Same here.

My dad is recovering from cancer and it was a hard fight, I sincerely wish the best for Stallman.

My last DAP is a Sony A35 with a firmware mod and with the unlocked amplifier flag but I rarely use it these days. Make no mistake that thing sounds wonderful and I actually use it on my desktop rig everytime I want to play meme high resolution songs. The modded firmware also lets me use it as a Bluetooth receiver/DAC, but I rarely do it. With that out of the way, I think a DAP is only worth it if you have IEMs or headphones that can take the full potential from it. Imo usually stuff way above 300USD. If you listen to music from streaming services (lossless or not) just take the money you would spend on the DAP and buy a better smartphone that can be used with a simple passive USB C to 3.5mm adaptor, or if you enjoy dongles get a simple DAC. So my answer is not worth it unless you have really great IEMs. (Edit for grammar)

Much appreciated! I'm sure those details might help someone in the future.

Great buy and upgrades, btw what is the model number of the RAM sticks? It's actually useful if someone needs to buy compatible RAM.

Something by Edifier or Micca with an inbuilt amplifier. You can also check Creative Labs desktop multimedia speakers.

The no battery and mains powered pretty much nukes all good options I know, including the small one I actually bought for my own use (Marshall Emberton II).

Best regards.

Btw regarding the design, closest term I know on a similar design is the "racing stripe".

You all might not believe me but last year I knew someone who ran XP on his daily machine. It obviously didn't work correctly with a bunch of things. I advised him to at least use a light Linux distro to access the internet, he didn't care , and I didn't push the subject anymore.

He was a curious and very nice lad, pretty much "stuck" in the early www days (including his online minset), totally into retro anime but current online security wasn't in his agenda. 😖

Nothing against retro OSes, I have a old laptop with XP installed just for legacy stuff, but I don't connect that thing directly to the internet.

Former but I'm sure always one at heart. 🎩 Museum security is probably one of the best places I ever got on my job, before I did [redacted] security... [Redacted], and praying to lord that shit wouldn't hit the fan on my shift. 😖 I seriously love my job rn. It's slow when there are no schools, I get to actually learn a lot on the job (because tours) and polish my English while getting paid. 😉 Anyway have my utmost best regards. 🎩 Edit: Redacted some stuff for privacy sake.

It's ok, kids actually behave better than some adults. 🎩

Gotta admit I commented more in a few days here, than I ever did in years of reddit, but yeah mostly lurking.

I don't have a tech background, currently doing museum security, that's all. Super enjoyable work. This community is nice, I only lurked in reddit.