I’ve started walking to work and I’m also giving the couch to 5k thing a go. At the moment I’m using my iPhone for music and the 5k app but I’d like to be able to have a dedicated music player and be able to use iem of my choice.
The last mp3,I had was my iPod Classic so I’m not sure what’s about and if I what i want is even possible ? In terms of apps I’d just want to be able to put strava , couch to 5k and a couple of others onto it.
I did a big search of portable players last year from the cheap (Cowan etc) to the premium. In the end I bought a 256 GB iPhone and use TIDAL. A proper headphone amp makes a big difference though so an Audioquest Dragonfly is useful, as are the Audeze range of 'phones that bypass the DAC in the iPhone.
The LG V30 has a Sabre DAC and SD card slot, and you can get new ones from the USA for under £150. They might even come with the B&O headphones! Might get stung for duty.
Trouble is in know how to work my iPhone ! Though now they’ve ditched the 3.5 jack I’m ready to bite the bullet and try and get my head around a new os. Annoyingly the only reason I upgraded to the 8 at the time was as I dropped my 6 in water. I used the Arcam case with that too. It would have been perfect for what I need now.
can’t you use the Apple Lightning cable to use the USB on an iphone? I’m not an Apple person but during my research I seemed to see this pop up quite often. Can then connect an amp/dac and then some wired phones? Or am I barking up the wrong (apple) tree?
If you’re running then wireless earbuds are the way to go. I just use my iPhone and Tidal as @htm_1968 suggested.
Critical thing is comfort combined with a secure fit. I’ve had some Bose Soundsport for a while now and they’re decent without spending a ton more for SQ which isn’t that important when you’re pounding the pavement ime.