Good reliable player. Solid choice (Sony Walkman NW-A3000 20 GB)

Member Name: andyleslie

Product:	Sony Walkman NW-A3000 20 GB
Date:	24/07/09 (13 review reads)
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Advantages: Good sound, easy to use

Disadvantages: Software blips

I bought this player after having a 4GB Ipod Nano, which broken and wanted something a bit better value for money. The Sony was about the same price (£160) and about 5 times the capacity of the latest Ipod at the time, so I thought I'd give it a shot.

On first impressions, I felt that the Connect software it came with was fairly easy to use and easy to put music on the player. This improved when Sony introduced the Sonic Stage software apart from my PC's inability to connect to the player when I plugged the player into my USB port. (PC's fault I think).

The player is easy to use and I like the artist link feature as well as the chunky nature of the player. Also good sound quality as well as having volume loud enough to be able to hear it in busy environments. The sound control is much easier to use as its a up-down slider rather than the sometimes fiddly iod wheel system.

The only downside I have suffered is the software on the player seems to have got some sort of bug which means the artist skips to the next one involuntarily when selected.

Summary: Good choice in comparison to expensive Ipod

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