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6 months without music: An accidental trial

 Since a young age I have been continuously connected to a portable music player. It started with my R2-D2 tape playing Walkman and now...I have a modern day mp3 playing Walkman. For a solid 16 years I have not been without music. Whether it's music playing at home on the background or walking to work with a portable mp3 player, I have not been without music in a long time.  In the past 6 months a few things happened that created a situation that I never thought I'd find myself in. First was that depression was really getting to me. But the other, that absolutely exasperated the depression, was my beloved Zune crapping out on me. A charge, reset and restart did nothing to get it working. I would turn on my player, start the music and as soon as I'd get comfortable it would shut off.  I spent a while trying to get it to work, but finally realized I just had to get a new mp3 player. I turned to trusty Amazon to find a good mp3 player for a good price. I read reviews a...