For me, I've always preferred to have a separate device for music. I don't really use my phone very much, so it saves the battery. I also prefer using an interface made for music playing, rather than using a media player on Android where I either have to find the files myself, or if my media folders are scanned, often files are there that really aren't intended to be part of my "music" library.
I could just use Spotify, but I've collected a lot of obscure tunes over the years that just aren't there, and I don't like being at the mercy of a service like that. I prefer using actual media files that I'll always be able to have regardless of what happens with Spotify or any other website.
My MP# player of choice is the Sony Walkman (yes they still use that brand) NW(Z)-A15 /A17/ A25 / A27. There's really not much of a difference between any of those, besides internal storage capacity, and I use a microSD card anyway. It's not a cheapie unit, though they go for 200 minimum new, and at least 100 used. That's a lot of the reason I like it so much, that it has expandable storage, and isn't cheap junk.
I could just use Spotify, but I've collected a lot of obscure tunes over the years that just aren't there, and I don't like being at the mercy of a service like that. I prefer using actual media files that I'll always be able to have regardless of what happens with Spotify or any other website.
My MP# player of choice is the Sony Walkman (yes they still use that brand) NW(Z)-A15 /A17/ A25 / A27. There's really not much of a difference between any of those, besides internal storage capacity, and I use a microSD card anyway. It's not a cheapie unit, though they go for 200 minimum new, and at least 100 used. That's a lot of the reason I like it so much, that it has expandable storage, and isn't cheap junk.