Yes, I know its an upgrade and I love collecting Walkmans ,but I was expecting a thing like A919 minus TV and about its shape its nice ,but I feel they shoudl have done something else to it .
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.
That's the reason for me I-pod shape is boring to me .
....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?...
Only the A808 supports ATRAC and not drag and drop. The new A818 doesn't uspport ATRAC but does support drag and drop.
the japanese version is atrac compatible, sonicstage is still alive and well in japan, 2 things bother me, the proprietary connector and the lack of lossless support, its a good mainstream player, but it wont convince me to put down my D2 yet,
on the other hand, it if had cellphone pairing, it might convince me.
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.
This is so funny...I could have written the exact same thing. I am sure HD DAPs are much more durable than I picture them in my head, but I find myself using my Sony A818 a lot more than my Zune 80 for fear of damaging it. I have to think this through, but the new 16GB might be the ticket for me.
the japanese version is atrac compatible, sonicstage is still alive and well in japan, 2 things bother me, the proprietary connector and the lack of lossless support, its a good mainstream player, but it wont convince me to put down my D2 yet,
on the other hand, it if had cellphone pairing, it might convince me.
Its in Japanese though isn't it? Like the A919
D2 doesn't have full buttons otherwise I choose it over the Sony.
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?
Life is hard! My house got robbed a while ago and the got all my portable audio stuff (including zune 80 and sony 818) plus 2 xbox 360's a ps3 and a wi and the worst was a steve vai gem guitar that steve signed for me
Anyway It was fun to buy some more stuff with the insurance money- I even tried out some new daps (cowon d2 clix 2), but I stick with the zune 80 for around the house and the sony for portable use, but I might sell the sony I just got and get the 16 gig'er. I think the zune 80 is pretty tough overall and you could always get a case Zune 80 is smooth, but detailed with iems, I love the sound sig. and sony is more upfront and raw, a good one 2 punch in my HO, now I just have to wait for my pico bye bye $$$
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