 An iPod Killer - No more iTunes...YES!!!!! |
| Review Date: February 24, 2010 |
| Reviewer: W. Hobgood, Austin, Texas USA |
I got my first Mp3 player about 4 years ago...it was an iPod 2GB Nano. I loved it so much I shortly thereafter upgraded to a 4GB Nano. Kept that one a couple years but didn't upgrade again because I was frustrated with the iTunes interface, having to "upload" all my music to iTunes and ending up with two sets of music on my hard drive ; 19GB of wmv/mp3 format and an additional 19GB of the same music in Apple's iTunes format (M4P).
I was fed up with being an "iTunes slave" so I went looking for an alternative.
I went with a Sansa 8GB player and liked it well enough but it had problems. It was heavier than I liked, the display's resolution wasn't all that great and you had to use Windows Media Player to transfer music to the player. Fortunately, 8GB of music represents so many tracks of music, I didn't have to fiddle with Media Player that much.
After another year, I started getting antsy again for what I really wanted...a true "drag and drop" mp3 player so I could fine tune tracks on the player without having to mess with clumsy Media Player or the ridiculous iTunes system.
So after doing some research, I went with an 8GB Sony player (NWZ-E438). Awesome!! I was in mp3 nirvana. True Windows Explorer drag and drop, slick styling, great display, convenient controls and did videos and FM radio and well!! Then about a month ago someone swiped it while I was in the shower in the gym. I was near heartbroken as I dug up the old Sanza and started using it again. But the good news is that I could get another one and upgrade to 16GB and be HAPPY again.
So I got the one I am reviewing: the Sony NWZ-S639F. This one is fundamentally the same and the other Sony I owned but with greater memory (actually a little less than 15GB - not 16GB as advertised), LONG lasting battery, "themed " displays, easier video transfer and other features that I don't really use. The sound is spectacular. I, personally, can't guarantee that it is better than the iPod or Sanza because I never did a side-by-side audio comparison - but I can't imagine sound through earbuds being better than this. Oh, and the volume is louder. I used to listen on the older Sony at volume setting 28 (1-30 scale). On the S639 I rarely listed above setting 20.
All that said, because iPod came out first with mp3 players they still have a huge lock on the market. Because of that, they are able to keep people locked in as iTunes slaves, especially those who are afraid to change to something better because they just "don't get it"! I cannot tell you how easy it is to just drag and drop files in Windows Explorer. This is the way life should be - EASY!!!
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Awesume MP3 player
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| Review Date: May 6, 2010 |
| Reviewer: J. Ingham, |
| Excellent Player for the money. Great sound, long battery life,very easy to upload and use. Using windows media player it took me all of about 1/2 a moment to get my computer and this sony to sync. Just dragged and dropped my tunes and everything else was pretty much automatic. I use JVC flats with all of my MP3 players and they crank plenty of volume and sound good. I mostly listen to heavy metal/rock and like my music loud. I have not tried video yet so am not positive how the loading goes with that. |
Sony MP3 Player
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| Review Date: April 19, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Deb Frye, |
| I'd never purchased a MP3 player, so I read all the reviews and, since I liked to look of it and the price, I took a chance on the Sony. It works perfectly, has decent sound, and I'm delighted with it. If I had it to do over again, I wouldn't change my choice. |
Best yet!!
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| Review Date: June 10, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Harrison Koch, Tucson, AZ USA |
Let me start by saying that this Sony Walkman MP3 player is the best player I have yet used. I have owned a lot of MP3 players. Zunes, Sansas, iPods (which are extremely over-rated, in my humble opinion), Cowon/iAudios, Philips, Nomads, iRivers, and more. Suffice it to say that this little guy is my favorite of the whole lot. It is small, has PHENOMENAL sound quality, long battery life and a fantastic user interface. I am somewhat of an audiophile, so sound quality is my first priority. It excels here. and by excels, I mean it could reproduce sound I didn't previously think possible for a portable music player. It sounds like there are 12 inch subs in my head coupled with my Razer ProTone headphones! The user interface allows you to browse your library by either ID3 info or folders. 90% of the players I have owned have only allowed for one or the other unless coupled with RockBox. This is extremely useful should you have a number of songs that don't have the ID3 info you are looking for or worse, have none at all.
This little guy is THIN, and so far, very durable. The screen is bright and it is easy to navigate through the UI. Set up a bit like a Zune, and a bit like a Philips, it is clear that Sony took the best of existing MP3 players and utilized them in this player.
My only complaint is that music transfer is a bit slow. While I was able to transfer about 6 gigs in 45 minutes, that's not as fast as I'd like. Oh well. It is easily overlooked in light of how phenomenal the player functions otherwise.
If you are on the edge about players, go with the Sony, I assure you, you will not regret it! Hope this helps! |
My Favorite Walkman, GREAT HARDWARE S639
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| Review Date: June 21, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Joe Joe, Jacksonville,Fl |
| THIS WALKMAN, CLEAR SCREEN AND CLEAR AUDIO UNLIKE ANY OTHER SOUND ALSO SINCE I PREVIOUSLY HAD THE NWZ-A818 IT HAD THE BLACK PLAIN BACKGROUND, NOW ON HERE I CAN CHANGE ALL OF MY WALLPAPER AND BACKGROUND AND CUSTOMIZE IT, IT WAS VERY HARD TO FIND THIS MP3 PLAYER BECUASE IT WAS LIMITED AND MAINLY SOLD IN THE UK SO I FINALLY FOUND IT IN THE STATES.IVE TRIED OTHER BRANDS ONLY FOR THEM TO FREEZE UP OR JUST STOP WORKING ALL TOGETHER THIS IS MY 3RD WALKMAN, I PREFER PREMIUM IN EAR BUDS ONLY TO MATCH ITS SUPERIOR SOUND , LIKE MUSIC IS A PLUS AND WATCHING MOVIES ON HERE VERY EASY DRAG N DROP MP4 FORMAT TO WATCH MOVIES, WISH IT DIDNT TAKE SO LONG CONVERTING THEM , MY ONLY CON WITH THIS IS (PLAYLIST) FEATURE WHICH IT LACKS BUT EVERYTHING ELSE MAKES IT ALL WORTH IT |
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