Sony NWE394R.CEW 8 GB Walkman MP3 Player with FM Radio - Red

Am happy with the device. Very simple to use, eq has 5 bars. Pretty basic, only makes minimal adjustments. Sounds OK on Heavy setting and unique setting. The others can sound abit 'tinny'. Bass boost is clear as Sony always is. Unit is very light weight, buttons easy to use. I use for the gym and the car as I was using my Samsung a52s 5g. It is abit on the quiet side but with the right headphones it makes a difference. I use AKG earphones which are loud on full volume. But on my Sony XM3 cans it's abit quietter, sound quality is smooth on them though. Memory is easy to fill and so glad I can do drag and drop rather than Sony music centre (sorry Sony).For those on Chromebook....its excellent, the drag and drop is so simple, and I find it quicker and more stable than Windows!!!I do recommend this device for all types of music lovers. I have everything from wu tang, to limp bizkit, black sabbath to Sean Paul and Buju Banton and each sound nice. For the car it sounds good, and at work it's one less phone screen to look which is what I need. It's easy to switch off and just listen to shuffle without getting more blue light.

In the past, my sister and I bought cheaper MP3 players(we're on a budget) but they proved to be not very user friendly - with instructions that you'd feel like sending to a Bletchley Park codebreaker (they were that complex) to decipher, amongst other problems - such as obsolete software.My sister really wanted one and she was treated to a Sony MP3 Walkman for her birthday because she wanted something that was simple to operate (she's a technophobe), simple to understand with quality sound and good battery life i.e. a long time between charge and running out of juice etc. Happily, my sister hasn't looked back since buying hers and told me I should consider buying a Sony MP3 for myself. I have had Sony products for years which are still going strong … but, because of my past experiences of MP3 players, I was in two minds: would this later version of my sister's Sony be as user friendly? Eventually, I took the plunge and bought mine (which I'm reviewing now). Happily, I feel the same way as my sister did. It has great battery charge life, great sound (as you would expect from Sony) and is light and handy. The fact that this current model has the volume controls on the side and the HOLD button to stop accidental skipping of tracks by accident directly underneath it - which is far better than holding down buttons to do the same function! I've downloaded the free Sony Music Centre app from the internet which I've used to add and delete albums and tracks to and from the MP3 player. I'm still finding my way round this piece of kit and enjoying every minute.

My daughter wanted an mp3 player rather than using her mobile phone on the bus and tram.I searched high and low but was determined to get her a decent quality player. I suppose with the advent of mobile phones there is not much of a market for mp3 players any more. I found it a bit of a challenge finding a good brand at a reasonable price.I bought this Sony mp3 player as Sony is renowned for good quality.She is really pleased with it as it's really easy to transfer mp3's from her laptop to the player. the battery life is excellent and the user interface is simple and easy to use.I would recommend this mp3 player.The only reason I have given it 4 stars and not 5 is because I would really have liked to get one of these in a 16 gig or even a 32 gig.

The player itself is fine but the stock earphones are abysmal, expect static crackling and any force pulling on them will drastically lower audio quality. You need to buy decent earphones to get any joy from this despite the high price of the player

Its surprisingly hard to find a good quality stand alone mp3 player nowadays.. this little Sony fits the bill perfectly. Yes its a bit more expensive than some of the other mp3 players on Amazon but having experienced two of the cheaper ones over the last few years I can say that the extra cash is money well spent: it is very easy to use with intuitive menus and superb sound quality . So easy to add music to ( just click and drop from your pc) . All in all could not be more pleased with this Sony mp3 player.

Unfortunately there is nothing about this player that I like other than the size which is small. The screen is crude, almost 90's retro! The software is very slow! The importing of files and the directory updating is very hit and miss. Deleting a directory doesn't always remove it from the player which leads to duplication and files spread across different named directories. It randomly says it cannot play an individual's file format even though it plays other tracks from the same source. There are much better MP3 players for a little more... I would highly recommend purchasing them.

Can't go wrong with the good old Sony MP3 pkayer

I am so happy I have bought this mp3 player in Red and am very pleased with it and I think it is the best I have bought from amazon and the best Sony has made to date. simple and perfect. no problems with it like volume going down on it's own like other people have mentioned. the memory is so big that I am struggling to fill it, the sound quality is absolutely outstanding, the best I heard in the many years I have been buying players from Sony.. there are no problems at all, it is perfect in every way as far as I am concerned... there are plenty of cases in all colours to fit this model, in fact I was spoilt for choice here on amazon. I hope Sony keep up the good work on mp3 players in the future.