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I might consider reframing. For instance, instead of enumerating the list of features, enumerate what you want to accomplish, which is really something different. And then see whether that can help guide you towards a solution.

One thing I recommend being comfortable with is that you will probably not find something that satisfies 100% of your use cases.

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This. OP has posted a classic first world problem.

I'd get the closest thing I can find that does the job at a reasonable price and be happy with it, my life, and move on.

It's also good idea to split requirements into must haves and nice to haves. For example when I'm buying laptop must have is under 14" screen and min 32GB RAM and nice to have is USB-C charging and 4k display.

> This. OP has posted a classic first world problem.

Specifically seems like a XY problem https://xyproblem.info/

It's a solvable problem that would help everyone. Why would a manufacturer add a feature if there is no data on what users look for? I just want shuffle and a few TB of storage. Without knowing how many users there are for that amount of storage we have to resort to guessing if it is a popular configuration.

As a first world problem it is less important. You can just buy a different mp3 player if the current one sucks to much. If it is a very expensive item to buy it's really sad if it doesn't do what you need.