Just recently got this Hifi Walker H2 and so far I like it. Stock UI was trash but Rockbox solved that issue. At first I was skeptical of needing a dap with how good phones are these days but I'm satisfied. This thing sounds so good and is powerful enough to make my 6XX sing. Plus the customization of rockbox really appeals to my tinkering side.
So what do you guys think about DAPs? Do you prefer one to other music solutions or do you not see the appeal?
I genuinely am not fussed enough about audio quality when I'm on the go for it to be worth it for me. If I'm listening to music on a portable device I'm probably someplace super noisy (in a car, on the bus, in a cafe, on a plane, whatever) so the increased audio quality over streaming on my phone doesn't really matter. Also my really good headphones are mostly big and/or heavy so they generally don't leave my house. I tend to have plenty of storage on my phone, so if I'm going to be away from wifi for a while I download a bunch of music in advance.
I used to have an old ipod nano that I used for long trips to save my phone battery, but then battery packs got super cheap.