27Jan
UK Sell Sony NWZA865W.CEW Series 16GB Walkman – White In Stock
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Cheap Sony NWZA865W.CEW Series 16GB Walkman – White – Promotion
- 16GB Video MP3 Player
- Touch Screen
- Bluetooth
- S-Master MX
- SensMe, Lyric Sync & Karaoke Mode
NWZ-A865 16GB Walkman Video MP3 player. Delivering the best of the best audio experience, wirelessly. 16GB, 5 Clear Audio Technologies with S-Master MX, Bluetooth, touch panel screen, Media Go. Premium sound quality for audiophiles. Seamless wireless listening via Bluetooth. Responsive super wide touch panel screen.
List Price: £154.43
DONT BE PUT OFF BY VOLUME CAP,
I have been looking at a new mp3/mp4 player for a few weeks and i had considered cowon s9 and other sony products. my main priority is sound quality. I have owned a ipod nano for the last few years and never had an issue with it, at least not until i found my old sony mini disc and decided to have a listen. I could not believe how much it better it sounded than my ipod. I listened to the same songs on each player the ipod honestly sounded awful. so much so that until i purchased this A865 i was back on my minidisc!
I wasn’t fussed about any particular features, i just wanted a player that sounded good to me and my god does it sound good. I have set my own EQ and turned on the other sound enhancements that the A865 offers and im blown away, every song sounds new. DON’T BE PUT OFF BY THE VOLUME CAP THAT MANY ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT, i was worried about this but the volume goes up to 30 and i have it on 15/16 and it is plenty loud enough, some peoples hearing must be knackered if this player is not loud enough. i cranked up the volume earlier and managed the vol at around 19 and my ears were thumping and that is 11 notches from full.
setup is very easy the whole of my itunes library was transferred in no time, even songs which i had purchased from itunes which i thought would be subject to DRM (digital rights management) were transferred.
i can’t comment on any other features like bluetooth etc, all i know is the sound quality is incredible. i purchased the white version from amazon which is £25 cheaper than the black and came in at £99 which for something which sounds as it does, to me, is incredible
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|Unbeatable sound quality,
I bought this as a replacement to my Sony X-series (the touchscreen became unresponsive and I though it best to just buy this newer model) My main and almost only interest is the sound quality. Whilst the touchscreen is responsive, screen clarity is nice with good contrast and build quality is ok, these things are not important to me. We all know that for user interface, features such as video playback, and internet functions, an iPod touch is clearly the better option. However, when you are using a high-end pair of headphone like my Shure SE535s, the only thing you care about is the SQ. This does not disappoint, I was hoping for quality as good as my expensive X Series with S Master amplifier so as long as this was as good I would have been happy. The soundstage, instrument and vocal separation, and clarity are a huge improvement from the X series in my opinion, and I can truly hear instrumental melodies that I could never hear before, even on the X which was considered to have the best SQ of any PMP. My preference is hip-hop and I am pleased to report that the A865 with “flat” equaliser is almost perfect and I can hear every single layer on every track I listen to. On my X I had to adjust the EQ to make the sound more powerful, otherwise it could sometimes sound a bit weak and I like to hear the energy in the music I listen to. I can’t believe that this player has not got more attention considering the considerable improvement over its predecessor. I can’t describe what a pleasure it is to hear such clarity and huge sound on a portable player, especially with no EQ settings applied. Volume level is fine for my Shure SE535s but depending on the impedance of your earphones/headphones you may find that the volume is not sufficient. It is possible to switch off the volume limit, which I had to do in order to get the sound to the volume I prefer. Everyone is different in this respect so consider this as the only possible weakness in this product regarding SQ. I think it does not go quite as high as the X series but manages high volumes with no distortion unlike the X which did suffer from distortion when you cranked the volume right up!! Obviously this is not a healthy thing to do all the time if you want to preserve your good hearing…
So to sum up on SQ, the soundstage is wider than the X series, more detailed and clear enabling you to hear things in the music which were impossible to hear before. Sound is slightly warm but crisp which is what makes this player so enjoyable to listen to, you will not get ‘ear’ fatigue during longer listening sessions, which was the main strength of the X series. Of course, you should also use tracks with a bit-rate of 320kbps or lossless in order to enjoy the full extent of the A865′s amp and sounds technologies. Listening to ‘Empire State of Mind’ right now and levels are great, good separation and superb clarity. Bass is also improved from the X series, more powerful sounding where sometime you almost feel like it is coming from outside your body without overpowering the track you are listening to (I am not a fan of too much bass, but this is a perfect balance and still on flat EQ setting, for cheaper earphones you may wish to adjust the EQ settings but I cannot comment on anything other than the SQ using Shure SE535s. Anyway this is probably far more detailed than most people will need, but for audiophiles this is surely the best option. If you’re not an audiophile, unless you happen to despise Apple’s rise as the king of tech, you are most certainly better off with an iPod touch and all the web browsers, mail apps, app store apps, retina display, Skype etc features which it offers over and above what this Sony does. This player is JUST FOR MUSIC, and has what must be unbeatable SQ in todays market, I would like to see Cowon do better than this player which sounds incredible with NO EQ adjustments using IEMs.
In summary, this is what I was hoping the X series would be. Whilst it doesn’t feel as solid, is a bit plasticky, and although it does no longer have an OLED screen none of these things seem to matter once you plug in your IEMs and start hearing your favourite music in a way no PMP has done before. Don’t listen to other reviews saying that SQ is worse than the X, this is not possible, think of this A865 as a plasticky X Series with significantly more clarity and a wider soundstage and more powerful sound.
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|Easy to use, good value for money and looks good too,
I bought this as a birthday present for my husband in December 2011. He has found it very easy to use – you really do just plug it in, charge it up, download the software and off you go. For some reason the white version is significantly cheaper than the black. The white looks very sleek too. The screen is small but crystal clear. The touchscreen is easy to use and pretty intuitive. The headphones are good as well – better than you usually get supplied with the product so the sound quality is really very good. Two small gripes – my husband has a number of audio books and it has been difficult to work out where to put them separate from his music although he seems to have found a solution now. His view is that my old Creative Zen MP3 player is easier to organise. The second point is that it only comes with a lead to enable it to be charged up through the computer (which is not entirely clear from the product details published on Amazon). This is a bit of a disadvantage if you don’t tend to spend hours on the computer so we will have to check whether it is possible to get a charger to plug into a wall socket as well (don’t know whether that is possible or not). On the plus side, it does charge up pretty quickly. All in all, excellent value for money. My husband is delighted with it – every time I turn round he seems to be listening to it.
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