My #tangara arrived! It's a completely open-source portable media player designed and built right here in #Australia (you don't see that as a country of origin often!).
I've been keenly awaiting this thing's arrival - it's a key step in my plan to unplug from commercial streaming systems and to get back control of my own music collection again.
@timixretroplays I prepurchased mine last week! I can't wait to get my bandcamp collection on there, my CD ripped collection from the early 2000's, and the amazing music that musicians send in to the radio, on there.
very excite!!
@tinx @maize I very specifically wanted something that wasn't my phone - disconnected from emails, chat, notifications etc. I want to be able to switch to another album in my workday without being pestered by outside influences. Plus I don't want to have to deal with apps to do it - I just want to plug a thing into another thing, drag and drop music to it, walk off with it and hit physical buttons to make things happen.
Also: this thing has an honest-to-goodness headphone socket. Phone doesn't.
Tim 🎮
maize
Tinx