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by pat64 919 days ago
I get over 2+ weeks of playback time on my modded iPod classic with Rockbox and a half tb of storage.

That’s the player I wish I had in the 200s.

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I tested mine and it came out to around 65hrs w/ rockbox playing FLACs.

I've also got a Sansa Clip+ that is super small and great with Rockbox.

Sansa Clip+ was very close to audio player perfection as far as I'm concerned. Simple but functional, no frills, had exactly the features it needed, no less and no more, and at a very reasonable price. Rockbox made it better, but even without it was pretty darn good.

I don't recall what happened to mine (lost? broken? gave it to someone? don't recall), but I wish I had bought 20 of them when I could to last the rest of my life.

I had an RCA Lyra RD1021, it was almost the size of a matchbox. I’m still tempted to use it while running instead of a phone.
I can't imagine trying to use a phone to listen to music while running.

The Sansa Clip has physical buttons. I can operate it without having to look at it.`