Sony NWE394/R 8GB Walkman MP3 Player Red

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1. Adriano's Mom

   January 1, 2018 at 10:41 pm

   80 of 83 people found the following review helpful

   
   Disappointing downgrade from the earlier version, which was a great little product, October 14, 2016

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   Adriano’s Mom (New England) –

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   This review is from: Sony NWE395/R 16GB Walkman MP3 Player (Red) (Electronics)

   For people who want JUST a music player, our choices are lousy. I teach dance. I don’t want to use my phone for my music player, I want a small, dedicated device. A previous model of the Walkman player was great, and even played video. Although both my Walkman mp3 players have music copied from my iTunes directories, somehow the menu is not the same on this device as on the other, so I’m having some issues finding things. How this occurs, I have no idea, but it’s a pain. It doesn’t play video, which is not critical but would be nice to have. But my biggest beef is that, when plugged into a sound system, the volume is not great. Not up to the level of my older Walkman, or my old Nano. A big disappointment on many levels.

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2. Amazon Customer

   January 1, 2018 at 10:09 pm

   124 of 131 people found the following review helpful

   
   Seriously reconsider your purchase, November 20, 2016

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   This review is from: Sony NWE395/B 16GB Walkman MP3 Player (Black) (Electronics)

   This product is by and large a piece of junk. Like most reviewers here, I purchased this unit to replace an older Sony mp3 player that had been very reliable over several years. I was disappointed to see there wasn’t an updated version of those older players – something with 32 or 64gb considering the price of components has dropped so much. But what Sony have done is reduce the quality of the build, remove features, mess with what was a very intuitive interface and ultimately sell an inferior unit with poorer sound quality and usability than previous products. I hate to jump on the bandwagon, but I agree with the other reviewers that Sony is no longer a company to be associated with quality audio products – whoever signed off on this Walkman was only concerned about the bottom line (perhaps for the mid-tier Asian markets). I will use this unit until I find a better product at a similar price point, and I will not make the mistake of buying another Sony device without thoroughly researching it and checking recent reviews first. Sony – you used to be world renown for your audio. Now you’re just known for ripping your customers off.

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3. Teddy

   January 1, 2018 at 9:54 pm

   159 of 163 people found the following review helpful

   
   Clear drop in quality. Save your money., April 16, 2016

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   This review is from: Sony NWE394/R 8GB Walkman MP3 Player (Red) (Electronics)

   This new Sony NW E series is terribly disappointing. Like the previous reviewer, I purchased this to replace my NWZ S544 model which was awesome! This new model is a clear ploy by Sony to increase their profit margin. I paid 74.99 (like I did for my previous Sony) and have LESS features. The reason why I stayed with Sony rather than buying an iPOD is that Sony is known for producing great sounding mp3 players. This new one doesn’t even cut it. The sound is terrible, you can’t adjust anything until you turn the bass boost off. They ditched the some of the clear audio technologies. The color display looks cheap and old, sounds terrible with headphone, sounds terrible when I hook up in my car, just awful. Perhaps I should cough up more money and buy another Sony product that I can’t get in retail stores, or purchase an ‘sigh’ iPOD. Get your act together Sony! You guys dropped the ball on this one. I’m returning this for my money back!

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