120 albums or so wouldn't do it for me. But you can now get 256GB USB drives for $120 or so and that would hold 500 albums. And then there is the SSD option that I mentioned but you are paying about $220 for a 512GB SSD.I have a tiny 64GB USB drive ( Amazon.com: SanDisk Cruzer Fit CZ33 64GB USB 2.0 Low-Profile Flash Drive- SDCZ33-064G-B35: Computers Accessories ). Depending on length, a FLAC album seems to be between 300MB and 500MB. So, very conservatively, you'd get at least 100 albums on there. Mine's a mix of FLAC and high-rate MP3/AAC.
I just happened to come across this story today which discusses Tidal, a streaming music service that streams lossless FLAC's at bitrates up to 1411kbps.
Watch out, Spotify, Tidal is upping the ante for streaming-music sound quality - CNET
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