[DrKrFfXx]

what is rockbox? as far as I know the European models don't support rockbox.

I have one. When stock, I needed like 80 out of 120 volume on my regular headphones, after rockbox similar listening volume at 60/120

 

[HungryPanda]

I don't worry if the player gets loud enough for me I usually have volume around 60-63

 

[Jonathan-Mac]

I don't know about percentage but the European version straight out of the box is very under-powered - not enough volume to be able to listen on a noisy commute. The same player set to the US geo has more than enough power to overcome any commuting noise.

 

[WilcoRoger]

For commuting you don't need more volume but better (sound isolating and/or noise cancelling) earphones

 

[HungryPanda]

I did my home commute today (1 hour on a train) listening to Snowy White on the A35 with Klipsch X11i earphones and was very happy indeed

 

[WilcoRoger]

That's a very good combination - I love the Klipsch X11i. So much so, that it became my go-to noise isolating earphone, replacing the etymotic HF3. I'm not so much a fan of the Klipsch "olive" but with the Comply foamies it's perfect.

 

[Jonathan-Mac]

For commuting you don't need more volume but better (sound isolating and/or noise cancelling) earphones

With the European output from Sony players you really do need more volume, even if you're also using noise-cancelling 'phones.

 

[WilcoRoger]

0% if rockboxed

What version are you using on the A3x? The rockbox page says:

"nw-a30 A35 A36 A37 mt8590 SonyNWA30 No port started"

 

[DrKrFfXx]

What version are you using on the A3x? The rockbox page says:

"nw-a30 A35 A36 A37 mt8590 SonyNWA30 No port started"

https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/SonyNWDestTool

NW-A30    nw-a30    DONE Works

 

[WilcoRoger]

OK, I see. I thought you were talking about the full rockbox firmware, but it's just the volume limit/region setting

 

[Gosod]

I do not see the point of buying a45 and you?

It's almost the same player!

 

[WilcoRoger]

If anyone is still reading this - I have a 400Gb Sandisk card working flawlessly in the NW-A35

 

[docholliday]

If anyone is still reading this - I have a 400Gb Sandisk card working flawlessly in the NW-A35

I have a 512GB PNY and a 1TB Sandisk Extreme Plus in 2 separate A35s, works perfectly. Surprisingly fast when cataloging on first power up, even fully loaded with most 24-96 and 24-192 FLAC. Probably about 15GB of standard 16-44 FLAC. No MP3 or other formats.

 

[wlkmnplgn]

I have a 512GB PNY and a 1TB Sandisk Extreme Plus in 2 separate A35s, works perfectly. Surprisingly fast when cataloging on first power up, even fully loaded with most 24-96 and 24-192 FLAC. Probably about 15GB of standard 16-44 FLAC. No MP3 or other formats.

How many files so you have in your 1TB card? I wonder how many files you can had, before the player struggles to create de database.

 

[docholliday]

How many files so you have in your 1TB card? I wonder how many files you can had, before the player struggles to create de database.

I have 10285 files on the card. A lot of it is 24-192 FLAC (I'd forgotten there's some DSD64 also), so not as many files as you'd think. I don't use any MP3 formatted files, so no idea what the limit would be for small files.