[zowki]

From the Reddit headphone wiki:

Are you a dirt-poor, ramen-eating student who is sick and tired of all these luxurious headphone posts that cost more than you car? Here is a poor man's FLAC capable portable setup, can be had for <100$ brand new.

• $35 Sansa Clip+ and Rockbox Firmware
• $28 32GB Micro SD Card (Note, 64GB micro SD cards are supported by Rockbox as well.)

For headphones there are 3 primary choices on the cheap.

• $15 Koss KSC75 Open-back clip-ons that sound great, won't isolate from noise but are ideal for walks on a quiet street and at-home listening.
• $20 Meelectronics M6 Behind-the-ear in ear monitors that are pretty much as good as they get at 20$. Good sound, good comfort, good isolation.
• 23$ Monoprice 8323 Poor man's ATH-M50. Great sound & foldable for easy transportation.

And there you are! 36GB of storage, battery capable of around 10 hours of FLAC playback, and great sounding headphones all for under 90$.

 

[cel4145]

If someone is really on a budget, 16GB micro SD cards can be had for <$15.

Might as well use 320K MP3 instead of FLAC. Can store way more files that way, and there's not likely to be significant discernible differences between FLAC and 320K, if any at all.