help please RE:sony NWA1000 MP3 Player

scotty321

Hubby has offered to buy me a Mp3 player for my birthday later In the month & Argos have this model for £109.00 . I have read mixed reviews due to the softwear . Can anyone give me some advice . Thanks In advance :T

ABH_3

scotty321 wrote:

Hubby has offered to buy me a Mp3 player for my birthday later In the month & Argos have this model for £109.00 . I have read mixed reviews due to the softwear . Can anyone give me some advice . Thanks In advance :T

Why not take a look through the various review sites for information on a suitable mp3 player for your needs ie:

http://www.reviewcentre.com/products18.html

http://www.t3.co.uk/

http://www.advancedmp3players.co.uk/forum/

AV Forums > Audio Components MP3, iPod & Other Digital Music
http://www.avforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=164

http://forums.ipodlounge.com/

http://www.creative.com/products/welcome.asp?category=213

IMHO, the easiest mp3 player to use is one which doesn't lock you into playing one particular format. Sony was renowned for producing players which supported its own format 'Atrac' which lead to lots of people not buying them. I would look for a player that when connected to your computer appears as a harddrive, you can then just dump any files you wish onto it and it will play them. As for which particular model, well I've never bought one, so you shall have to do your own research, but the ipod seems popular and is based upon a Creative player seemingly.

HTH

MiserlyMonkey

I bought this player and found that the bundled software called Connect was impossible to use without tearing your hair out due to various issues so I ditched that and downloaded some older Sony software called SonicStage which has worked perfectly, easier to use and much faster. Although Sony wants you to use their file format you can just use mp3 with this player.

My wife uses the walkman and is very happy with it. She finds it easy to operate, with good sound and good battery life. The only negative is that you need to be wearing something with pockets if you want to walk around with it as it didn't come with a belt clip.

nearlyrich

The new version of Sonic Stage is now bundled it came out in late May (downloadable from www.sony.co.uk if it's an older model)

All the Sony players from the last couple of years are MP3 compatible.

scotty321

Thanks for you comments folks .,:D i'll have a look at the sites suggested & have a think about it . Thanks for all your help