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Re: Hello. New here, but with a question. John Lancelotte #790866 12/20/23 11:40 AM Beginners Forum
Joined: Nov 2023 Posts: 37 Fern Heaven Vancouver Island B... Banj O’Lover Enthusiast
Banj O’Lover Enthusiast Joined: Nov 2023 Posts: 37 Fern Heaven Vancouver Island B...	LOL no worries What's a DAP? LOL! MacBook Pro M3 Max Sonoma 14.1.2, BIAB Audiophile Edition 2023, Logic ProX 10.8.1, Focusrite 8PreX Interface.

Re: Hello. New here, but with a question. John Lancelotte #790872 12/20/23 11:56 AM Beginners Forum
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OP John Lancelotte Enthusiast J Joined: Dec 2023 Posts: 39 UK	Digital Audio Player. It seems that this means an MP3 player on steroids!! Why the marketing folks make life more complicated by using strange terms I dont know. "MP3 player with lossless file capability" may be longer, but it makes immediate sense.

Re: Hello. New here, but with a question. John Lancelotte #790889 12/20/23 01:08 PM Beginners Forum
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Banj O’Lover Enthusiast Joined: Nov 2023 Posts: 37 Fern Heaven Vancouver Island B...	Thanks John! I don't mean to hijack your thread but I am now "all over this" but can't seem to find a portable DAP on Line that has more than 128GB storage which will fill up pretty quickly I imagine Do you know of any portables with 1-4 TB Drives ? Thanks, Stefan MacBook Pro M3 Max Sonoma 14.1.2, BIAB Audiophile Edition 2023, Logic ProX 10.8.1, Focusrite 8PreX Interface.

Re: Hello. New here, but with a question. John Lancelotte #790896 12/20/23 02:41 PM Beginners Forum
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OP John Lancelotte Enthusiast J Joined: Dec 2023 Posts: 39 UK	Actually, I might. I shall just do some searching...... Back in 15 minutes......

Re: Hello. New here, but with a question. John Lancelotte #790899 12/20/23 02:46 PM Beginners Forum
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OP John Lancelotte Enthusiast J Joined: Dec 2023 Posts: 39 UK	2TB with a suitable card. No experience of it, so can't tell you anything definitive..... Thought I might buy it myself...... 4.4 jack? Unknown quantity. HiBy R3 II Hi-Fi MP3 player with bluetooth and wifi supports streaming DSD PCM MQA dongle 3.5mm+4.4mmBAL jacks https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CL6BJ5D7/?coliid=I3QYLML3US0TP&colid=22A7USE102GFO&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it&th=1

Re: Hello. New here, but with a question. John Lancelotte #790933 12/20/23 05:31 PM Beginners Forum
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Guitarhacker Veteran Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,877 Middlesex, NC	Wave files on a laptop. You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.com Add nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.

Re: Hello. New here, but with a question. John Lancelotte #790957 12/20/23 07:11 PM Beginners Forum
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,577 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY Matt Finley Veteran
Matt Finley Veteran Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,577 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY	That’s a joke about 128 GB not being enough, right? How many open mics do you play? You load files onto these players via a USB connection to your computer. Files can be loaded onto a folder, but they can be erased, too. Folders can be added but they can also be erased. If I played non-stop using my MP3 player (excuse me, my DAP with WAV files), I don’t think I could live long enough playing open mics 24 hours a day for the rest of my lifetime to come anywhere near running out of space, even if I didn’t delete any files. BIAB 2026 Win Audiophile. Software: Fender Studio One 8, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Fender Quantom HD8 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.

Re: Hello. New here, but with a question. John Lancelotte #791008 12/21/23 12:05 AM Beginners Forum
Joined: Dec 2023 Posts: 39 UK J John Lancelotte OP Enthusiast
OP John Lancelotte Enthusiast J Joined: Dec 2023 Posts: 39 UK	Hmmmm...... I'm sure Banj has his reasons for wanting a high storage capacity. Regarding laptops, I for one would never trust them to be reliable, and of course, they take up space.... You could much more easily use a portable widget. BUT, I don't know. I'm simply learning here.

Re: Hello. New here, but with a question. John Lancelotte #791066 12/21/23 07:33 AM Beginners Forum
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,577 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY Matt Finley Veteran
Matt Finley Veteran Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,577 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY	My SONY digital player is about 15 years old. It has 1 GB of storage. It’s still more than fine for everything I do. Most of the new players have SD cards and ship with a 4 GB card, although you could swap that for one with more capacity. I can’t imaging using it as a player and needing more than 4. If someone is using it to record, especially if they are composing multitrack songs, then I understand. BIAB 2026 Win Audiophile. Software: Fender Studio One 8, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Fender Quantom HD8 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.

Re: Hello. New here, but with a question. John Lancelotte #791078 12/21/23 07:48 AM Beginners Forum
Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 2,666 Hampshire, UK Gordon Scott Veteran
Gordon Scott Veteran Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 2,666 Hampshire, UK	FWIW, I've just looked at the USB pen-drive I use in my car's MP3 player to get a size example. There are 2819 songs taking a total of 16GB. They're a 128ksps (the car's sound isn't really good enough to warrant much higher). Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful. AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11 BIAB2026 Audiophile, a bunch of other software. Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts .

Re: Hello. New here, but with a question. John Lancelotte #791125 12/21/23 12:17 PM Beginners Forum
Joined: Nov 2023 Posts: 37 Fern Heaven Vancouver Island B... Banj O’Lover Enthusiast
Banj O’Lover Enthusiast Joined: Nov 2023 Posts: 37 Fern Heaven Vancouver Island B...	Yeah ... it's just a "me thing" for sure! I am definitely over the top when it comes to memory, I'm the guy who always gets the MAXIMUM available memory in any device that I buy. Plenty of reasons in my little brain-hole ... unless someone wants to know I'll spare the audience! MacBook Pro M3 Max Sonoma 14.1.2, BIAB Audiophile Edition 2023, Logic ProX 10.8.1, Focusrite 8PreX Interface.

Re: Hello. New here, but with a question. Banj O’Lover #791154 12/21/23 03:57 PM Beginners Forum
Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 2,666 Hampshire, UK Gordon Scott Veteran
Gordon Scott Veteran Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 2,666 Hampshire, UK	If you have too much memory, you don't have to use it. If you have to little it's, um, let's settle on "it's an inconvenience". Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful. AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11 BIAB2026 Audiophile, a bunch of other software. Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts .

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