Originally Posted by soozieq
P.S Out of interest, where did you read that the 82x had the same hardware and codec as the older series?
Most likely in the start of this thread or the one called "finally got my NWZ-A829". There were quite a few threads on the player when it was just announced and first people bought it.
I may be wrong but as far as I understand, the 818 and 82x are pretty much the same, 82x series has nicer screen+bluetooth+capacity and that's pretty much it.
I love the SQ of the 829, never owned the 818 so can't compared.