mickspace's Full Review: Sony Network Walkman NW-E107 (1 GB) MP3 Player
The Sony Walkman, Sony over the past 2 decades have been about the best product to purchase, from the first tape player walkman I purchased to the CD players, now to the MP3 players. As a long standing tradition, you almost always have to purchase additional headphones as the pair supplied usually do not last very longv (or sound terrible). The same goes for today's MP3 players. Back in 1986 you could purchase a pair of Sony ear buds, and they would last six months, today your lucky if they last two weeks. But Of course the Tape Player walkman would last a long time, until the cover finally separated from the body, and I became tired of taping it back together. Today the Sony NW-E107 model seems to have survived the usual abuse I give these products, How many times can you drop one, I have had mine for nine months now, it is scratched and beat, I have gone through many sets of head phones, But the pair that have lasted are the Sony MDR-EX51 ear buds (around $50), they are coming apart in the usual Sony fashion (a common problem since the 80s), but they have lasted. The Sony NW-E107 itself is still operational. The buttons have become sticky which I resolved with a can of air and silicone spray, the battery life is good (I wish it had a rechragable battery), the sound is good enough. I use this walkman every day, it does take a lot abuse, I am not looking for high fidelity perfection, I am looking for a simple to use, small package that can carry a lot of music, with a reasonably decent sound. This has all that. The only problems I have really encountered are
First: the software, this is a terribly written piece of software, slow, sluggish and crashes to much. I don't have two hours to load music; I just do not have the patience. There is a program that was available an MP3 drag and drop which I can not find a link to. If you happen to install the provided Sonic Stage, run the task manager sometime, look for SAAD, that would be sonic stage using unescarry resources even thou your player is not connected. I have disabled it in my win xp start up.
Two: The buttons, becoming sticky, I fully expected this to occur, given the use and expose. The problem is turning it off. You have to hold the play button for 5 seconds (so says the manual) I have spent ten minutes trying to get this thing to turn off. It usually starts again after I hold it for the 5 seconds. I have managed to turn it off, a few hours later finding it still playing? I have wasted many batteries with this. Now when I want to turn it of I remove the battery entirely. (This causes the player to start at the beginning of the first folder of music) A simple on / off switch would be a nice feature.
This has been a fairly good product despite the drawbacks. I am considering purchasing the SanDisk SDMX4-2048 Sansa e250 2 GB MP3 Player with SD Expansion Slot as my next MP3 Player. I believe the Good ole' golden days of reliability for Sony are over (I have other failing sony products). But I must say once upon a time they were the best, economical product around.
UPDATE: recently I put this throuhg the Wash Machine, I took it apart and let it fry out, Put a battery in and it still works..
Recommended:
No
Amount Paid (US$): 120 Recommended for: Athletes - Lightweight and Portable, Perfect for the Gym
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