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Sony NWZ-A 866 B 32GB black
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
I reviewed this player for the Scotsman.com and have been playing around with it for the past couple of weeks. It's a lot smaller than in looks on the Internet and the screen is ultra responsive. I've traditionally used Cowon MP3 Players due to their exceptional sound quality but for my ears the Sony is just about as good. Quite a few people have complained about the volume capping, I didn't notice this - anything above volume level 25 was too loud for me. For once the earphones included are very good. Great player and exceptional sound.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Same story here. I also had NWZ-S639F but bought A866 because of more space and better interface.. I was really disappointed with the sound quality.
Compared to the previous player this one had even lower volume and the worst thing is if you you listen to a song with normal dynamics it will squash those loud bits (and that's not fair because that's not how the song was presented to the listener). I'm using expensive in-ear headphones from "Shure" and surprised that the EU volume cap is getting worse for each year.. I'm not deaf and I don't want to spend even more money on amplifiers.. It's just that not everybody listens to latest highly compressed commercial music. I'm not listening with the volume set on MAX, but if you have to set it on 25-30 (30 is the highest) the sound quality will get really bad and unlistenable (not because of high volume but compression). I also feel that the EQ settings were much better on my older player and the difference on the new one is if you turn up the BASS, the rest will get lower - so the overall sound won't be too loud :-S
I have all the extra settings turned off..
I doubt that SONY will fix this in a firmware update, so my advice would be to wait with a purchase..
Compared to the previous player this one had even lower volume and the worst thing is if you you listen to a song with normal dynamics it will squash those loud bits (and that's not fair because that's not how the song was presented to the listener). I'm using expensive in-ear headphones from "Shure" and surprised that the EU volume cap is getting worse for each year.. I'm not deaf and I don't want to spend even more money on amplifiers.. It's just that not everybody listens to latest highly compressed commercial music. I'm not listening with the volume set on MAX, but if you have to set it on 25-30 (30 is the highest) the sound quality will get really bad and unlistenable (not because of high volume but compression). I also feel that the EQ settings were much better on my older player and the difference on the new one is if you turn up the BASS, the rest will get lower - so the overall sound won't be too loud :-S
I have all the extra settings turned off..
I doubt that SONY will fix this in a firmware update, so my advice would be to wait with a purchase..
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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O.K. I suppose I am spoilt by the fact that I have a Sony NWZ-S639F 16gb MP3 player. This MP3 player is absolutely perfect in every way apart from the fact that it only has 16gb of storage.
So I upgrade to the Sony NWZ-A866B and it is just o.k.
The NWZ-A866B is noticeably quieter than my NWZ-S693F. Also, the NWZ-S693F has more bass and treble which means a wider soundstage.
If I did not have a NWZ-S693F I would have been very pleased with this MP3 player. It's just that I now Sony can do better.
The headphones supplied with it sound almost as good as my Monster Beats Solo HD's which is saying something....
Anyway, I will use the NWZ-A866B as a backup to my NWZ-S693F which is a shame as I could do with the more storage it offers.
Update 30/10/11: Bought one of those little headphone amplifiers and now the device is sounding like it should do. Is it the case that the EU have imposed restrictions on the sound limit of MP3 players? If so then this ruling is ruining the sound of this player.
If you want to get the best out of this player buy a headphone amplifier and it will open up the sound to you..
So I upgrade to the Sony NWZ-A866B and it is just o.k.
The NWZ-A866B is noticeably quieter than my NWZ-S693F. Also, the NWZ-S693F has more bass and treble which means a wider soundstage.
If I did not have a NWZ-S693F I would have been very pleased with this MP3 player. It's just that I now Sony can do better.
The headphones supplied with it sound almost as good as my Monster Beats Solo HD's which is saying something....
Anyway, I will use the NWZ-A866B as a backup to my NWZ-S693F which is a shame as I could do with the more storage it offers.
Update 30/10/11: Bought one of those little headphone amplifiers and now the device is sounding like it should do. Is it the case that the EU have imposed restrictions on the sound limit of MP3 players? If so then this ruling is ruining the sound of this player.
If you want to get the best out of this player buy a headphone amplifier and it will open up the sound to you..
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