{"$schema": "https://iptc.org/std/ninjs/ninjs-schema_3.2.json", "uri": "urn:newsml:wireva.mib.news:item:6d67941d-2b34-4c2d-81e2-729325dff3b8", "type": "text", "profile": "standard", "version": "1", "versioncreated": "2026-09-12T12:02:17.636563Z", "firstcreated": "2026-09-12T12:01:59.954105Z", "pubstatus": "usable", "urgency": 5, "language": "en", "headline": "RHYTHM Digital Audio Player Rejects Smartphone Logic in Favor of Dedicated Listening", "byline": "Derek Weston", "located": "United States", "copyrightholder": "Haydamax OÜ", "copyrightnotice": "Wireva / Core Memo", "usageterms": "Subscribers may republish this item in full, including translation and trimming, with the credit “Wireva / Core Memo”. Set rel=canonical to https://corememo.org/culture/rhythm-digital-audio-player-rejects-smartphone-logic-in-favor-of-dedicated-listening/ when publishing on the web.", "description_text": "A from-scratch portable player built around a genuine ESS SABRE DAC, dual independent headphone outputs, and a physical rotary encoder aims to restore music listening as a single, uninterrupted task rather than a notification interrupted by alerts.", "altids": {"mosaic": "6d67941d-2b34-4c2d-81e2-729325dff3b8", "story": "0dedb803-c81c-4c30-ba51-53f28683c504", "slug": "rhythm-digital-audio-player-rejects-smartphone-logic-in-favor-of-dedicated-listening"}, "subject": [{"name": "Technology", "rel": "direct", "literal": "technology", "code": "medtop:13000000", "scheme": "http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/mediatopic/", "uri": "http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/mediatopic/13000000"}], "place": [{"name": "United States", "literal": "us", "code": "US", "scheme": "http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/countrycodes/"}], "person": [], "organisation": [], "genre": [{"name": "Standard story", "literal": "standard"}], "service": [{"name": "Wireva", "literal": "wireva"}], "associations": {"featuremedia": {"uri": "urn:newsml:wireva.mib.news:media:5d5936e0-e196-4289-93f4-15fae130be8b", "type": "picture", "version": "1", "pubstatus": "usable", "headline": "RHYTHM Is the Walkman the Smartphone Era Forgot to Build", "description_text": "RHYTHM Digital Audio Player Rejects Smartphone Logic in Favor of Dedicated Listening", "copyrightholder": "yankodesign.com", "copyrightnotice": "RHYTHM Is the Walkman the Smartphone Era Forgot to Build", "usageterms": "Picture belongs to the source publication: address and terms are delivered, the file is not.", "altids": {"wireva": "5d5936e0-e196-4289-93f4-15fae130be8b"}, "extra": {"wireva:delivery_mode": "link_only", "wireva:rights": {"licence": "", "licence_url": "", "licence_raw": "RSS source", "licence_verified_at": "2026-09-12T12:02:17.650951Z", "attribution_required": true, "attribution_text": "RHYTHM Is the Walkman the Smartphone Era Forgot to Build", "redistribution_allowed": false, "commercial_use_allowed": false, "modifications_allowed": false, "share_alike_required": false}, "wireva:provenance": {"creator": "", "source_name": "yankodesign.com", "source_url": "https://www.yankodesign.com/images/design_news/2026/09/rhythm-is-the-walkman-the-smartphone-era-forgot-to-build/rhythm-diy-open-source-hi-res-portable-music-player-01.jpg", "source_page_url": "https://www.yankodesign.com/images/design_news/2026/09/rhythm-is-the-walkman-the-smartphone-era-forgot-to-build/rhythm-diy-open-source-hi-res-portable-music-player-01.jpg", "our_page_url": "https://corememo.org/culture/rhythm-digital-audio-player-rejects-smartphone-logic-in-favor-of-dedicated-listening/"}, "wireva:role": "lead"}, "renditions": {"source": {"href": "https://www.yankodesign.com/images/design_news/2026/09/rhythm-is-the-walkman-the-smartphone-era-forgot-to-build/rhythm-diy-open-source-hi-res-portable-music-player-01.jpg", "mimetype": "image/jpeg"}}}}, "extra": {"wireva:story": {"uri": "urn:newsml:wireva.mib.news:story:0dedb803-c81c-4c30-ba51-53f28683c504", "slug": "meta-171-20260912", "status": "updated", "languages": ["de", "en", "es", "fr", "it", "uk"], "item_count": 20, "is_breaking": false}, "wireva:rights": {"class": "agency_original", "redistribution_allowed": true, "commercial_use_allowed": true, "modifications_allowed": true, "share_alike_required": false, "attribution_required": true, "attribution_text": "Wireva / Core Memo", "canonical_required": true, "canonical_url": "https://corememo.org/culture/rhythm-digital-audio-player-rejects-smartphone-logic-in-favor-of-dedicated-listening/", "linkback_required": true, "licence": "Wireva subscriber licence", "licence_url": "", "licensor": "Haydamax OÜ", "valid_until": null, "excerpt_max_chars": 0, "decided_by_rule": "agency_original_verified", "needs_review": false}, "wireva:provenance": {"production_method": "automated", "ai_stages": {"editing": true, "drafting": true, "headline": true, "discovery": true, "classification": true, "image_selection": true, "source_collection": true, "cross_source_comparison": true}, "model": "", "human_reviewed": false, "reviewed_by": "", "reviewed_at": null, "editorial_control": true, "editorial_responsibility": "Haydamax OÜ (Wireva)", "factchecked": false, "verification_status": "multi_source", "independent_confirmations": 4, "official_source_used": false, "used_press_release": false, "public_interest": false, "ai_disclosure_required": false, "ai_disclosure_text": "", "independence_check": {"status": "passed", "score": 0.212, "checked_at": "2026-09-12T12:02:17.648626Z"}}, "wireva:publication": {"name": "Core Memo", "domain": "corememo.org", "country": "US", "url": "https://corememo.org/culture/rhythm-digital-audio-player-rejects-smartphone-logic-in-favor-of-dedicated-listening/"}, "wireva:links": {"self": "https://wireva.mib.news/api/v1/items/6d67941d-2b34-4c2d-81e2-729325dff3b8", "html": "https://wireva.mib.news/item/6d67941d-2b34-4c2d-81e2-729325dff3b8/rhythm-digital-audio-player-rejects-smartphone-logic-in-favor-of-dedicated-listening/", "story": "https://wireva.mib.news/story/meta-171-20260912/"}, "wireva:metrics": {"word_count": 528, "char_count": 3420, "reading_time_seconds": 244}}}