Sony NWA 808

[stephens_0n]

after owning a nw 1000 since it came out i think it is time to upgrage and iv been looking at nwa808!

but does this suffer from the same volume limits as my current player?

if so has the "volume hack" been figured out yet, or will there ever be?

please have good news i want this bad, dont make me go ipod:|

[juli_]

nwa808! does this suffer from the same volume limits as my current player? dont make me go ipod:|

Hiya - stay this side of the iPod!! The NW-A808 definitely does NOT have a volume limit on it. I know that many of the players did before the launch of the NW-S706, but the latest ones don't. I have both the 706 and 808 and for casual listening, around 15/30 is fine. If I want extra 'oomph' I'll put it up to a maximum of 20, and it's plenty.

[fugusushi]

i had the 1000 for about a year or so and just picked up the 808 last week. I've got a few questions about it i'm trying to resolve (see http://www.atraclife.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4022 for one that will be relevant to you), but all in all the 808 is a significant improvement over the 1000.

First thing, it's a lot smaller and lighter. The colour menu is great and works in even v.bright light. The menu whilst not significantly changed from the 1000, operates a lot faster - navigation is pretty much instant. On/Off is instant too, unless it's been powered down over night say and then it takes a second or two, but still faster than the 1000. Most significantly is the music quality. The 808 has a number of new preference setting but certainly, the music quality playback is noticeably better and definitely the best i've personally come across. No vol. limit as pointed out (or at least it's set to off as standard).

Now, personally, i bought it specifically for music. And it's just as well because at 8GBs it's already full. Unless you're willing to put up with poor quality music and video playback, i think at only 8BGs, it's too small a capacity for a video player. I have a 30GB vid. iPod and that seems a minimum if you want something for video. Plus, i've read many comments - and from the way that SS handles things i can see it's likely - that even getting vid. content on to it is a great hassle. With the iPod it's as easy as loading music tracks.

So with the exception of this and the issue in the tread above, i would recommend the 808 over the 1000 unreservedly...

as seen in Japan - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC8GgmTHImc

Edited August 20, 2007 by fugusushi

[stephens_0n]

thanks for the replies, looks like i will be getting my self one

the cheapest i have seen the 8gig model is £150 on play, but would love someone to prove me wrong

think i will end up getting an ipod in the future tho for in the car unless more cd players support sony

[pomj]

Plus, i've read many comments - and from the way that SS handles things i can see it's likely - that even getting vid. content on to it is a great hassle. With the iPod it's as easy as loading music tracks.

Naah that is not correct. It's very easy to load the player with film/sitcoms/whatever. You use the supplied imageconverter program to convert and optionally load the player with film. SS is just for music.

I also

[pomj]

Sorry for the last reply. (I use safari beta and that is a bug I've encountered that it sometimes cut's off posts on websites) anyway ...

I have both the A1000 and the A808 and I've been very fond of my A1000 (I still think it's very stylish) but the A808 is better in nearly *every* aspect. It's quicker, better operating system, sounds better, play movies (and does that well), smaller, plays louder. It's IMHO simply a marvellous player.