alt Hacker Newsand if you don't want to wait, you can get an open hardware music player hre as well: https://cooltech.zone/tangara/
they're different -- tangara is an ipod homage with custom firmware and a touchwheel. echo r1 is meant to run rockbox with buttons.
they differ in i/o ports as well: tangara has a regular old headphone jack. echo r1 has a TRRS jack and a line-out jack.
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summermusic • 04/25/2025
I love my Tangara! I even made some custom themes for it. The regular ol’ headphone jack is perfect and it sounds great too. I wouldn’t wait for the Echo R1 unless you really need Rockbox or the different I/O.
Thanks for that link! I went down the rabbit hole and found this article which I found to be a great read:
https://cooltech.zone/tangara/blog/2024-02-07-touchwheel/
Kudos to the team, looks pretty damn solid. How does the touch wheel work in practice compared to the iPod? Is there any tactile feedback?