RobA

All our usernames will merge? I'm RobA here, but I believe I was roba5263 at ATRACLife, and the same at sonyinsider.

Hey all, quick question on the new Sony X Series. In the NC options, it gives you the option to set the NC level anywhere from -15 to 15. What exactly does this do? Increase the amount of noise cancellation? That's what I'm thinking but I'm just trying to make sure. It really is an amazing Walkman.

My question: What happens if you have an account at all 3 sites? (MCDF, ATRACLife, and Sony Insider)? Will the accounts be merged?

Hey all! I'm clearing out my stock of Walkman to get some cash for the new NWZ-X1051. I have listed the following on ebay. RM-MC40ELK remote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=150366445046 NW-E005 New Open Box: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=150366423624 MZ-N505 w/ 2 new blanks: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=150366427839 NWZ-A728: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=150366413657 Feel free to email me at supernes81@gmail.com or PM me with any questions. I also have a NW-HD1 that I haven't listed on ebay with all original accessories and box if anyone is interested. Thanks for looking! EDIT - HD1 is sold! Ebay items only now.

Congrats on your purchase! Good to see people still clinging to the format.

Agree 100%, couldn't have said it better myself. Why couldn't sony release the new walkmans with both WMP and SS support? Allowing those who want to use ATRAC and SS to do so, and those who want to use MP3 and other formats with WMP to do so as well. That would have been perfect and satisfied everyone. Instead they kill ATRAC and SS and force thousands of loyal customers to switch. I hate WMP so far and the entire process of switching over from ATRAC to MP3. I love my new nwz-a728, but without ATRAC support, it's not perfect. Sony should be ashamed of themselves for dissing their loyal ATRAC customers after all these years.

Well, I decided to make the jump and buy a NWZ-A728 yesterday at Best Buy for $171. I spent the last 2 days trying to figure out how to get my sonicstage library onto it, and after several tries I finally got it to work. WMP is a really hassle to use, and I still don't understand it fully, but it seems to work okay, atleast at the moment. The player sounds unbelievable and is capable of so much more than any walkmans I had in the past, I think I'm going to like this one. Now if only it came in silver...

I'm in the US, can I order off the uk amazon site?

Ebay has them going for $247 + $20 shipping, way too steap for me. Do you know of a place where I can find it at a reasonable price?

That's what I'm looking for, an minumum of 8GB Network Walkman that is ATRAC supported under $200 (I mean come on I payed $200 for the HD1 and HD5 and they are 20GB). Can anyone help me out with this? I'm loving all the features of the new walkmans, like the nwz-a728, and really want to make the jump from HDD to Flash, but I'm not willing to lose ATRAC support. I don't understand why the newest walkman don't support ATRAC, my entire music library is in ATRAC. Can anyone help me out here?

Good. Now if I ever want to replace my network walkman I can just get one imported and continue to use SS/ATRAC. ATRAC LIVES

Meh, so what will the update do? Kill SS and ATRAC compatability?

But they don't have to invest in it at all. I don't even care if they NEVER update SS or ATRAC again, just SUPPORT it and continue to develop AAC and WMP11 or whatever for Walkmans. Just leave the option to use SS and ATRAC and don't necessarily advertise it if they don't want to.

You are missing the pt. Why didn't sony do what would make EVERYONE happy. Support all the new formats DRM free and the new software without tampering with ATRAC and SS. Allow both to be used, don't force either one. That way the consumers wouldn't be mad because they don't have to use SS or ATRAC.

I would like you to check something for me, if you don't mind. Hook the a818 to your computer and open sonicstage. Does it pick up the walkman?

What sony SHOULD have done is allowed for BOTH SS and WMP 11 to be used with new walkman. The new NWZ series have no ATRAC support at all which is just down right stupid. Sony should support it's own format. What I don't get is why sony just didn't add all the this new stuff (compatible with WMP 11, compatible with DRM'ed WMA and AAC files, etc) and just leave SS and ATRAC as an option. That way EVERYONE is happy. Not just the people that wanted ATRAC gone, those that still use it and want to continue to use it would be satisfied as well. If you want to use WMP 11 and mp3, aac, or wma, do so. If you want to use SS and ATRAC, do so. If you want to use both, do so. That would've been PERFECT! But instead sony decides to totally neglect loyal customers and stop supporting their own ATRAC format and SS. I don't get it, why didn't they just add all the new support for formats and software ALONG WITH what walkmans were already compatible with (SS and ATRAC)? What harm comes from continuing to support your own format and software, while at the same time, supporting software and formats the many others use as well?

48Kbps mp3? Wow thats like listening to nails on a chalkboard. This is why I'm pissed about them dropping ATRAC. An ATRAC3 file at 132kbps sounded the same to me as 192kbps MP3, and ATRAC3+ 64kbps sounded the same as MP3 128kbps. This saved me space.

On this page: http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores...6&langId=-1 It states that the 8GB NWZ-S618 stores 5050 songs. In what format and at what bitrate? Anyone know?

That's not the pt. I don't want to convert my ATRAC tracks, I want to play them. I cannot believe sony would make a move like this, this is the first time I HATE the move they are doing. I liked Sonicstage and ATRAC, I finally found something that worked! I still can't believe there is no support in these players. Can't you still just run sonicstage and will pick them up? If not then sony is retarded. They should still support the codec and software, just not force it on their users, just leave it as an option.

I can't find anything about ATRAC support for these new walkmans. I can't imagine sony dropping ATRAC, there was nothing wrong with it. It's more energy saving and sounds better at lower bitrates. Is it really true? Do these new walkmans really not support ATRAC?

Are you serious?! My entire music library is in ATRAC!

I don't like this, I heard NOTHING about ATRAC support.

Very nice.

Nice to see new walkmans, but will these ones come to the US?

This is a sad, sad day, I really hope sony USA isn't bailing on us.