The NW-E105 turned out to be an impressive performer in most of our tests. Despite a below-average signal-to-noise ratio that Sony lists simply as "80dB or more," the player boasted good, crisp sound quality with clear highs and lows, as well as plenty of bass. Thanks to a rather cheap plastic design, the included earbuds were uncomfortable, but they delivered the goods. And while the NW-E105 fell way short of its rated 70-hour battery life, it still blew away most other players in this category. CNET Labs was able to squeeze out about 35.6 hours of juice. The one area that Sony could improve on is transfer speed; we averaged a ridiculously slow 0.59MB per second over USB 2.0.
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