Sony NW-A1000

The Sony NW-A1000 is tough, sturdy - this mp3 player has been round the world with me with no problems at all. I agree, the connect player software supplied is pants, but after downloading sonic stage, if your patient enough this software is decent for transferring and organising your music files. All round decent mp3 player, I've been happy with it since the day I bought it.

Must buy if you are searching for a slightly overpriced Walkman

my wife brought the NW-A1000 for my 40th as I wanted to put all my CDs onto one player, I looked at the iPods but wanted something different & I like Sony products, I wish I had never bothered. Within 6mths the price had dropped by £50, the software it came with was rubbish, I had to download Sonic Stage. It misses tracks out when transferring a CD, the playback sound was too low, I had to unlock it, the controls are slow and awkward to use, and when played back in intelligent shuffle it will play back 3 or 4 of the same artist in a row, both my kids have iPods and have no trouble.

I got one of these ages ago for £160 to be different because everybody I knew had iPods. the sound quality is good but not loud. The controls are too complicated. you cant even see the screen when outdoors and the connect software is absolutely rubbish. I have just sold it on eBay for £30... it's just about worth that!

I now have an iPod and I am happy

I received this Walkman (6GB) for Christmas 2005 and I have had absolutely no trouble with it. It has had it's fair share of bumps and knocks and despite what people say about it being fragile and scratching easily I have not got one scratch on it. I think the sound quality is what you look at when you get an Mp3 player and I think this ranks up there with the best. It has a wonderful toned mix and produces an also perfect sound. It is also light and very portable and does not skip or jog when shaken up. As well as this it has far more memory for the money than an iPod which most people have. It is very different from other Mp3 players but still competes with the best and I think that anyone reading this should seriously consider the Sony Walkman NW-A1000, I think it's fantastic!

Sony NW-A1000 is value for money because I bought it for rs 5000, thanks to Times in India readers special price scheme, the sound quality to external speakers is fantastic if you the line out external speakers. I down loaded sonic stage and version 3 for device. this combination is working very well.

Got a Sony Walkman NW-A1200 for Christmas and it is absolutely superb; sound quality is far superior to the ipod and the battery life is unbelievable. Moreover, it looks damn cool!

Some people complain the software is slow when ripping, which is partially true, but if you are impatient, you can rip it into Windows Media Player first, and then simply import the WAV/WMA files across - this is super fast.

One area where the Walkman falls foul of the ipod is with obtaining to accessories, butSony has now released two docking stations for it - without doubt, though, there is limited supply and choice.

Overall, however, a top device mp3 device, and good value considering the memory

I bought this device more than a month ago, and I have spent most of that time emailing Sony trying to get the thing to work. The software is stupidly slow, memory dependent and poorly designed. The files don't always transfer, and the sound quality is patchy. I wish I'd never bought it. If you buy one of these, make sure the computer you have is a Sony with factory software, and never ever upgrade the thing or else you'll never be able to use the NWA1000 with it again.

My advice: buy an iPod.

A while back I wrote a glowing review Sony NW-A1000, but can honestly say now I wished I'd never bought it! It's basically the points I wrote in the Bad point bits above. Whilst they may seem trivial, they're not.

I've heard quite a few folk saying the software is rubbish and yes, I can now quite agree. The software disk you get with the player crashes your pc, the inital sonic stage software you could download, although aged, worked, but Sony in their pearly wisdom have brought out new software to use, which is rubbish too, plus you have to download a firmware upgrade so you couldn't go back to the old software even if it was available!

I'm now in the situation where Sony themselves have washed their hands of my player and am hoping the Sony shop will refund my money as I've got many albums on my pc but can't transfer them over.

Yes, I'm unhappy-sorry folks-but beware! its a very expensive mistake. Good luck to those who love it.

The Sony NW-A1000 is an excellant mp3 with very good features and easy to use. The only let down is the connect player software.