Audiophile sound from an MP3 player!! (Sony Walkman NW-A3000 20 GB)

Member Name: beefsupreme

Product:	Sony Walkman NW-A3000 20 GB
Date:	28/10/09 (23 review reads)
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Advantages: Audiophile sound quality, sexy design, well built

Disadvantages: poor software, lack of features, firmware unstable

The Sony Walkman NW-A3000 was my first ever MP3 player, as such I had nothing to compare it to. I found it very hard wearing, easy to use and very stylish.

The best points about the player are mostly the quality and style that Sony deliver in terms of the build and look of the device. Also the sound quality is superb, it really is.

Now for the negatives, and there is a whole lot of them. The screen is not colour, its a simple one colour text display. The software is a nightmare to use; whether you are adding or removing tracks it has to be done using the sonic stage software, which more often than not crashes or takes an eternity to do what you want it to do. Its expensive considering what the competion has on offer with similar specifications. It takes a long time to charge. I find that my player is very slow to respond to button presses and often freezes.

Although there is a huge number of negatives I would recommend this player purely based upon the sound quality. Sony avoided all the high tech screens and features to concentrate in the quality and it really shows. If you can pick one up cheap then get one. One tip I will give you is not to fully load the player as it gets confused and crashes, also upgrade to the new software from the Sony website as it much much better.

Summary: Super audiophile sound quality from a very stylish device

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