Sony 8 GB Walkman Video MP3 Player (Black) by Sony
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Digital camera reviews of Sony 8 GB Walkman Video MP3 Player (Black)
Digital camera Review: Best-sounding MP3 player yet
Summary: 5 Stars
It's simple - if you want the best sound of all time, buy this. I've played music on dozens of MP3 players, including the iPod (snore), the latest Samsung P3, the Cowon S9, the amazing-sounding previous generation iRivers, etc. - and I come back to this one every time. No other player can render this level of fidelity, with this full a sound, with this rich and well-rounded a bass. My litmus test is to 1) play a superb yet dynamically demanding recording (e.g., disc 2 of Hybrid's Soundsystem 01 - a very dense and complex techno recording that requires a good player to do justice to all of the detail), 2) with superb buds (Shure SE530), and 3) without EQ or FX of any kind. Only the Sony is able to do full justice without any sound augmentation. And it does it time and time again, on any kind of music you throw at it. Yes, i have some nits - the inability to change the speed at which one can fast-forward through a long piece key among them. But ultimately what I want from an MP3 player is awesome sound and this delivers it in spades. Also, the physical construction is simply excellent - it is wonderfully slim, yet dense thanks to the significant steel component. The dedicated volume rocker is perfect. Finally, battery life is unreal. The accompanying earbuds are also very good but definitely toast up the bass a lot -- too much so in my view.
(Note -- the more currently available and similar-looking NWZ438F does not deliver as good sound as this one - as I found to my disappointment. Very curious if the new touch-screen Sony players have the same sound circuitry as this one - if so, I'll get in line once prices come down a bit.)
Digital camera Review: the greatest mp3 player...ever. yes, even more so than ipod
Summary: 5 Stars
Well, I was (and still am I guess) an IPOD fan and owned an 80 gb IPOD classic. I loved it to death for the two years I had it but it was recently stolen from me. I simply couldn't afford another IPOD of that size (it was an xmas present so I never spent a cent the first time around) so I started looking at the smaller IPODS or alternatives. I went with the sansa fuze (not a bad player but I had some issues with it..won't get into that here) so I took it back and decided to get this. Size (as long as it's 8gb or above) on a player isn't much of a concern to me since my music collection (2000 albums, easily) is so huge that there isn't a mp3 player out now that would ever hold it to begin with. Sure, its fun to say you have 9000 songs but you really can't listen to them all at once so I decided to tone it down to 16 gigs. This sony walkman is cheaper than the ipod of the same size so I went with the sony.
One of the best electronic decisions I ever made.
First off, this player sounds at least 20 times better than any IPOD with a rich full sound that envelops you so well that you can't even hear yourself think. There are multiple options to creat your own custom sounds and many settings to change how the music sounds to your ears. Very cool, way more audio options than an IPOD. It has a click will but it doesn't feel cheap at all and doesn't stick out and wobble like the with the fuze. It's integrated on the player surface and almost flush with it. The controls are well made and the touch click wheel on an ipod didn't always respond as fast as me but this does obviously. The bottom of the player has the headphone jack and USB port. The right side has the hold button and volume controls. The front has the click wheel with the play/pause button in the middle of the wheel. On the left of the wheel is the back/home button (click once to back up a menu or hold to take you to the main menu interface) and the right of the wheel is the option button (allows to many things, including deleting things from the player without having to plug it in) and you can hold that down to turn off. For ultimate customization, You can change the desktop color AND theme for the interface/background and it's more modern looking interface like you get on a touch screen cell phone.
And the coolest feature on this phone is the senseme option that scans your song collection and creates "mood" playlists based upon how your songs sound. For example, there is a mood "relax" and "energetic" and it puts songs in your playlist that it thinks best goes with these moods. It is very cool!
The headphones that come with it are barnone the best sounding earbuds I've ever heard in my life. Every electronic device ever come with average (or below average) sounding buds but this walkman is the exception. There is absolutely no reasons to invest in a better pair of headphones (unless you don't like earbuds).
I've just listed many pros but no cons...because there just isn't any cons to this amazing little mp3 player. The fact that this isn't anywhere near as popular as other players is such a crime and a shame.
Digital camera Review: best i have owned
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this mp3 player. It is very user friendly, light, colors are vivid, large screen & great battery life. I gave up an ipod for this player because it just seems much easier to use and the sound quality is excellent. Digital camera Review: Way better than Ipod and I'll tell you why.
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this for myself and love it!! It's so easy to use, clear hard cases available, slim, big screen, easy to connect and load songs. I never even read the (disk) manual that came with it.
Then I got my husband an actual Ipod. I don't know what I was thinking. I just thought I'd go 'more expensive, top of the line' for Father's Day. Well, I wish I had gotten him this same Walkman and here is why...
First, the ipod is WAY more expensive. Next, the worst part about the Ipod is it only works with other Ipod stuff!!! He has a cord to listen to his Ipod in the car...but mine wont connect to that cord. Only Ipods connect with Ipod cords. Also, I can't use his speakers...same connection problem.
Then the real issues...it's NO BETTER as far as sound.
The Walkman has a BIG screen with very easy to maneuver controls. The Ipod has that annoying wheel thing, which I don't care for. Also, the Ipod took us nearly two hours to connect to the pc and get to where we could load songs, even longer to delete the junk that automatically comes with the Ipod. THEN when we deleted the songs from our pc...get this...it deletes all of them from you ipod the next time you connect!!!! No kidding, look it up on yahoo answers..a real pain in the katookus!
Lastly, I connected my Sony Walkman and figured out how to do everything I needed to with no directions and within moments. I don't have to worry about disconnecting it by 'ejecting' it like you do with the Ipod. I can load songs into my Walkman, then delete them from my PC and they stay on my Walkman until I choose to delete one or all of them. The walkman feels more solid and less cheap than the Ipod as well. And anything that says "works with almost any mp3' will work with this, because of the connection openings...but with Ipod..you must look for 'works with Ipod."
Trust me, go with the Sony Walkman. This particular one is a bit bigger than the one I got my niece..she got the smaller Walkman version they sell at Walmart etc. Other than that they are both about the same...get either.
LOVE my Walkman, thanks Sony!
Digital camera Review: I love my new Sony walkman
Summary: 5 Stars
It has 8GB which is plenty just for music. I can download pics and videos if I want to. Amazon gave me a bundle pack so I have a hard clear case to protect it. I have all the travel adapters as well when I am out and about and need to charge it to work out. I love that I have the screen to see what I have to listen to or pic from playlists. I love it and would recommend anyone for it.