Tim Elliott

I am in Evansville, IN. Have you seen them packaged by themselves? They seem to be a little shorter than others, which is probably why the ones I used from Skullcandy wouldn't stay on as well. Radio Shack still carry the foam replacement covers for cheap earbuds but no earpieces for the in-ear type. I've been thinking of trying foam earplugs with a hole bored in the center and cut down to size. Not sure if it would be a pain keeping those on but even if I lost them it wouldn't be that big a deal. Thanks, Tim

I bought a pair of these refurbished from eCost and they came with only one large earpiece and 3 small ones, which were too small to make a good seal in my ear. I haven't gotten any help so far from Sony or eCost. I know the trend is to withhold replacement parts to encourage people to buy new. Anyone know where I can get replacements that fit properly or a DIY solution? I had been using earpieces from a set of cheap Skullcandy buds but they didn't fit properly and fell off. Thanks, Tim

I just got these, refurbs from ecost for about $45. Not bad. As a first time user of Google Checkout, they payed $10, which took care of the shipping. I really like the sound. I've liked the sound of other Sony headphones I've had. I'm hard on headphones so I guess I should be good and use the supplied case instead of just shoving them in my pocket They didn't come with all the earpieces so I used some larger ones from cheap Skullcandy buds I had. They fit perfectly. I like the combination round bud style with the plug insert. They stay in my ear confortably. I wear them at work under over-the-ear protection, in a noisy environment and they fit well although the sound quality is overkill for lower bitrate podcasts so I may still use cheap $10 buds for work. I have a larger mp3 player, an older Archos recorder running Rockbox (and upgraded to 120 gigs). I love it. I will probably look for a good camera case that has a pocket large enough for the plastic insert by itself. Tim

I love this program! I just got my NW-E003F from Circuit City fpr $40 (is this series discontinued?). If I were forced to use SonicStage, I'd be returning the player in a heartbeat! I got this to replace my first gen, iPod Shuffle. I use it to play podcasts. I download podcasts using iTunes. I found an app that will let me synch iTunea playlists to a folder. This makes downloading to the player easier. I did realize that the folder in Windows becomes a playlist on the player. I hope you impliment playlist editing shortly. I'm also anxious to see the search/browse working correctly. The podcast tab is interesting but I'm not about to search each feed and select files to download myself. I have a long list of podcasts. I hope this player can be supported by a true podcast "catcher" like HappyFish. Version 3 of MediaMonkey will support podcasts (it's only in alpha now). MediaMonkye is the best alternative to iTunes for Windows IMHO. I'm also dissapointed that this player doesn't support as wide a range of bitrates as the Shuffle. I am glad this program has a built in transcoder but I'm hoping you can make it automatic for unsupported bitrates, choosing the next higher supported bitrate. Thanks for your hard work! I'm putting the player through it's paces now so I can decide whether to keep it or return it while I have a chance. For the price, it's almost worth it to keep it for the FM tuner alone. Also, the battery charge time and play time is amazing! Tim EDIT: This player has too many problems (podcast bitrates, etc). The biggest problem for me, that can't be fixed in software, is that the display is almost invisible outdoors. May as well keep using my Shuffle, which plays all podcasts fine. I'm taking it back while I still can and using the money to buy better headphones. I rarely listen to the radio anyway.