Well, that is your opinion......... Most of all the others say it's the other way around. Coincidence? I don't think so. And I don't want to keep changing the earphones and EQ settings according to the order of the songs on my player. You can say what you want - Sony did something wrong and the way I see it it's not good for them. My next device will NOT be a Sony - I hope that's what they wanted to achieve...................