Sony D-NE320PSBLK Psyc MP3/ATRAC CD Walkman (Black)

Much better that my previous SONY Walkman - sound is very good.

prefect condition! great sound quality with EQ

the player was not satisfactory the buttons stick and it has a difficult time playing any cd and the open button sticks

I am a bit of an audiophile, and as such, I don't "do" reduced bit rates. This means I listen only to CDs in the full, uncompressed "Red Book" format of 1411 kbps. I cannot comment on the 320's capabilities as an MP3 or ATRAC player.I purchased this player since my iRiver 450, which sounds great, does not read many CDRs and even some commercial CDs. It also chews batteries, and its rechargeable battery runs for less than 6 hours between charges.This player has some good features, like forward/reverse scan, that the iRiver lacks. I would have liked the LCD display to be on the remote like the iRiver, but the Sony's remote is fine. I appreciate the beeps which let me know I have hit a button, and that I have paused the player. So far, battery life seems excellent.I use noise cancelling headphones (Aiwa HP-CN6), so I can't comment on the earbuds, but with the Aiwas, the sound is fair. The midband is clean and smooth, but the frequency extremes seem rolled off a bit. There are EQ settings with a limited number of adjustments. I pumped up the bass a bit, but left everything else set to flat. I liked the iRiver's sonics better, but the Sony offers about 90% of the iRiver's sound with much better disc reading. All the discs that the iRiver would not read, the 320 has read fine. The Sony has not skipped yet.It is a bit cheap looking and plastic feeling, but I suppose people prefer light-weight players.Certainly, the golden age of portable CD players is over. Those old Sony and Radio Shack portables fetch big bucks on the used market. But as far as currently available portable CD players go, the 320 offers respectable audio performance, a great feature set, decent build quality and overall is a very good value.

Bought in 2005 to listen to CDs through the speakers of a modest car with a rudimentary sound systemand no CD player. It worked very well. No skipping over bumps.

this is my second Sony mp3/cd player...hope it lasts as long as the other one that I owned...use it at work so its nice that I can turn it up enough to hear over the other sounds at the shop

I bought this player in mid March for about 70 dollars since I bought direct from Sony and paid shipping. At least when I bought it, I recieved 5 free downloads from Sony's connect store. But I hope I can give you an accurate review on every aspect of this player since I've had it for so long.Looks: This player definately looks great. The black glossy image only lasts for so long though. After 3 months of school goer's usage, scratches do form on the surface. But these are only very noticable in high light conditions. The looks are definately eye catching and the player itself is overall very stylish.Durability: Ok, I've dropped this about 23 times and it still plays just fine. Of course it doesn't look new but it plays fine. But cracks do form up on the top plastic surface but nothing major. Overall excellent build quality and durability.Spin Up: Spin ups for newly loaded cds takes aobut 15 seconds for a full cd. It really depends on alot of things. A cd-r loads faster than a cd-rw for some reason. Atrac 3plus cds take longer to load where as normal cd-da's are fast yet aren't immediate like the cd-da only players.Volume Output: Because this is a one battery operation, the sound volume will not be too high, but overall it is impressive. At the 85 percent mark , the sound distorts noticably. It really depends on the headphones you use. The stock headphones can give you great volume whereas full sized ciramaurals require an amp to be driven. A great solution to this is to get some active noise-cancelling headphones which amplify significantly. Personally I'm using Akai -AK8220 headphones which are absolutely excellent but are nearly impossible to find. I got lucky by finding one in my local FYE.Negative: No backlight(but this might be good for saving battery, but its always useful to have a backlight)Problems: Sometimes during manual track changing the cd player get "lost" in the disc and takes a while to get back on track.Fastforwarding is laggy along with rewinding especially on atrac3plus. No problems on cd-da though.Battery Life: It once again depends on headphones and equalizer settings. With my semi circamaural Akai's i get around 35 hours.Playback: Playback is excellent, sound quality is excellent as well.Skipping: No skipping, impossible to make this skip.Functionality: The in player battery storage is great and prevents any risk of an accidental opening. I don't like the multipurpose volume/track buttons. The side lid opening is great. The hold button actually holds. A good deal of menu navigating for simple things like bass increase but worth it for the additional features. 7 language support is useless.Software: Sony includes sonic stage with this player and I never liked sonic stage from the start. It really lags up and is extremely unstable. Personally I prefer using nero to burn my files. I don't use Atrac 3 plus, since it sounds a little dark.Summary: This is a great player, sound quality is excellent, and its durable. If you're a highschooler that generally handles these things roughly, it just might make it through til senior prom night. the software included is useless for me at least. The looks are good, the value is good. I don't think theres much better stuff out there. I got this because I was too lazy to convert all my cd collection into mp3's on my computer. If you arent lazy, check out the new pysc mp3 players. Also check the I-rivers and slimline series of panasonics.

I got this one from Amazon..........i really dont need an iPod anymore!...This player is great!!..very good sound quality ...very fast when switching between songs and albums...you dont notice when switching from an album to another..Battery life is excelent!..and with just one battery!...This is the best alternative to iPod.....!