I just purchased a NW-E002

[RobA]

A brand new NW-E002 off ebay for $39.95. Used part of the money that I got from selling my MZ-NH600D. Looks like a very nice, small, simple flash player. I should get around 250 of my favorite tunes in HiLP and it seems perfect for portable use when on the go.

[juli_]

A brand new NW-E002 off ebay for $39.95. Used part of the money that I got from selling my MZ-NH600D. Looks like a very nice, small, simple flash player. I should get around 250 of my favorite tunes in HiLP and it seems perfect for portable use when on the go.

Nice, I'm sure you'll enjoy it. I noticed it got mediocre reviews because of the software (what's new?) not the sound. The sound is supposed to be excellent as usual. It would be nice to see reviews split into hardware and software, because the only negative things I read about Sony daps involves SS frustrations, and I guess to the uninitiated, it could come as a bit of a shock! If sound could be rated separately to the software, maybe more people would think of buying one, but I'm sure when they start seeing low ratings, they assume the sound is rubbish and don't look any further.

Edited August 8, 2007 by juli

[bogon07]

What colour did you get RobA ?

One of the best features about the NW-E00* services is being able to plug directly into the USB port and not worry about cables.

I really can't see what the problem is with SS these days the V4.1-4.3 versions work pretty well. Maybe people are annoyed at having to instal yet another music player as well along with WMP11 and/or iTunes.

[RobA]

What colour did you get RobA ?

One of the best features about the NW-E00* services is being able to plug directly into the USB port and not worry about cables.

I really can't see what the problem is with SS these days the V4.1-4.3 versions work pretty well. Maybe people are annoyed at having to instal yet another music player as well along with WMP11 and/or iTunes.

Got the blue one, looks pretty cool, can't wait till it arrives.

And I have no problem with SS either, hey it does its job. It transfers music to my DAP.

[juli_]

And I have no problem with SS either, hey it does its job. It transfers music to my DAP.

I have problems with SS quite frequently, some do, some don't. I get regular freezes and occasional crashes, but I love my daps more than I dislike SS. Plus all my other software is easy peasy to use, so it's not such a big deal to have one application that's more temperamental. As you say, it gets the music on, that's the main thing

[AntiPod]

Congrats. I also like my E005, it is compact, light, but not fragile. Blue colour would be really nice. This thing would have kicked some serious shuffle butts if only it had come out 1 year earlier.

[Shinji Ikeda]

SonicStage somethime conflicit with other resourses. I have learned to remove optical drive discs from my computer, or leave the optical drive open when using SonicStage. Ofcourse the exception is when importing CDs. Do not be afraid of closing SonicStage when it seizes and not tranferring files. I generally do not have problems.

What other programs are running when SonicStage is being used?

[bogon07]

Got the blue one, looks pretty cool, can't wait till it arrives.

And I have no problem with SS either, hey it does its job. It transfers music to my DAP.

The blue one does look very nice.

One of the people I work with bought a blue 1GB version from OfficeWorks on special @ $77AUD a couple of weeks ago.

She's really happy with it so far and hasn't had any problems with SS4.2 (fingers crossed). At work we use WMP11 to rip CDs as SS doesn't connect to GraceNote though our LAN then copy into SS and onto the player.

[RobA]

Recieved it today and it is very nice. Loaded 279 of my favorite tunes on it. Sound is clear and crisp, very light, nice to have a small "grab n go" player.

[pata2001]

Sound is clear and crisp,

Clear? I guess hiss = "crisp" now. My E99 and any MD portables have much cleaner output than the E00x.