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I had the Archos Jukebox (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archos_Jukebox_series) - so great - I remember the corner bumpers actually working pretty well. Thanks for the memories!

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I had a Rio Karma, it remains to this day one of my favorite piece of tech I've owned. The UI was simple and fast, and the tactile buttons let me control playback by touch alone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Karma

After my Rio broken (failed HD, and a terrible pain in the butt to take apart, and beyond my skills to put back together...) I got an iAudio X5 L and stuck Rockbox on it. After a few years, I upgraded the HDD to a CF-Card using a CF-to-miniIDE adaptor. I loved the battery life on that thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAUDIO#iAUDIO_X5

But, sadly, now I just use a phone for everything.

I am very happy though that I can at least have foobar2000 on my phone. But, I really miss the well thought-out tactile UI of my previous dedicated players.

I love foobar2000. I recently switched to Android and it didn't occur to me that I could use foobar on my phone. Thanks!

The unit I had also. I put a larger hdd in, I think CF would have been neat. The recorder function was good

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