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So after me is spilled on my old Cowon D2 MP3 Player Cola in, I decided to test out a new times Mp3 Player. In terms of sound and Hifi Sony has from ancient times still a good reputation and therefore I chose the Sony Player:

The packaging is small and handy and also just the essentials in it: except the player as such and a USB connection cable (with a proprietary connector, so no micro or min-USB), was s the even (of a voucher and the Quick Reference Guide apart, but the need eh no man).

The appearance of the player is very simple and elegant, it is an eye-catcher in any case. The size and the dimension are quite small and it fits easily into a shirt pocket. The player is also quite easy, what with the fact that a lot of plastic is installed. Haptic he can not compete on an Apple device so.

It is operated via the control buttons below the display. The menu is structured intuitive and really needs no explanation. Compared to a touch screen, it is just not as elegant and easy to pick out the individual tracks. Even if, as is the stop "button and press" with a lot of the keys connected in one piece back and forth console. The display is not very high resolution, but was good enough for an MP3 player.

Now for the most important, the sound: I have compared him to an old Cowon D2, an iPad mini and a Nokia Lumia 925. A sound impression is of course always a subjective thing and difficult to describe. I found the sound of the Sony player in comparison to the other best. It has somehow something "more" part. The sound was also quite balanced, neither heights nor depths were artificially raised. However, one must also say that the sound differences of the individual players were not serious. They had in the Sony now not a WOW experience, but in direct comparison it was better to nuances. When headphones I have a devil Fidelty in-ear and a B & W P5 respectively used.

The maximum volume of the player is sufficient, but compared with the Cowon D2 and the iPad Mini significantly quieter. Also I find it very annoying that the volume every time again jumps back to the center setting when it goes into sleep mode. You can not really turn off the player when you press power off, then he goes into a sleep mode. If you press then a button immediately to the menu screen appears. One can thus indeed have quick access to the player, but but that can cost battery power, because in his pocket then the player can ever tackle when pressed.

Overall, I think the players quite well, but the firmware something still could be "filed"