Question Looking for waterproof speaker with SD/microSD card slot that can play most formats

[cmw_a1]

I am looking for a waterproof speaker with an SD/microSD card slot that can play most formats. I have one but it can only play MP3. I am looking for something that can play anything I throw at it like OGG, FLAC, M4A, etc. My music collection includes a lot of different formats.

Does anyone know if such a speaker exists? They all seem to be limited on the formats supported from what I can tell.

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[Ralston18]

The speaker is a physical device (waterproof or otherwise).

What matters is the software sending audio to to the speaker.

What audio/musical formats does that software support?

Make and model speaker? How connected?

 

[Deleted member 14196]

I think he wants a Bluetooth speaker

 

[cmw_a1]

I am looking for a Bluetooth speaker but with a card slot. I have tried two of these out and they only play MP3 files off the card. I wanted one that could do all formats.

 

[punkncat]

The SD card slot is easy. The play all formats isn't.

Is there some reason you cannot create a folder with all you want on the SD card converted to MP3?

 

[cmw_a1]

The SD card slot is easy. The play all formats isn't.

Is there some reason you cannot create a folder with all you want on the SD card converted to MP3?

I guess I could just put all the music I want in a folder, move the MP3 files out temporarily, then convert the remaining ones. I figured finding a speaker that supports this wouldn't be hard but I guess I am wrong. I kinda wanted to keep everything in the native format with some being lossless or a better quality compression than old .MP3. I will convert at a high bitrate though.

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[punkncat]

Yes, I would certainly keep the lossless files in original form as well, but on your average BT speaker you aren't going to discern a notable difference from an MP3, or streaming off a service, etc. and especially if it is one of the cheaper ones.

I used to pick up this little cheap Chinese one that would fit in a bottle cage. It was ~$20, somewhat weatherproof and had a decent sound for the money. They generally would work for a couple of months before something on the inside gave up. A couple of years ago I picked up one of the JBL models and it's been pretty good. It always makes the grandmas scowl as I pass playing some Rage and such... 😉

 

[cmw_a1]

Yes, I would certainly keep the lossless files in original form as well, but on your average BT speaker you aren't going to discern a notable difference from an MP3, or streaming off a service, etc. and especially if it is one of the cheaper ones.

I used to pick up this little cheap Chinese one that would fit in a bottle cage. It was ~$20, somewhat weatherproof and had a decent sound for the money. They generally would work for a couple of months before something on the inside gave up. A couple of years ago I picked up one of the JBL models and it's been pretty good. It always makes the grandmas scowl as I pass playing some Rage and such... 😉

I have actually found several speakers. One is an older JBL Charge that I found while helping pickup trash after a 4th of July festival. It had been run over and pushed into soft ground by a car but still works just fine. This doesn't have a card slot of course. Then I found one the cheap Chinese ones floating in the river. It is a little floating speaker that looks like a flying saucer. The quality isn't the same as the JBL but not bad either. It is obviously quite waterproof though as it had survived a while in the river. Anyway, this is how the idea got started. I saw it had a card slot and thought that was nifty so you don't even have to pair it with a phone or anything.

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