NW-A series - Made in Malaysia? Japan?

[amigoguapo]

hey guys, anyone here knows that where the new walkman A is made in?

those I bought today at the SONY store are made in Malasiya, and I already asked ppl to buy me those Japanese SONY style colors, but wondering if they same are made in Malasiya rather than in Japan.

And any of the new walkmans are made in Japan at all?

Anyone?

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest Stuge]

Why ur running for 'Made in Japan" model .Quality of the player seems to be X-LENT.

If have lots of sony walkman which r "made in Malasiya" & they r still running nicely .Sony models "Made in Malasiya " r good .

Like MY NW-E505 is "Made in China"

Sony will be selling Japanese models in there own country i.e Japan

[Christopher]

Does it matter where it's made? I've seen high quality audio players by Sony from both locales, so I think that these concerns are fruitless..

[Dinko]

I think it does. Not necessarily between Japan and Malaysia, but place of manufacture would be something to think about when buying electronics.

I'm not afraid of Sony products made in Japan or Malaysia. But I wouldn't buy a Made in China Sony product again. I've had a few, and they were all defective in one way or another. I don't know if Sony owns its Chinese manufacturing plants, or if it subcontracts to third parties, but quality management there seems to be missing altogether. I mean, book shelf systems (3), Discman, NW-E99 walkman, DVD player, DVD/SACD player, turntable, earphones... :eek: At some point, you learn your lesson. I've never had problems with TV (Mexico), PSP (Japan), NW-E407 & Minidisc players (Malaysia), HD1 (Japan).

And I've never had so many problems with other manufacturers' Chinese-made products (Sharp, Panasonic, Epson, BenQ, Samsung, Sanyo) though there have been some. Hence, I suspect quality management at Sony factories in China.

Edited November 25, 2005 by Dinko

[Ascariss]

I've see a change of quality of the malaysian plants, improved that is. My older MD recorder was made in japan as is the MZ-N10 both were of excellent quality and nothing to complain about. But when I bought my discman, D-EJ925 back in 2001, although the build quality was above average when compared to a plastic discman I bought earlier, some crap ass 100 dollar sony one (made in china mind you), overall he D-EJ925 wasn't all that great. Some parts were of cheapo quality and some parts didn't seem to fit 1005 to the body, not a large amount of parts but they are noticeable. The buttons felt flimsy and they were't very solid.

but as of late looking at the A1000s and the other flash players, the factory has improved quality of their products, most likely due to some complaints in the years prior. Oddly enough areas such as china where a huge majority of electronics are made have much better reliability than areas with no prior production for electronics.

It would have been nice to see the new players built in japan, but you can't win everything. I am sure the price would be higher as well, and possibly a metallic case too. Anyways, anyone know where the ipods are made?

[Dinko]

Anyways, anyone know where the ipods are made?

China and Taiwan.

Depending on the model.

[Christopher]

For hopefully acceptable reasons to you folk I shall close this thread as I'm not keen on this type of conversation -- observing past discussions of this nature it truly leads nowhere and can offend others.