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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
"Best MP3 player for the money"
Pros: Excellent sound quality; Easy to use, Battery life, Excellent earphones
Cons: As of yet, I have yet to find a negative quality, other than expensive assessories
Summary: I bought the 8GB for me and the 4GB for my wife. I and I must say.....WOW! This player is everything both of us were looking for. After doing a little homework, and reading CNET's review I decided to go with the Sony. I had heard good and bad things about other players and what I was looking for was a player that had great sound and was a good alternative to the Ipod Nano. Sony more than delivers with this player in my opinion.
Both my wife and I are picky consumers and she wasn't happy with her Ipod, and my Creative had just died. I was more than happy when she said that this player was awesome, and I agreed with her. The sound quality blew me away, especially coming from the packaged ear buds that came with the player. They are very comfortable and the nice part is that they come with different size rubber ear pieces which was a great relief to my wife since she needed the smaller size. As far as we both can tell the noise canceling is another nice feature and has worked great walking outside (We have yet to try it running).
Both of us were more than pleased with the players ease of use and interface. Nothing is confusing and everything in my opinion is nicely organized, and not over done. We both liked how all the buttons were placed on the player, versus other players. The video and picture quality is very crisp..another definite plus.
To sum it up this player more than exceeds my expectations. I had heard detailed sounds that I had never heard on some of my songs before, and it was a joy to just sit back and listen to music the way music was intended to be heard..clear, crisp and powerful. When we loaded some of our music on our players (which is very easy) and started listening, we both looked at each other and smiled.
Sony delivers with both excellent sound and player functionality, and I would more than recommend this player as an alternative to the Ipod Nano, or any compact player for that matter.
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I totally agre with you about the Sony players. I have the NWZ-S618 and I love mine. I just hate it Audible doesn't support it. Audio books would sound fantastic on this player!
I have two creative Labs players, but neither compares with the Sony players! The sound quality is unmatched and I have even owned an iPod which does not come close to the Sony.
I'm alreay looking to upgrade to one of the newer Sony's with the noise cancelling ear phones. thanks for the review. Good to know I'm not the only one who appreciates the sound quality of these fantastic players!
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