Sony Announced NWZ-A820 series.....finally 16GB Sony DAP's - Page 2 - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

tstarn06 · 02-19-2008, 02:03 PM

Are you really going to sell your Zune, Soozieq? 16GB is not 80, right? Just curious, after all you went through to get it.

soozieq · 02-19-2008, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by tstarn06

Are you really going to sell your Zune, Soozieq? 16GB is not 80, right? Just curious, after all you went through to get it.

Probably not. It does have a bigger soundstage than the Sony, and I went through hell to get it as you know!!! And even more hell trying to load it up. The memory still lingers

Anyway, I'm not going to make any hasty decisions just yet. I do find that I'm handling the Zune very very gently for fear of damaging it - but the Sony (whcih has a clear hard case) takes quite a bashing without me worrying about it.

I looked on eBay for some hard cases for the Zune with a lanyard attachment, but the few sellers that had cases didn't get back to me.

Ihatepopupads · 02-19-2008, 02:24 PM

oH JOY!! THIS REALLY TICKLES ME.

SOOSIEQ don't you sell that zune 80 it's a fine unit

tstarn06 · 02-19-2008, 02:25 PM

I agree about soundstage and SQ overall. I like them both too, for different reasons. And as you know, the Zune is also a good DAP for hooking up to a home stereo via it's AV dock, which is the main reason I got it in the first place. Tired of playing CDs. Oh, I also ordered a case for the Sony. The main problem with the Sony is I turn it on accidentally all the time, and have to use the hold button. Same with the Zune. They go on way too easy.

But for someone who was waiting, the 16GB Sony is nice news.

soozieq · 02-19-2008, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by tstarn06

The main problem with the Sony is I turn it on accidentally all the time, and have to use the hold button. Same with the Zune. They go on way too easy.

I don't use the hold button on the Sony. I turn it 'off' (into its deep deep sleep mode) by pressing and holding the 'power/off' button and waiting for the 'See you later' message to pop up! It powers up in a nano second anyway!

ihatepopupads: I know. It IS a fine unit. I'd like to be able to abuse it just a bit more without being paranoid I'll damage it. It's good for when I'm just sitting down and doing nothing else. Although I can use the Sony when I'm wandering around - if I'm using the Zune at the time, I have to switch units.

Life is hard you know

P.S What happened to yours? Did you get rid of it?

stuge(original) · 02-19-2008, 02:40 PM

Nothing much for a upgrade.This is sad IMO .

.I will stick with my A806 .

Why can't they change shape etc .Same boring thing .
Until or unless someone needs blue tooth.

I think I can pass this one as well.Until sony comes up with something great I'm not buying their gears now .

Ok shape is nice ,but Sony is known for its nice and new designs.What are they doing ?Looks like SONY has fired their Walkman designers .So,My last hope is also gone and I guess now I will have to buy a Cowon .

soozieq · 02-19-2008, 02:45 PM

Originally Posted by stuge(original)

Nothing much for a upgrade.This is sad IMO ..I will stick with my A806 . Why can't they change shape etc .Same boring thing .

stuge, it is an upgrade. Bigger screen, longer battery and video life and all in a 16GB version.

And the shape? I love the 808 shape and styling. But the new model can't be exactly the same unless they've made the screen bigger and moved the buttons further down to keep it the same size, which I don't think they have.

The diagram showed it was slighty bigger than the 808.

Bluetooth: Don't want or need it - would rather have had gapless. . .

Sparky191 · 02-19-2008, 02:56 PM

Gald to see Sony getting back in the game. I like their recent players. The 818 is a great deal at the moment. This might drop it even further.

nfusion770 · 02-19-2008, 02:59 PM

With my 4gb Sansa Clip on the way, I highly doubt the 16gb Sony would get a whole lot of use, but I sure am tempted. I really love the style, the UI and the sound- oh yeah, and it does everything a Nano does... better.

Narcosynthesis · 02-19-2008, 03:19 PM

If the shape of the 818 works brilliantly, why change it? Apple have been selling basically the same ipod form factor since it was released, just updated as newer tech and features were available.

This appears just in time to replace my sadly dieing HD1, one question I do have though - all my music is in atrac3+ via sonicstage (the HD1 was origonally only atrac, only later updates added mp3) so will I be able to use this?
I know there was the a818 and a808 which supported drag and drop or sonicstage, but was atrac supported in both?
Even if I don't *have* to use sonicstage, it works perfectly for me and does all I need, so it would be nice to be able to keep it. I especially don't want to have to re rip all my music to mp3 and have to start over (in which case I would be better off trying to find an HD5 or something that I can use with my existing library)