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(15 customer reviews) 22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Best Walkman manufactured to date!,
October 6, 2011 Dave - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sony NWZA865BLK 16GB A Series MP3 player Black with Bluetooth 2.8 Inch Touch Screen (Electronics)
I have been a fan of Sony MP3 Walkman's since the first 2GB models came out. The new A series has amazing sound quality that blows away all the other mp3 players in its segment. It also has Bluetooth capability which means you can send and receive files to your phone or other Bluetooth enabled device. It feels so right in your hand, and the touch screen is what truly makes it perfect as finding spots in long music files is now much easier than before. The only drawback is probably the battery life, I extensively used the file transfer to move about half a GB of sets and images and had the display at full brightness. This, combined with about four hours of playing songs, took half the battery. I would love to see more accessories for this model including an armband for jogging!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
The Best iPod Replacement Out There!!,
January 20, 2012 Thomas P. Russo Jr. "Arclight" (Atlanta) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony NWZA865BLK 16GB A Series MP3 player Black with Bluetooth 2.8 Inch Touch Screen (Electronics)
I am 44 and have been an Apple fan for many years... Recently, I gave my iPod Touch 16GB to my step daughter...I missed a portable player of my own and wanted another... I tried many - 6th Generation Nano, Classic, and another iTouch 64GB - to use with my Bose IE2 in ear headphones (that replaced a paid of Denon's I gave to my wife!). Anyway, I was disappointed with the sound out of each of the Apple devices mentioned above and decided to try a Google Android device in the Galaxy 5 - also equally disappointing... You aren't able to create a more customized sound out of any of these (other than the pre-defined presets designated by Apple)devices, until I tried the A Series Walkman! The ability to create sound profiles that include a Bass enhancer/dynamic range, 5 band graphic equalizer, and stereo outputs, etc etc. is truly amazing! The sound out of this Walkman blows Apple out of the water. Combined with the Bose in ears, this duo will be hard to beat with anything in the market...Read more
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Back to the good ol' days.,
December 9, 2011 Lewishas2work - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony NWZA865BLK 16GB A Series MP3 player Black with Bluetooth 2.8 Inch Touch Screen (Electronics)
I always like the fact that Discman had physical buttons so i can switch songs/adjust volume on the fly. These days it's not easy to find a decent media that does that. It really bothers that when I want to skip tracks, I have to "unhold" then tap the touchscreen and then tap "next". Fortunately, with Sony Walkman, you get physical buttons. You can either set "hold" to freezing all buttons plus touchscreen or to only freeze the touchscreen. I prefer the latter. Now i can carry the walkman in my pocket and simply stick my hand in to squeeze the "next" button.
In my opinion, an mp3 player cannot even be labelled as one if it doesn't have physical buttons.
The audio quality is also very good. A lot better than the sound you get from an Ipod. Now the player isn't equipped with a speaker but that shouldn't be a problem if you want something that is strong in the sound department. Speakers give trashy sounds anyways.
The A865 is also good value for money...Read more
