Its More Like 200$, But The fiio X3 is very nice.plays audiophile formats like 
FLAC as well as mp3.  Fiio is a Chinese company.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Joe <j...@jretrading.com>
Sent: 10/04/2014 - 1:39 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: MP3 player compatible with Debian

> On Sat, 4 Oct 2014 15:19:26 +0100
> Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There was a thread about MP3 players a bit back, and one in
>> particular found favour.  But my memory, Google-foo, archive-foo have
>> all failed me.  Can any kind person remind me/recommend a suitable
>> inexpensive MP3 player for me to take on holiday.
>>
> For which value of 'inexpensive'?
>
>> I want to be able to load it easily frorm/with a Debian computer, and
>> I don't want to spend exorbitant amounts.  It must remember where it
>> got to, and I want to be able to select my track/book/whatever.  The
>> very cheap one I was given last year restarted at the beginning every
>> time it had been turned off. Much as I liked the first track, I got
>> very tired of it.
>>
>
> I don't think you'll get a decent one for less than about £25. My wife
> needed to move on from 'cheap' last year, and we settled on one of the
> Sandisk Clip series, 4GB plus microSD slot.
>
> Two tips (that probably work for any player): if there is a choice of
> USB modes, you want MSC, not MTP. The latter is aimed at Windows Media
> Player users and uses auxiliary files. MSC is Mass Storage Class which
> treats the player as an external USB drive, which is what you want.
>
> Set the region to Rest Of The World, not Europe, or you won't be able
> to hear it. The EU has somewhat restrictive ideas about noise levels.
>
> OK, three tips: make sure the MP3 tags carry artist and album
> information, as the player uses these rather than file and directory
> names. If the MP3s have come from a non-standard source, they may not
> have tags, or not the ones you need.
>
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> Joe
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