Seeking for a new Network Walkman

[Dil]

I've a few question, I've the NW-E507 for eight months now, seems like the metallic part of the player, tends to get scratch easily, and it's beginning to get black stains on it? Does it happen to anyone? Well that's not really my main concern, haha, I'm giving this player away to my sister and am looking forward to a new Sony player, so far upcoming player seems intriguing like this one:

http://www.atraclife.com/2006/10/05/like-s...eries/#more-145

I don't really fancy the metallic part, cause I'm sure it will get somewhat "corroded" or just lose its lustre in a couple of months (won't look shiny anymore) BUT, it seems like the function and stuff are really good, should I wait and pick this up or, should go for the thumdrive type which has been out a couple of months, I think it's the NW-E00x series? The one-line display player (this is another thing, I'm not sure if I'll get use to, since I'm already native to the 3-line display screen of the NW-E507).

What do you guys think I should go for?

01. The upcoming:

http://www.atraclife.com/2006/10/05/like-s...eries/#more-145 or

02. NW-E00x Series?

Thanks.

[kerfuffle]

Depends. If you want something bigger than 2 GB and/or more than one line display and/or a colour screen, go for the NW-S70x.

[Dil]

Since the NW-S70x series is in color, I bet it will be very expensive, my budget is not exceeding 200 bucks, and 1GB should be more than enough, since I'm using Sony's ATRAC3 Plus, I can get about 680+ songs on the player.

Okay I've a question for anyone who own the NW-E00x series (the one-line display player). Does the player:

01. Support All Artists/Songs Function?

This is when you want to play all the songs available/uploaded to the player, cause my NW-E507 has that, and I always use that function and play it on Shuffle. So I get songs played randomly. Seems like NW-E00x don't have it? Correct me if I'm wrong?

02. Does NW-E00x has any equalizer?

Thanks for the reply kerfuffle.

[kerfuffle]

I can't answer the first question (because I don't have one ), but I can say that the NW-E00x does have an equalizer. According to Sony Australia's website, it's got 5 bands which you can customise, and presets in Heavy, Pop and Jazz.

[DSP]

do you really want a color display? If you don't the nw-e00x series are a very good choice. They're probably way cheaper than the nw-s70x series.

I've seen that 1GB is enough for you, but If you're considering to spent like 150$ on a nw-s70x series ('cause that's what they're probably gonna cost) why don't you look for a nw-a1000? it's got 6GB and a bigger screen. probably more functionality too.

I don't know in what country you are, but here in the netherlands a nw-a1000 costs around $170.

I just saw an offer from the local dixons store: sony NW-A1200 for $ 180!!! just awsome!

I think 150 for 2 GB is just way too much if you can get 4 times more memory capacity for just 1.2 times the price.

but that's just my thought.

greetz