Ishiyoshi

Note: to all who have posted with installation or other technical issue concerning SonicStage 3.3 - your post has been moved to "Software" section of the forum. Please do not post software help request in the news thread.

For those interested, I've included specifications for the above unit in the post above. In addition, the unit is not new - I believe it was a summer 2004 release.

NEW: Network Walkman "NW-A608/SI" Winter Special Edition SonyStyle Japan Ltd. announced today that it will release a “Winter Special Package” that will consists of two Network Walkman "NW-A608/SI" as a SonyStyle Japan exclusive for 52,500 yen (approx. USD$450); just in time for Christmas in Japan. The “Winter Special Package” reservation via SonyStyle will begin on November 30th and it will begin shipping in early December 2005. What distinct the NW-A608/SI from the rest of the upcoming NW-A608? The NW-A608/SI comes in a special “snow silver” color, features a special holographic WALKMAN logo that changes color when viewed from a different angle and a special “brushed aluminum” finish to the back of the NW-A608/SI. In addition, it also offers a new “Snow Crystals” screensaver. *click to view the screensaver Guitar_sheet_music___Classical_gas.pdf The “Winter Special Package” consists of two NW-A608/SI, separately packed in: a “Silver Box Package” and “Black Box Package” with the option to engrave the unit with a maximum of 15 characters to the back of the WALKMAN. The “Black Box Package” comes bundled with a SonyStyle original case whereas the “Silver Box Package” comes bundled with a special Crystal case. In addition to the special carrying case, both packages come with the usual bundled accessories and CONNECT player. The Carrying Case for the “Silver Box Package” The Carrying Case for the “Black Box Package” Note: Specifications of the NW-A608/SI are identical to the regular NW-A608.

Listening to Cannonball and Coltrane in ATRAC3plus 352kbps. 1. Limehouse Blues 2. Stars Fell On Alabama 3. Wabash 4. Grand Central 5. You're A Weaver Of Dreams 6. The Sleeper

Added SP 352 to the polling list.

They do charge tax according to one's location in the States. Etronics.com seems the better route to acquire the MDR-SA5000 as they offer free ground shipping within the US (bringing the total to $365.00) and they do ship internationally as well. Nice catch streaml1ne.

Sony Collector MD European Edition The Sony Collector MD is a European exclusive; available in two color scheme: Yellow and Green and in 80min.

The 2001 Fine Series The 2001 Fine series from TDK. Available in six color scheme - Cafe, Ice, Pink, Lime, Orange and Blue; in 60min, 74min and 80min. *pictorial under construction

TDK XS-iV Design Line Series pictorial under construction ~ coming soon: the Ixkun (Series 1) and Girotondo (Series 2) *quotes taken from Digital-e XS-iV Series 1 XS-iV Series 2 XS-iV Series 3

Listening to Charlie Parker with Strings: The Master Takes in ATRAC3plus 352kbps. 1. Just Friends 2. Everything Happens To Me 3. April In Paris 4. Summertime 5. I Didn't Know What Time It Was 6. If I Should Lose You 7. Dancing In The Dark 8. Out Of Nowhere 9. Laura 10. East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) 11. They Can't Take That Away From Me 12. Easy To Love 13. I'm In The Mood For Love 14. I'll Remember April 15. What Is This Thing Called Love? 16. April In Paris 17. Repetition 18. Easy To Love 19. Rocker 20. Temptation 21. Lover 22. Autumn In New York 23. Stella By Starlight 24. Repetition

Bottom line --> To organize individual tracks of the same album: Ensure that you select "Tracks in the compilation albums" (within track properties) on the tracks in question. In addition, ensure that all the tracks of the same album have identical album title as mentioned in the preceding posts.

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Yes, SonicStage 3.3 will work with NetMD devices such as the MZ-N1. But you will not be able to utilize any of the new improvements with the MZ-N1.

I didn't have to initialize the VAIO Pocket; but then my upgrade trail was from SonicStage 3.2 Japanese version. You may want to try installing SonicStage 3.3 JE and then reinstall the English version over. ---> click here for HDD Equipment section.

I'm sorry to hear that you had to initialize the VAIO Pocket. If you do initialize, you will lose tunes residing in the VAIO Pocket. Please refer to this post for initialization instruction. If you have any other queries pertaining to this issue, please create a new thread within "HDD Equipment" section and we will assist you accordingly.

It seems to work for lxrichbirdxl: Try again.

Update: SonicStage 3.3 Japanese version is live as well --> click here SonicStage 3.3 [all Regions] - Download Links" thread updated

Update: SonicStage 3.3 Japanese version is live as well --> click here

Please read the initial thoroughly. There's distinction between ripping an Audio CD in ATRAC Advanced Lossless format and converting/transferring tunes in the newly ATRAC3plus 352kbps to an existing ATRAC device. As I have mentioned in the preceding posts, I believe because AAL was built with ATRAC3 and ATRAC3plus as a base, it can only encode in bit rates based upon selected ATRAC3 (132kbps) and ATRAC3plus (256kbps, 128kbps and 64kbps). However, AAL cannot be transferred over to an exising ATRAC device if the transfer mode is set as "as is"; it will be converted to ATRAC3plus 256kbps.

Please note: According to Sony, to maintain compatibility with previous devices, that AAL was built with ATRAC3 and ATRAC3plus as a base. Hence, AAL can only encode in bit rates based upon selected ATRAC3 (132kbps) and ATRAC3plus (256kbps, 128kbps and 64kbps). *the above information was derived from SonicStage 3.3's Help archive and its "CD Import" Settings

Please note: to maintain compatibility with previous devices, that AAL was built with ATRAC3 and ATRAC3plus as a base. Hence, AAL can only encode in bit rates based upon selected ATRAC3 (132kbps) and ATRAC3plus (256kbps, 128kbps and 64kbps). According to Sony, AAL truly compress audio signals without any loss of data and is able to compress a CD anywhere from 30% to 80% of its original size without any loss of data.

I believe you can remove the Music Service module by deleting the EMD entry within SonicStage 3.3's registry. --> try and locate [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sony Corporation\SonicStage\EMD]; then delete it. That should take care of it. If you have any other queries pertaining to this issue, please create a new thread within "Software" section and we will assist you accordingly.

There are no regional restrictions. SonicStage is essentially the same in all regions; the only difference is its Music Service module (Mora = Japan, Connect = US and Connect-Europe = applicable European countries) and obviously for certain countries, the UI language. So, the answer to your query: the new SonicStage 3.3 will support all relevant Sony ATRAC devices.

Approximately USD$400 (a few months ago) including shipping from Buy.com.

I still have the A900, but I don’t use it as much now. In my opinion, you can’t really compare the A900 and the SA5000 as they are both in completely different tier of high-end headphones. The SA5000’s soundstage is superior to the A900 in all regards – especially in terms of clarity and detail. But as a consolation, the A900 works very well without an amp – a great match with certain MD units. Bottom line: SA5000 > A900