the lowest end ones are more expensive than cheap phones.
Sandisk used to make good ones. There was even a community that made open source OS called Rock box which could play Doom and Opus. They replaced it with a model that couldn’t be flashed, and now they’ve stopped making that too.
Certified Lover Boy? Certified Audiophile
Striking a (literal) chord and it’s probably A-minooorrr
The only people still buying dedicated audio players are audiofools
nah they’re good. Sometimes I want something very light that doesn’t make my pockets sag
pseudoscientific slop of any kind will make big bucks to the right audience. “oh the decibel conflagration gradient is 0.005% lower in the soprano DVD spectrum, creating a harmonizing dissonating pulmonary association that’ll be $5000 please” and if even one chump buys it they get a 2000% return on investment.
