5/17/2023 0 Comments Sony mp3 player![]() ![]() The included earbuds are okay, but don’t produce the depth and range of sound that more sophisticated headphones deliver. Like any MP3 player, the quality of the music will match whatever device you have it connected to. Sound Quality: As good as your headphones can get This takes about 1 hour, 40 minutes to achieve, so if you’re using the Walkman on a regular basis, there’s no reason it should run out of juice as long as you remember to charge. We began the test on a Wednesday at noon and the device played until late Thursday evening meaning it actually surpassed Sony’s claims by a bit.Īfter the battery was dead, we plugged it into an AV wall adapter and timed how long it takes to reach a full charge. To test this claim, we charged the battery to full and used a male-to-male aux cable to connect to the JBL Charge 4 and let it play continuously until the battery died. Sony’s website claims the Walkman gets 35 hours of battery life from a full charge. Lifewire / Jeffrey Daniel Chadwick Battery Life: Fast charging, long-lasting You can expect to get around 4,000 songs onto it, and that should be enough for a good collection though you probably can’t get your entire Spotify playlist there. The Walkman we tested had 16GB of onboard storage, which doesn’t sound like much by today’s smartphone standards, however, it’s pretty hefty when you only fill it with music. Storage: Enough for your favorite tunes, but nothing more This would be convenient if you have private or personal files you want to store or transport discreetly. ![]() That said, the fact the Walkman mounts to your computer as an external hard drive means you can store non-audio files on it. Repeat this every day for some podcasts and it becomes wildly impractical. The biggest problem is that you won’t get any of the benefits that a proper podcast app provides. You have to drill down deep into your files to find the podcast episodes you want, then load and listen to them as you would a regular song. The manual loading technique adds quite a few steps to getting music and other content onto storage. If you listen to a lot of podcasts, you’re almost out of luck with the Walkman. In order to load files onto it, you must connect it via USB to your computer, mount it as an external hard drive, and then copy the music you want into the appropriate folder. If you don’t remember (or weren’t alive when this method was popular), it will take a few times through the process to get the hang of it. This is fine, if you know what you’re doing. However, since the introduction of iTunes to manage files on the iPod, this method has all but vanished. This is the way many MP3 players were loaded in the 2000s. There’s no software you can use to manage your media. The way you load music and images onto this MP3 player is a bit antiquated by today’s standards. The Walkman brand name isn’t the only thing that will transport you back a few years. This wasn’t too much of an inconvenience, but they did occasionally fall out of our ears while we were jamming out to Bon Jovi. When we put them in our ears, we found that they were slightly too large and didn’t quite fit so we had to let them jut out just a little bit. They’re made entirely of plastic and feel really cheap. The earbuds that come with the Walkman leave a lot to be desired. Lifewire / Jeffrey Daniel Chadwick Comfort: One size doesn’t fit all Adding that feature could open the Walkman up dramatically, allowing it to connect wirelessly with Bluetooth speakers and earbuds like the Apple AirPods and Powerbeats Pro by Dre. You’ll probably need to go through all your files to make sure the music can be played. But, some popular music file types are not supported such as MP4 and M4A-two of the most common audio formats.ĭuring our testing, this resulted in much our music yielding an error message reading “Cannot Play File Format Not Supported.” So you can forget about just copy-pasting your music library onto the hard drive. This is well and good if all your music is in those formats. One of the more aggravating things about this portable MP3 player is that it only works with MP3, AAC, WMA, and MP3 files. This might seem like basic stuff, but there are budget MP3 players with frustrating controls and no physical button, so this is good to see. It also has a convenient volume rocker on the side so you can turn it up and down quickly. Everything is clearly marked so there’s no question about what they do. ![]() It’s a simple D-pad along with three multipurpose buttons. The physical control panel is one of the Walkman’s most solid features. Some popular music file types are not supported such as MP4 and M4A-two of the most common audio formats. ![]()
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