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  1. Hey guys, I'm curious as to when there will be a replacement for the S700 series. I was surprised when sony suddenly stopped selling them, when do you think we will see a new model with noise cancelling and without the (imo) useless video feature?
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    ATRAC - yay or nay?

    I like SS very much in terms of organizing my music and the way it looks and sounds (esp. with the DSEE feature). However, ironically, I do not use it with my walkman because I use MP3FM as almost all of my music collection is in MP3, and I keep it like that so that I can play them on my XBOX360 or in the car, or on someone else's laptop, etc.. I think atrac is good for what it is, but in terms of intercompatibility with other devices it sucks, which I think is why sony dropped it.
  3. There is usually a single firmware update to fix bugs and add a trivial feature or two a few months after launch. I don't see why they would release the updated features as a firmware update - if they did this, then they could just keep selling the product under the same model number right?
  4. The virus would have to be SPECIFICALLY written for that firmware and somehow get itself onto the player's firmware, be running all the time (to reduce battery life), etc.. I think you may have had another problem (like maybe dust stuck in the headphone jack)?
  5. Also, did you condition your battery properly when u first bought it? Ie. fill up and discharge completely 3 times. If you didn't, this is most likely why you are having such bad battery life.
  6. If I can use this new software on my NW-E407, I would be very happy!
  7. It definitely looks like there is a hardware issue, if I were you I'd send it back to get repaired. If it's in warranty, you have nothing to lose really.
  8. I have had mine since november (I think), I am very happy with them. I normally used the smallest plugs, but then I lost one of them so I had to use the medium. You get used to it, they still sound great. If you really want new ones, definitely go for the Panasonic, as there have been many reports that the sonys have very fragile cords which don't last very long. The cords on the panasonic are still good on mine, and I do not even take care of them, I just tangle them up and put them in my pocket most of the time.
  9. I am pretty sure that they both use different processors, but I could not notice any sound quality difference between them. You can maybe check those japanse/chinese sites where they take apart the device and have dozens of high res photos of all the insides up close.
  10. I don't know why this is a problem at all... you shouldn't put the volume above 16 anyway (AVLS), so why are you worrying about not being able to go from 25 to 31? Start listening at lower volumes and you ears will adjust within less than half an hour so that 16 will sound extremely loud to you. Trust me, you will thank yourself when you get older and won't be deaf....
  11. I don't think these are meant for watching in your room... I think it is meant for maybe watching the news or your favourite show on the bus/subway to work. For this function they are great, since they can go straight into your pocket, don't need to carry a laptop bag.
  12. Hey, does anyone have the small size silicone pieces for these earphones? I have lost one of mine, and am willing to trade for the medium/large pieces, or maybe something else? Thanks.
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    Equipment Lifetime

    My discman (which was the most basic sony model at the time) which I bought in 2001 still works. And of course, my NW-E407 from 2 years ago still works without any issues whatsoever. When comparing flash and HD players, the HD players will definitely have lower lifetimes, since the hard drive uses a mechanical rotor and the extra power means the batter gets used much more aggressively than a flash player. I think there is also the question of how the user uses the device... if you bang it around and leave it in the cold or heat it will definitely not last as long as it should, this is true with any device. Flash is the way to go, I do not have a large music library so I do not see any advantage to the HD players. So far, Sony's flash devices (even the cheap ones) are very good, they respond quickly, look good, and have a long battery life. I don't think Sony will go the HD route unless they make a PMP...
  14. I've seen pictures of the A series HDD players (and owned an A-608 flash) but for some reason the text did not look as obtrusive as it does on this one. It might just be because the picture is bad, or because of the non-reflective surface, or that everything just looks bigger since the overall size of the walkman is smaller. Let's wait till some official pictures and pictorial reviews come out... I think those will look better than the pics we have now.
  15. Are you serious? The new walkman looks horrible! What happened to the usual sony styling and slickness? The front looks completely cluttered and the sony logo at the top looks horrible! I was expecting something like the new samsung yp-k3 or something, but this is just aweful .
  16. Even if you could do that, it would just reduce the backlight's lifetime, since those backlights don't last very long to begin with (relatively speaking). I'd say just leave it on to the maximum delay you can.
  17. Personally I really really hate the orange on black colour design that these walkman phones are using... The non-walkman version of this phone looks way better, but still looks ugly because of all the large letters on the keys. I hope SE will come out with some better designs in the future...
  18. Hmmm.. How long have you owned the device? Have you done anything significant to it that you can remember when it started behaving like this? Did you use it with powersave before it heppened? If nothing happened to it, this could be the first case that the display on these things has naturally stopped working, and it could give us a hint about its longevity in general.
  19. Hi, After getting rid of sonicstage, I wanted to do the same thing. I tried running MP3FM through a batch file which would be launched through the autorun.inf, and that got it to launch but MP3FM gives some sort of error at the beginning and the window appears blank. Same with putting a shortcut on your desktop and trying to run it. Apparently, trying to run it any other way than just double clicking the executable gives this error. Could anyone think of a possible workaround for this issue? It would be very nice if we could get this program to launch right away when the walkman is plugged in... in the same way that sonicstage does. Thanks in advance.
  20. Everyone with these players has this issue... Take a look at the service manual if you can get the cover off and clean the dust out.
  21. Maybe they started filming before the A series came out? I think that is the only logical explanation it seems.
  22. Ever since Sonicstage 4.0, the software has never asked me to re-initialize after setup of the new version. I think it is because you installed the wrong country's version...
  23. I can definitely hear a difference in some songs. In others, I can't hear any difference. It has to do with the bitrate.. the lower the bitrate, the more difference you will hear I think. If above 256 kbps, you won't hear a difference!
  24. Being a member of atraclife should have its benefits .. free downloads would be nice to let us try it out and give our feedback (especially since some of us do not have credit cards). I tried out the radio, which sounds good but the problem is that when you press 'stop' the software becomes non-responsive for a minute or so... which is VERY annoying. I don't think that the preview clips are of the same sound quality as the downloaded song. Does anyone know which bitrate the radio is encoded at?
  25. Hey, connect is working in canada now, and it looks good. I'd like to download some tracks and see what the quality of the downloaded tracks are like. Is there some coupon code for free tracks, like I've seen before on this site? If not, could Sony release one to give a taste to users in Canada? Thanks.
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