Sony D-NF340 CD Walkman & MP3 Player w/FM Tuner by Sony
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Digital camera reviews of Sony D-NF340 CD Walkman & MP3 Player w/FM Tuner
Digital camera Review: Does what I want it to do
Summary: 5 Stars
This unit not only remembers which track it played last when you open it, it remembers it when you remove the disk, change the batteries, put back the same disk, and close it. I listen to MP3 disks of old radio programs, and with 140, 1/2-hr. shows per disk, I don't have to return to the last track I was playing by pushing the advance button 50, 100, or 120 times. I'm very pleased with this device.Digital camera Review: Don't buy this...
Summary: 1 Stars
I have used this exactly twice and in that time have listened to about 2 cds. The battery had to be replaced and the controls already don't work. I have always bought Sony, but will now be hesitant. I didn't open the package for a few months, so it was too late to return it.
It is made very cheaply.
Digital camera Review: Excellent Choice
Summary: 5 Stars
This Sony D-NF340 CD Walkman & MP3 Player w/FM Tuner does exactly what I was looking for. I wanted a Walkman that I could stop after walking and resume playing back where I left off. I listen to novels on disc and that is an important feature.Digital camera Review: Excellent for those who want to "bookmark" their CDs
Summary: 5 Stars
I use a CD player to do my audio language-learning programs while working out on my treadmill in the morning. Right now, I'm using the superb Pimsleur German program (all three levels, or over 50 hours of language learning/practice). Doing this with CD players that had no way of resuming at the the place you left off was a constant frustration. You'd finish a workout halfway through a Pimsleur lesson -- these last about 30 minutes -- and the next morning have to (1) start the same lesson all over again, or (2) go on to the next lesson without having completed the one you left unfinished the day before.
The Sony 340 changed all that. Now I turn the CD player off just before I complete a workout and there it is, magically, when I resume the next day. Since getting my first 340, I've ordered and received another, to use when I'm waiting for appointments or traveling to and from work. (The original Sony is "anchored" to a slot on my treadmill, and so can't be taken out easily to use elsewhere.) Though I use both Sonys exclusively for languages and listening to recorded lectures, and therefore can't report reliably on sound quality as that would be understood by serious music listeners, my guess is that they'd be fine for anything but classical music to which one wanted to pay wholehearted attention. The Sony 340 also has a neat "bookmark" feature that lets one go back to favorite sections. Since I spent hours on the internet fruitlessly looking for ANY CD player that would let me resume listening where I'd left off, I'm very glad that the only one really available is this good.
Digital camera Review: Excessive noise overshadows feature set
Summary: 2 Stars
As another reviewer mentioned this is not an Atrac player. This did not affect my score, however.
The motor noise is the loudest I've heard from any Panasonic/Sony portable player; when the unit starts up or tracks a song, the noise can be loud enough to disturb my (sleeping) partner. When listening to quiet classical passages one can hear noise/hiss in the background which is not on the source CD. (And yes, I did turn off G-protection but that did not help much.) For pop/rock/electronic music this is not really noticeable. Sound quality is better than MP3 but not as good as CD players from 5 or 10 years ago. Highs seem clipped and bass is muddled.
Be sure to read the instruction on how to change the optional settings. (Press display and play when nothing is going on.)
Alas, the audio CD player continues to get pushed aside by the army of iPods and MP3 players and what should be a mature product has declined in quality but not in price.
Update: With my Sony V6 headphones, I compared this player to my 11-year old Panasonic SL-SW404. Wish I hadn't. The DNF340 sounds so muddy by comparison, especially in the bass but even the highs sound clipped. (Both units were set to a "flat" sound.) Interestingly, the DNF340's sound quality was on par with my iPod 8gb Nano - we're comparing a commercial music CD to an MP3 - so maybe Sony really is consciously cheaping out components to the level of other electronics in hopes that people don't notice.