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SONY NW-E507

Month long Battery Life
Charges while transferring music, 3min charge equals 3hr playback

Organic LED
Dissappears behind the shell when the device is asleep. Customizable sleep animations

FM Radio
Holding the display button switches to FM mode, and the jog dial becomes a tuner

Controllable one-handed even without sight
Most ergonomic design for a portable I've ever felt

Hold Knob / Jog Dial
Rotate to change songs. Push out and rotate to change folder. Pull "shut" to disable accidental pressing for all buttons

1GB solid state memory

Equalizer
Rear button switches between custom EQ settings, holding it switches between shuffle modes

MDR-X10
50mm Drivers. X-Factor collab headphones for some reason. The memory foam seals suprisingly well even with glasses on

MDR-XB610
40mm Drivers. They're a lot like the X10s but the orange/silver matches my shoes. Japanese exclusive color

SRF-HM03V
FM/AM/TV/Weather radio headphones. Not the best reception since the antennae is in the band, but they're just so slick to wear

Nike Duro
OEM by Philips. No padding but they rotate with springs to sit flat. Band goes around the back of your head

AKAI AA-A35 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Onkyo PL-25F
Both examples of really gimmicky '80s stereo equipment. The turntable has a linear tracking arm, and full digital controls which allow an instant pause button. The stereo has a capacitive volume strip, instead of a volume knob. You can slide your finger across it to change the volume, or simply poke at the value you want

Kasino Kustom
Fixer-upper from marketplace. '80s(?) Needed new strings but lowkey the whole thing is in a bit of rough shape. BUT, it works. It does indeed do the job

For playing music on my desktop I mainly use WACUP, though I have more information on other music playing programs available. There's plenty of cool visualization options and skins available too

For purchasing music I only ever really use bandcamp, as every other streaming service seems to fuck over the artist completely. If that isn't an option, yt-dlp does a pretty good job at downloading nearly anything

Sony NW-A1000
The direct iPod compeditor from sony. It's packed with really novel features and striking styling but the actually usability falls a bit short. Still a really important part of the walkman lineage reguardless

Avegant Glyph
Weird "personal theatre" headset thing with micromirror arrays. It's not VR but it still has motion controls for mouse movement. Not sure who they thought would buy this but I've found a lot of oddly specific uses, like reading guitar tabs while playing or reading recipes while cooking

Winter Headphones
Shell is a set of MDR-CD180s. Drivers are out of a broken pair of MDR-XB950BTs I scored for $10. Fluff is from regular ear warmers. The stock cable from the 180s is really long and made of a material that doesn't freeze. Overall they make for a nice set to walk in around when snow is falling

Creative Zen Micro
Creative made a lot of mp3 players but this is probably close to their best. The iPod has a touch wheel while this has a touch slider. It's actually remarkably well designed from a usability standpoint, and the colors it comes in are cool, but the software I need to transfer to it only works on XP. I also have their Zen Stone, which is a much smaller player

iPod Nano 5g
Sadly broke during the battery replacement. I'm not even sure how but I think something in the 30-pin disconnected as it would lose a channel unless you pressed on the chassis. swagever. iPods are very nice feeling objects and very novel though, despite the way they're constructed

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