Define older... Last year or over 20 years... What options are you looking for and how much are you willing to spend.... Answer from Deleted User on reddit.com
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Amazon
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Amazon.com: Retro Mp3 Player
AGPTEK A02 MP3 Player with Bluetooth 5.3, 1.8 inch Screen Portable Music Player with Speaker, FM Radio, Voice Recorder, Supports Expanded Up to 128GB(Rose Gold, 32GB) · MECHEN M30 HiFi MP3 Player, Lossless DSD High Resolution Digital Audio Music Player, High-Res Portable Audio Player with ...
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Found my old, still working MP3 player with more than 3000 songs of my late teenage years
Please for the love of God and everything holy post a song list. I absolutely must know what 3000 songs of teenage angst sounds like. More on reddit.com
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Using an old phone as dedicated MP3 player? Thoughts?

I use a Sony XZ Premium phone as my living room stereo system DAP. Never had any cause for complaints. It takes a large SD card, has a headphone jack, and can play any format from MP3 to hi-res.

I use a dedicated DAP for my headphones, but that's more to get away from Android when I'm listening seriously.

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Music player that emulates old portable mp3 players

I think gonemad music player can do everything you just listed

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Old Mp3 Player Identification

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3_playerthe pic on here? also if you google image search "usb mp3 player", there are tons of them.

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Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Zune
Zune - Wikipedia
3 weeks ago - Microsoft was focused on beating Apple's portable music player, while Apple was behind the scenes focused on the iPhone that was introduced a year after the Zune's debut and, to a large extent, rendered obsolete handheld MP3 players by popularizing ...
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CNET
cnet.com › tech › mobile › phones › this diy hack turns your old phone into a dedicated mp3 player
This DIY Hack Turns Your Old Phone Into a Dedicated MP3 Player - CNET
5 days ago - Before you rush out to buy a secondhand iPod or Zune, you might want to dig through that box in the back of your closet. Chances are, you already own a device that can be used as a dedicated MP3 player. Your old smartphone is perfect for this task; it doesn't have the classic iPod click wheel, but it can still run Spotify or hold the music files you own.
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Retropunk
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MP3 Players were the Pinnacle of Portable Music
August 1, 2023 - These varied in size and shape over the years but were always quality and demanded a premium compared to other players that tried to copy their design. The Sony Walkman NWZ-B142F B-series released in 2009. These still look sharp today.
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The Guardian
theguardian.com › thefilter › 2025 › sep › 12 › best-mp3-players-uk
MP3 players are making a comeback – I tested 15 to find the best | Gadgets | The Guardian
September 15, 2025 - I sourced 15 modern MP3 players from the likes of Sony, Agptek, Majority, Shanling, iBasso and FiiO – which may not all sound that familiar, such is the niche we’re dealing with. While players can go for more than £1,000, I was keen to test mainstream devices, with the highest priced at £649 and the lowest at £30. I supplemented this with two old Apple models via Backmarket, where preowned tech can get a second life rather than becoming e-waste.
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TechRadar
techradar.com › audio › portable media players
The top MP3 players and hi-res audio players available in 2025, all tested by our experts | TechRadar
November 13, 2025 - So it's an MP3 player which you'll have to manually download songs to – like the olden days. And now we've mentioned everything it can't do, let's talk about what it can manage: your music, especially if you're a runner. This thing is tiny, and it has a lovely strong clip to attach it to your clothes.
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Old Time Radio
otrcat.com › recommended-mp3-players-for-old-time-radio
Recommended MP3 Players for Old Time Radio | OTR MP3 Player Reviews | Old Time Radio
Sony CFD-S20CP, MHC-EC55, ZS-XN30 and ZS-X3CP, ZS-RS60BT, CMT-LX20i, CMT-MX500i, CMT HP7 5-CD Microsystem , CMT BX-1- , CFD-S07CP, CFD-S50- some early generation MP3 Sony boomboxe models plays 80% of the recordings and is temperamental and refuses to play some recordings for unknown reasons ... Solid-state players fit in the palm of your hand and plug into your computer to transfer old time radio shows via USB cable rather than playing the CDs directly.
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CNET
cnet.com › tech › mobile › digital audio players › best mp3 players for 2025
Best MP3 Players for 2025 - CNET
July 15, 2025 - Sony NW-E394: The NW-E394 is an artifact of a former age. The last of the old-school MP3 players. It's simple and easy to use, however. It seems to be finally discontinued, unfortunately.
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Instructables
instructables.com › circuits › speakers
Converting Old MP3 Player to Powerful Bass Music Player : 5 Steps (with Pictures) - Instructables
December 8, 2023 - Converting Old MP3 Player to Powerful Bass Music Player: Hi Readers in this Instructables I will show you how I converted my old MP3 player to a powerful bass output music player. This has very good sound output compared to its size and most importantly it has a very large battery backup to ...
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Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › IPod
iPod - Wikipedia
6 days ago - Portable MP3 players had existed since 1997; however, Apple found existing digital music players "big and clunky or small and useless" with user interfaces that were "unbelievably awful".
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AliExpress
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Old Mp3 Players
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Christian Lind
christianlind.com › remembering-awesome-mp3-players-not-apples-ipod
Remembering All The Awesome MP3 Players That Were Not Apple's iPod
December 14, 2020 - I’ve loved the Zune series; it was so much more than just a media player; it was an entire social experience based around music; something that Apple failed to copy with Ping. If Diamond was a graphics card manufacturer that ventured into the portable audio space, Creative Labs was known for its sound cards included the Sound Blaster series which dominated sales so when they entered the MP3 player market, there was a lot of expectations.
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The Verge
theverge.com › tech › gadgets › reviews
In praise of an old iRiver MP3 player | The Verge
July 22, 2023 - The iRiver iHP-120 was a gadget nerd’s MP3 player. It had a wired remote, a radio, a voice recorder, two optical ports, and loads of physical buttons. I’ve had it for half my life.
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Retrospekt
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Audio Players
Featured Best selling Alphabetically, ... + Retrospekt CP-81 Portable Cassette Player · Sale price$ 99.00 · Apple iPod Shuffle (2nd Generation) 1GB MP3 Player ·...
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Apple
apple.com › newsroom › 2022 › 05 › the-music-lives-on
The music lives on - Apple
3 days ago - The original iPod, introduced on October 23, 2001, was the first MP3 player to pack a mind-blowing 1,000 songs and a 10-hour battery into a stunning 6.5-ounce package.
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The MalibuCrew
themalibucrew.com › forums › discussions › stereo info & how-to
Going old-school - Best (affordable) mp3 player?
October 27, 2021 - I am coming from a 2001 boat with a cd drive and have about 100 cds with all our favorite music. I would prefer not to use my smartphone to store the music and play it. We also boat in places without cell service so need downloadable music. My thought is to burn the cds and get an mp3 player ($10...