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Customer Rating:
Summary: leaves the IPod for dead
Comment: I wanted an player to replace my elderly ATMC which has given sterling service and the Ipod nano
that I had which lasted 4 weeks before failing. Looked at Creative, sandisk and Ipods (various).
The Sony wins hands down for overall ease of use - it's just so intuitive and user friendly. the
menus are simple and loading music from Media player 11 is simple - straightforward drag and drop.
The player is tiny but the sound and video quality are excellent - both are much better than the
opposition and Sony's supplied headphones are excellent - better than the sennheiser cx300 I have
used previously with crystal clear sound. And finally, the battery life is excellent - have got 26
hrs on the first charge and it's supposed to improve after the first few charges. Buy one and you
will not be disappointed - better still buy the 8 gb version

Customer Rating:
Summary: Outstanding player, excellent value
Comment: I bought this to replace a 2nd generation ipod nano which was annoying the hell out of me. I'm so
glad I picked this.

Put simply, it's the best mp3 player I've ever used, far outshining
the ipod nano for both usability, features, battery life and, crucially, sound quality.
/>I tested this against the nano when it arrived, using the same source tracks and the same
headphones (Sennheiser PX100s). This player totally blew the nano out of the water sound wise. Clear
resounding bass, lovely precise mids and highs that weren't scratchy or harsh. I heard things on
hear I'd never noticed on the nano. Add to that the far superior battery life - at least double what
I was getting on the nano - and it's the outright winner.

Also, the software
flexibility is higher. I've used this with WMP11, Media Monkey and Winamp and all of them pick it up
automatically without problems. It's been a bit of a wrench pulling away from itunes, which I do
like, but I guess that's the deal with Apple, it's all or nothing. They want to lock you in and
they've got some good software to tempt you though the door.

The last thing I should
mention are the controls. The nano wheel is great for skimming through playlists quickly but I used
to find it tricky sometimes to hit the one I want first time when I've just "wheeled" through
several hundred tracks. The Sony on the other hand has a very precise and easy to use D-pad style
control which I personally prefer.

I was really happy I got this and had no regrets at
all about giving away the nano afterwards!

Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome sound - Great value
Comment: I bought this for my wife to replace the old style iPod nano which she managed to destroy by dunking
it in a glass of Vimto!
Anyway, I digress...The sound quality is fantastic, the video playback
is crisp and the earbud headphones supplied are really good quality and very comfortable. (I have
bought some Sony ones to replace the crappy white ones that came with my iPod).
I would
thoroughly recommend this mp3 player

Customer Rating:
Summary: excellent MP3
Comment: I have both ipod classic and ipod nano, to be frank none of the ipods come near to walkman MWZA816B,
the sound is superb and of very high qaulity, the earbud which come with it is excellent, I even
tried it with pro-headphone, without noticing any fault in music qaulity. stick to sony's earphones
and you will be better of. if you have small library of albums the 816 is the right set for you. />I hope you will enjoy your unit the way I enjoy mine.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Superb!
Comment: Read loads of reviews on here & decided to get one of these. I was a bit concerned about transfering
the music as my computer is a bit on the old side but I needn't have bothered. Switched the Walkman
on, plugged it in & dragged & dropped the files. No problem. Really fast transfer time to. The sound
quality is soo much better than other MP3 players I've had too. I can't praise it enough. If you
can't decided what to buy take my advice and look no further.