Hello
I come to you all with a very specific request. I am looking for a handheld music player for a family member in need (what I would want to label as an mp-3 player even though I don't think anyone has used an MP-3 in years haha). I am familiar with audio equipment, and so are they, but time is of the essence and I don't know what all is out there. I am hoping this community can help.
Please let me know if this is better to post elsewhere.
The truth of the matter is, I have a family member who is entering a mental health treatment facility for an extended period of time, likely multiple months. He would really like to be able to listen to his music while he is there (and already has a set of nice Fostex over ear headphones, and some Shure IEMs). The issue is, this facility wants to be able to control access to the outside world. You can understand, they don't want an abusive ex harassing someone who is there to get better, probably from the damage done by that person. Things like that. So there is a strict rule that the device cannot have any kind of wi-fi connectivity, even if it couldn't be used for messaging, web access or anything. It also cant be capable of recording anything (to ensure the privacy of all of the people there).
Of course, I imagine these are common features on many of the nicer audio players out there. We want to find something that is nice, but not TOO expensive (no more than say $200-$300 USD, maybe a little over but not much). Just something nice which could he could store his music on, has a nice onboard DAC, and a headphone amp for him to listen to music with (or even one device that stores the music and a separate DAC/headphone amp, whatever works).
Can you help me find something for him? He's not really in a position to do it himself right now and I want to help, but I don't have much time and I'm a bit lost in the sea of this stuff. Like I said, I know a bit about this stuff, I know the concepts, I'm just not at all familiar with handheld players, all of my equipment sits on my shelves.
EDIT: I was able to confirm that Bluetooth is ok, just so long as there is no wifi or anything else.
Thank you all so much, know you are helping a family in need,
Sincerely,
Ariana
I come to you all with a very specific request. I am looking for a handheld music player for a family member in need (what I would want to label as an mp-3 player even though I don't think anyone has used an MP-3 in years haha). I am familiar with audio equipment, and so are they, but time is of the essence and I don't know what all is out there. I am hoping this community can help.
Please let me know if this is better to post elsewhere.
The truth of the matter is, I have a family member who is entering a mental health treatment facility for an extended period of time, likely multiple months. He would really like to be able to listen to his music while he is there (and already has a set of nice Fostex over ear headphones, and some Shure IEMs). The issue is, this facility wants to be able to control access to the outside world. You can understand, they don't want an abusive ex harassing someone who is there to get better, probably from the damage done by that person. Things like that. So there is a strict rule that the device cannot have any kind of wi-fi connectivity, even if it couldn't be used for messaging, web access or anything. It also cant be capable of recording anything (to ensure the privacy of all of the people there).
Of course, I imagine these are common features on many of the nicer audio players out there. We want to find something that is nice, but not TOO expensive (no more than say $200-$300 USD, maybe a little over but not much). Just something nice which could he could store his music on, has a nice onboard DAC, and a headphone amp for him to listen to music with (or even one device that stores the music and a separate DAC/headphone amp, whatever works).
Can you help me find something for him? He's not really in a position to do it himself right now and I want to help, but I don't have much time and I'm a bit lost in the sea of this stuff. Like I said, I know a bit about this stuff, I know the concepts, I'm just not at all familiar with handheld players, all of my equipment sits on my shelves.
EDIT: I was able to confirm that Bluetooth is ok, just so long as there is no wifi or anything else.
Thank you all so much, know you are helping a family in need,
Sincerely,
Ariana
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