<story><title>Rockbox – Free music player firmware</title><url>https://www.rockbox.org/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jchw</author><text>I used to run this on a Sansa Clip+. It was an amazing combination: great audio quality, expandable storage via microSD, playback of a huge array of formats natively, it ran DOOM, and it only costed around $40 when it was new.&lt;p&gt;Now I just use my phone and streaming, but I sort of miss that era.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>theandrewbailey</author><text>My ~7 year old Sansa Clip+ is still going. Soon after buying it, I was fed up with it scanning everything when I turned it on. When I loaded Rockbox on it, and it was able to reliably go from off to playing music in 2 seconds, I knew it was a keeper! (That&amp;#x27;s a killer app right there!) I use it just about every day when commuting. I bought another one for my dad about 3 years ago, but he doesn&amp;#x27;t use it, so I intend to ask for it after mine dies. (Who knows how long that will be. These things are built like old Nokia phones.)</text></comment>
<story><title>Rockbox – Free music player firmware</title><url>https://www.rockbox.org/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jchw</author><text>I used to run this on a Sansa Clip+. It was an amazing combination: great audio quality, expandable storage via microSD, playback of a huge array of formats natively, it ran DOOM, and it only costed around $40 when it was new.&lt;p&gt;Now I just use my phone and streaming, but I sort of miss that era.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>advanceduser</author><text>I still have a Clip+&amp;#x2F;Rockbox that I load up with meditation tracks. I don&amp;#x27;t feel as bad falling asleep with this thing clipped to me as I would my phone.</text></comment>