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| Value for Money | 7.4/10  |
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| Reviewer Rating | 7.2/10 |
| Overall Rating | 7.6/10  |
| Sony NW-A806 (4 GB) Digital Media Player |  | £39.97P&P: £4.84 |
| Sony NW-A806 (4 GB) Digital Media Player |  | £89.99P&P: £5.95 |
Full review by
Guest.
on 9th Apr 2008
User Rating : 9
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I have owned my Sony NW HD3 for what must be three to four years now, it has been my first and only mp3 player. While the girlfriend has gone through 3 different variants of the ipod in the same time, this little trooper has battled on. Its tough, sturdy, almost unbreakable and more importantly simple enough for anyone to use. Its battery life has always been exceptional and only now, a couple of years down the line has it shown to falter slightly. The main problem is purely sonicstage. Although it was a consistent (albeit a bit clunky) performer, now I have changed PC i cannot find the original discs and the sony download is much more hassle than help. I will use my NW HD3 til he gives up his last little breath...
Guest.'s review and ratings | 134 words
Review by
PixieB98
on 20th Feb 2008
User Rating : 10
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The size is excellent and fits well in my pocket. It feels sturdy in my hand and is far superior to the iPod. My husband has had 2 iPods and they both lasted about 1 year and died. Even towards the 10month period the battery life of the iPods was of 2h. The Sony still has an excellent battery life even after 2 years.
PixieB98's full review | 80 words
Review by
srburrows
on 11th Sep 2007
User Rating : 1
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Do not buy any Sony product that requires the use of Sonicstage. Sony have now removed the need to use the software on newer models so support for this appalling software will now be non-existent. What was wrong with simply clicking and dragging music onto the player?
srburrows's full review | 159 words
Review by
bemahler
on 3rd Feb 2007
User Rating : 10
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I can't recommend this little mp3 enough it is a first class piece of kit for what it is intended to do. I have heard numerous mp3 players from all the top makers but nothing comes close on sound quality to match this player. Make sure you spend out on a really good pair of phones either Bose triport or B&O's small earphones, as they really do bring out the sound quality of this player. I hope this help when looking to buy this mp3 player.
bemahler's full review | 127 words
Review by
edmundslu
on 23rd Jan 2007
User Rating : 6
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I've had this gadget for about a year and a half and have looked after it and enjoyed it. I've used it as it should be used, took a lot of pleasure from it and then, with no prior warning, it decided to stop working and die - great, that's just what I needed! Now all the music that I had obtained over the past year and a half was gone - I had obtained the music from many sources and thus did not have it all backed up at home on a computer - aside from the fact that I will have to fork out on a n ...
edmundslu's full review | 177 words
Review by
lukeirving
on 21st Jun 2006
User Rating : 7
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I have owned the Sony HD-3 walkman for 11 months now and I have just had to send it back for repair work! This was because when ever you put the headphones in it they would crackle and get quiter.
Another problem was the original headphones had a little black rubber ring around them which fell off. This ended up causing a small electric shock above my lower lip which happened in January 2006 and the headphones had not worked right ever since. I did change the headphones for the player aft ...
lukeirving's full review | 423 words
Review by
sleepyhead20
on 29th Mar 2006
User Rating : 9
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Overall this Sony NW-HD3 is the best mp3 player I owned and it's a shame it got messed up but the memory and battery life is great. Looks good, pink screen, and can alter the sound effects to live or arena music.
sleepyhead20's full review | 117 words
Review by
soxy6
expert review 
on 20th Feb 2006
User Rating : 9
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I've had the pink Sony NW-HD3 for a few months now, and I love it. I bought it for $195 off eBay, brand new - a great deal!
At first I was hesitant to buy it because of the complaints about its Sonicstage software, but it really isn't that bad. Some people have said that Sonicstage is hard to use - I disagree. It's actually quite straightforward, and if you do need help, the manual will tell you all you need to know. The only gripes I have about the software is that it has a slow start-up tim ...
soxy6's full review | 647 words
Review by
mr123
on 14th Feb 2006
User Rating : 10
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Overall, the Sony NW-HD3 MP3 player is a great product, especially for the value. It's perfect for those people who want to have music on their MP3 players. It especially suits musicians, being one myself, with a really tight budget and an absence for the desire of fancy color screens and video, it fit the bill perfectly. Just make sure you are careful with the connector and buy some more comfortable earbuds; it'll be worth it.
mr123's full review | 250 words
Review by
stony61
on 12th Feb 2006
User Rating : 9
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This Sony NW-HD3 MP3 player is brilliant. I have used it continuously since buying it, I love it to bits. The sound quality is great with good base, although that is helped by the superb Ross Spark Plug headphone I use with it. The volume limiter fitted by Sony is not good but the use of a commonly available hack is a very easy way to turn it off. My player is now as loud as I want it with no drop in sound quality. This little player is very strong too, I wear it at the Gym and have dropped it t ...
stony61's full review | 143 words
Review by
Soleman
on 4th Feb 2006
User Rating : 3
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Hi, I have had the Sony NW-HD3 Mp3 player for 1 year now. I bought it from one of Dixons high street stores. After one week I had to exchange it for another one. I found the transferring of music files very awkward as you had to upload them onto Sonicstage. This took quite sometime to do. After 5 months the players hard disk stopped working, so I was unable to listen to any music. A couple of weeks later I sent it back to Sony, where they said they could only repair the MP3 player.
When the So ...
Soleman's full review | 246 words
Review by
Helenxxx
on 14th Nov 2005
User Rating : 10
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I absolutely love the Sony NW-HD3 MP3 player! When I wanted an MP3 player early this year, my friend steered me away from iPod's, and rightly so! This was, and still is one of the best MP3 players out there! Great value for money! I have already persuaded my friend to get this model, and my dad to get my mum one for Christmas (I don't work for Sony honest).
I am going backpacking next summer, and I really wanted one that could store all my music, has a long battery life, and is easy to cha ...
Helenxxx's full review | 138 words
Review by
Reina
on 6th Oct 2005
User Rating : 5
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I have to say that for the above bad points, I have been quite disappointed with the Sony NW-HD3 MP3 player.
Reina's full review | 31 words
Review by
Skratchin
on 2nd Sep 2005
User Rating : 10
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Buy the Sony NW-HD3 ! Better than an ipod!! More music on it! Longer battery life! Looks different! Choice of colours! Lightweight!
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Review by
epzcaw
on 8th Aug 2005
User Rating : 0
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I bought one in December 2004, and it died in March. I had it repaired, then the Hard disk failed in July. The retailer won't replace it, only repair. I will probably throw it out when I get it back.
User interface is very poor.
Group playing is awful. The icon remains, even when the group function is not being used.
epzcaw's full review | 65 words
Review by
davidjpeterson
on 2nd Aug 2005
User Rating : 9
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Got my Sony NW-HD3 Portable MP3 Player from Argos in the sale (think Sony were bringing out a new range so Argos were getting rid of the old stock?)
Anyway, i'm quite pleased with it - battery life is phenomenal, left it on by accident for hours and hours the other week and battery was still more than half full.
I've also had problems with the software - Occasionally makes my PC crash with a protection fault, anyone else had this?? I am getting used to the software though and the Atrac3 f ...
davidjpeterson's full review | 148 words
Review by
ant63
on 30th Jul 2005
User Rating : 8
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I bought the Sony NW-HD3 Portable MP3 Player recently from Argos (they are selling them off). Overall I am quite pleased with it but it does have some bad points. The main thing I'm concerned about is the flimsy way the cable connects to the unit and also has to have the power plugged in when downloading from a computer. I'm always amazed that Sony can ask £300 plus for a gadget and not supply a proper case - you get a cloth bag to carry it round in!
ant63's full review | 129 words
Review by
aleein8
on 14th Jul 2005
User Rating : 9
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+1
Sony NW-HD3: Unfortunately the previous reviewer had software trouble. I on the other hand have been using SonicStage for about 1 1/2 years and have run into no trouble yet. This software is fine for music management. I personally feel it is quite easy to use and straight forward. I actually have more trouble with iTunes! Most of my music is transferred from original CD's and from legal download sites. As such I haven't run in to many troubles with DRM. The NW-HD3 has a very simple to use inter ...
aleein8's full review | 330 words
Review by
Justin Bargh
on 4th Jul 2005
User Rating : 1
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Didn't want to follow the crowd with an iPod, and the capacity/price/battery life of the Sony looked good. Trouble started the moment I began installing the software. PC crashed (running Windows 2000), and once loaded, the software is very un-user friendly. Checked the Sony website, and eventually found a page encouraging me to upgrade from SonicStage 2.3 to 3.1. Took forever, and is even worse. Thank god I found out all this early enough to exchange.
Justin Bargh's full review | 98 words
Review by
chinomark
on 19th May 2005
User Rating : 9
Respect :
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This Sony NW-HD3 mp3 player is excellent, the sound quality is excellent, Sony are the top personal audio company on the market with their long battery life (40hrs +) ease of use and superb build quality. I've just swapped over from MD (Sony NW-E10)and was surprised that the sound quality was as good if not better as it was one of the best MD players they do.
A+
chinomark's full review | 85 words
Main characteristics: Number of Songs: 5000 Family Line: Network Walkman Storage Capacity: 20 GB Main Storage Type: Hard Drive Audio Capabilities: Audio Format: More...
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