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Sony Walkman E-340 Series 8 GB Video MP3 Player (Black)
 
Manufacturer: Sony
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Product Description
Sony NWZE344BLK 8GB E Series Walkman(R) Video MP3 Player with Headphones (1 Each)

Product Details
  • 8 GB capacity for about 2,000 songs
  • Up to 30 hours of audio or 4 hours of video on a single charge
  • 2-inch, 262,144-color LCD with 240 x 320 QVGA pixel resolution
  • Supports MP3, WMA (DRM), AAC, and Linear PCM audio formats; AVC, MPEG-4, and WMV (DRM) video formats; JPEG image files
  • One-year limited warranty

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excellent sound
 
Review Date: November 20, 2009
Reviewer: Erik Nelson, Dallas, TX
I have owned many of the high end tape and cd players sony has offered,
including the most recent ultrathin DNE20 cd player, a mini-disk player
and the original silver-blue metal walkman.

The sound quality on the E series player is exceptional, qualitatively
exceeding all previous offerings. Listening to a good recording of,
say, classical piano music, you may get the impression that the piano
is in the room, and even be able to make out some level of structure
( for instance, how far away the piano was during recording ).

The user interface is self explanatory and very adequate for listening
to cd's. If you have a pc with the right windows operating system
and media player, it is easy to transfer disks to the player using the
few printed instructions that come in the box.

The actual execution of transfer still has some problems : If your disk
was sold by a distributor not linked to microsoft's ( proprietary? )
database, you may find that the cover photo and track titles have been
replaced by the closest thing microsoft can find in its online database.
Although I could type in the right titles myself, I couldn't find a
simple way to insert the right cover photo and occasionally ( once or
twice ) cover photos did not get transferred into the player.

On the other hand, windows media player is supposed to 'rip' the whole
content of the cd, which does appear to get transferred into the player.
This, along with the onboard 5-channel equalizer may account for the
difference in sound quality compared with the ipod.

If your main interest is listening to music, and have regular access to
a windows pc, the E-344 is very well worth the ~$75. Sony also offers to
replace the player after 2 or 3 years for an up-front payment of ~$11
( 2 years ).
Sweet little media player from Sony
 
Review Date: October 28, 2009
Reviewer: Subhradyuti Sarkar, San Diego, California United States
The E-series walkman has really good sound quality, long battery life, easy to use UI and classy look all combined. Also, it is a really open system (specially considering it is from Sony): A. simple drag-and-drop is all that is required to transfer music (though you can create a traditional sync partnership with Windows Media Player 11 if you want to) -- not having to deal with a bloatware like iTunes is pure bliss; B. no special port/sync/charging cable -- the player has a mini-USB port, and a (supplied) mini-USB to USB cable does sync and recharging the battery. Only one gripe: there is no way to create on-the-go playlists from the walkman; you must create the playlists beforehand in Windows Media Player and sync. Oh, and the 2" LCD screen is bright and has nice contrast.
Excelent Ipod nano Alternative
 
Review Date: October 23, 2009
Reviewer: Ulises Gamiz, Mexico City
I wanted a cheaper MP3 that I could use for the Gym and in the plane, still wanted to have a way to scroll to my music library but still have a portable device that played my ACC itunnes files,

Well I find it all, this device is smaller and ligher than a ipod nano, play ACC, sycn easily with the windows media player or a light sinc apllication included, browsing files was easy, and sound is good, I have not test how long battery last so I can not say about that

Cons:
-I have not been able to play my itunes videos, but that was just nice to have, no big deal for me
-headphones included are cheap, I bought a 10 dollar phillip headphones that sound decent but are more confortable.

Bottom line, is an excelent alternative to ipod nano.
great MP3 player
 
Review Date: November 6, 2009
Reviewer: Lawrence E. Andrews, Jr.,
I love my new Walkman. I've had it about 2 weeks and it's been great. I can't say I'm a techie, but I do know how to use electronics and this has been pretty easy. The product works as advertised and is a great price to boot. The battery seems to have a good life and the media player syncs with the Walkman easily and quickly. The only drawback is finding accessories. DLO has a decent case with a clip, but I have found little from Sony at this point.
I'm a happy camper!
 
Review Date: January 25, 2010
Reviewer: Michael A. Leyva, San Jose, CA
This device is everything I hoped for and more. It's much smaller than I thought it would be. So it's a perfect entertainment companion at the gym. I bought a rubber cover and arm strap for it. The sound is fantastic! The included ear buds sound good but didn't stay put while working out. So I bought another pair for only $5.00 on eBay. Get the type that are soft rubber and go into your ear canal. Buy them on eBay and save your money. There are plenty of choices to fill anybodies needs. Look for a pair that's got a frequency response of 20HZ-20KHZ. This will give you great bass and treble. And the impedance should be about 30-35. That will give them good volume. The video quality surprised me, it's great!! Also the controls are easy to use and understand. GO FOR IT!

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