Product Reviews

If you are looking to buy a new portable wireless music device, then you're search is over, you won't believe the sound you get from this Sony, I was blown away to hear every note so clearly, honestly, get one, you won't be dissappointed !!

A replacement for a previous Walkman with the same excellent features and ease of use - especially it is now touch screen.

Nice mp3 player I like the way the sony app works it is easy to transfer my cds onto it and get album image. I am happy with my purchase.

Decent MP3 Walkman, bass could be better for the price, and it’s a shame it’s not WiFi for the price. Generally folder feature are great!

Just purchased this Bluetooth version to replace my Sony NWZ-E443 model which has been brilliant. Disappointed in my new one as you cannot play videos on it. This cost over £100 more than my earlier Sony so you would think the new one would cater for movies.

I have used a Sony NWZ-A828 player for about 10 years and it's been superb. However its bluetooth is very weak and the battery was beginning to fail so I decided to upgrade. While the newer version is very good, I wish Sony had kept the design and features of the older model. It was very lightweight and the buttons were very easy to use while hidden in a pocket. The new model does have the option to add extra memory which is great and the bluetooth is much better. The buttons are good but they could be spaced a little better. The touchscreen seems unnecessary to me. I'd rather just have proper buttons as I like being able to control the player while its in a pocket. The menus are ok but seem a little complicated. They're not impossble to use but it's only an mp3 player, so should be kept simple. It takes much longer to boot up which is not a major problem but does seem unnecessarily long. The size is still pretty compact but it is larger than my old model. Again, it's fine but I wish Sony would focus on making players that actually suit people's real needs. I believe they do still make a smaller player but it's memory was limited and didnt' have bluetooth. I find it hard to see how they could make a really great player 10 years ago but haven't managed to improve since. Overall, I'm glad I bought it as it is very good. But it should be smaller, lighter and less "fiddly" to use.

Would have better w USB cable, and have stronger amp

Absolutely delighted with my purchase. As always Sony products are fantastic

Bought 2 weeks ago ready to try out on flights for a foreign holiday. So light to carry. Only loaded about half my albums onto an SD card b4 I went away. Used in wireless mode with bluetooth headphones. Really easy and quick to pair. Excellent sound quality. Simple button layout. Easy screen. Fast to charge up. Used it every day. I couldn't be happier.

I bought this product 1 month ago I have found loading with my music very easy using the sony music app I love the look and ease of use very happy with this choice

I'm not a massive audiophile but I like my music to sound great and this product delivers in all areas. Connected to my Onkyo amp, or my AKG Bluetooth headphones, or even my cheap Sennheiser earphones, the result is a rich and vibrant sound. The interface seemed a little 'clunky' to begin with but as I discovered the wealth of features hidden behind each menu option I now have a set up I am comfortable with. I'm in the process of converting my music collection from mp3 to flac, so a 128gb micro sd is an essential extra as the 16gb on board memory is not sufficient, they are quite reasonably priced now but this may put some people off. All in all, I love it, a definite 5 star product.

Prefer this to the i-pod that it is a replacement for

Love the new Sony Walkman High- Resolution.It is more sterdy than my last Sony (5 year old) This is easy to use,and up loading music is fast.I would recomend this product .

I’ve owned several Walkmans in the past, including an old tape version many moons ago, and an NW-HD1 MP3 player, which was amazing at the time. After moving to the “Apple” universe, I never thought I’d own another, but HiRes music has totally moved the goalposts for me. I think that this is an excellent, and very solid, piece of kit (as you’d expect from Sony), & it’s very well priced in relation to the competion. I’m happy to carry it around as well as my iPhone, as the music quality seems better (to me anyway, although all people are different). My only gripe (& a common one it seems, is the proprietory cable. WHY?) Don’t let that put you off though, it’s a great piece of kit!

Large, easy to navigate screen. Sound both loud & crystal clear. Compact. Bluetooth feature is handy.

Great product, I'm very pleased with it. The only complaint is that if used outside, its difficult to read the display. And theres no brightness control.

Had a FIIO X1 before and while the sound was good the interface sucked. This has everything you need in an affordable player, expandable memory, high end dacs, aptx, eq, high output, easy pc interface, great screen,. I could go on. Blows all phones out of the water even your precious iPhones.

Disappointed no headphones in the pack but hey ho - have some decent high resolution phones already.

Nice looking piece of kit. However Sony music centre software useless. Cannot transfer podcasts from pc to device. Error msg to the effect that podcast format is not compatible. Nonsense, they are standard mp3 files. Had long phone call with Sony, the end result of which was to download mediago, old version of software. At least that worked but is not as user friendly as newer version. Serious design problem here. It's even noted on the Sony website that podcasts might be an issue. Absurd! Finally it is impossible to select podcasts by date order, they only appear in alphabetical order! Therefore device is completely useless and I have taken it back for a refund. No issues there. Pity.

On very limited use so far it has lived up to its claims.

Great product. Much better sound quality than my iPod. Takes me back to my first Walkman with cassettes. Gives so much more depth to music. Transferred my iTunes music onto it from my iMac using the Walkman transfer software. Mmm, not good, lots of the music wouldn’t play. Plan B - download the PC Sony Music Player onto my laptop, copy the music from the iTunes folder onto a usb then onto the PC. Now import the music into the player, then update the Gracenote cover art - took almost 12 hours to complete. Now drag and drop the music onto the Walkman. Oh dear! Took nearly a full day. Why? Not sure but I did read somewhere that the PC version checks that it can play the music, so I’m assuming it was converting the 8,000 tracks to a playable format. Was it worth it, DEFINITELY! Every track plays ok, well certainly the ones that failed on the iMac imported process. It may take me a while to prove that EVERY track works!

First listen was disappointing using Senheiser HD598 headphones (50 Ohm). I had to turn the volume to max to get any detail which compared poorly to my previous NWZ-A728 mp3 player. Despite trying various headphones over the next ten days I could not be satisfied with the relatively low volume. When the player developed an annoying display jitter I contacted sony for advice and was unhappy with their response, especially regarding headphone compatibility, suggesting the only compatible wired headphones were their own MDR-1ADAC.

I've had this Walkman for about a week and would recommend it to anyone. It has some great features including long battery life, bluetooth with aptx hd and a long list of playable music formats including high resolution music files.

Very happy with sound and features touch screen is a bit sensitive when scrolling through albums.

I don't know how good it is because there is no explanation in the documentation about how to use it

I bought this to listen to high definition through my Sony H.ear speakers. Fabulous sound reproduction. Great features for customising the sound to suit your mood and suit the type of music Memory expansion makes it possible to store plenty of music I really like my purchase typical Sony standard designed for real music lovers

Not only has Sony continued to produce the Walkman, they've continued to enhance the overall experience. Solid construction and adaptable as either a player or DAC--that's just amazing! I've used it as both, and it's a great DAC; however, I'll still be sticking to major use of my PHA-3. And it's one of the very few digital players or DACs that has physical buttons instead of just a touchscreen! So awesome! I did have some issues using it as a DAC, but that was quickly resolved by updating all drivers and downloading Sony's "iTunes".

I bought this for takiing on holiday, its really nice pieceof kit, though was dissapointed to find i still had to purchase ear phones, even though paperwork in the box states they should have been included, how does it work without them ?. anyway that apart it is very good mp3 player

Waited for Sony to release this Hi-Res player, it was worth it. Read many reviews on Hi-Res players, went with Sony having owned a vintage Walkman MP3 which still performs well. Bluetooth pairs well, there are no dropouts during use with any of my headphones or speakers. Some demanding wired headphones may require an external amp.

I'm fairly happy with my new Sony, have had one before, so found transfering music very easy. Sound is really good and screen quite responsive though icons are rather small. It feels good and sturdy in the hand though quite small. Downside is it won't bluetooth to my Renault Captur media nav evolution system - which is one of the main reasons I bought it.

This music player has some excellent features - the quality of the sound is great, and I find the noise-cancelling headphones effective. The ability to find a track by artist, title, album etc is good, and the battery life seems excellent. I also like the ability to add lyrics in a lrc file, though this can be time consuming to match the file with the music. It is able to play a large number of codecs, although I have mainly used MP3. I like the built-in FM radio. The only slightly negative features are the time to start - perhaps 30 seconds while it loads the operating system and builds the database, and the lack of a DAB radio (maybe due to power consumption for DAB). Overall, very satisfied with this purchase.

I bought this to replace an aging walkman, they have come a long way since then

Overall the sound quality is incredible. It up converts mp3 files so they sound much better. The HiRes files sound incredible. I've also compared an MQA files with a CD and they sound really really good. I'm not sure if it's the new format or just great remastering. My only issue with the player and the MQA files is no way of verifying "authentification". The concept behind MQA is being able to verify the music. Other equipment uses a green and blue light to tell you about authentification. Also I'm not sure if I'm listening to a fully load MQA file (24/192) or one that has been partially loaded (24/96 or less). Regardless the music sound great

Bought this Sony mp3 player a month ago and am really pleased with it. It's easy to use, looks great and sounds fantastic.

This was purchased to replace a 10 year old Sony 8GB Walkman ,,, and what a difference! Sound quality and ease of use is excellent. Bluetooth easily links to my Sony headphones and Integrated Bluetooth in my car to provide access to music while I work and drive. I'm also using a 128GB microSD card which allows me to load my total music library onto the device (I tend to use mp3 format - I know I could go ultra high res but to be honest I find it difficult to hear the difference :) ) Management of music library on my home PC using the supplied software (downloaded from Sony.co.uk) is easy, allowing me to manage my albums ripped from CD, including album art (and provide my own art if none are recognised) and the ability to create and load playlists is easy and efficient to manage. All in all, an excellent product which will continue to enhance my music listening habits ...

I bought this item to replace an old and malfunctioning i-pod. I am really pleased with the ease of use, sound quality and blu tooth connectivity.

I just love my new Sony Walkman, I love the ease of creating Book Lists, it gives me the opportunity to create music lists to suit the mood I'm in.

Absolutely chuffed with my present well pleased. Happy birthday!

I've had the NW A45 for over a week and as it's an upgrade from my NW A15 in comparison it's in a different universe. The sound is better and as you should know many more features which are a joy to use. I'm Impressed with it and it is well worth the money.

The paperwork included in the packaging says it comes with head phones. Upon calling Sony they informed me the paperwork is incorrect and headphones only come with the unit in Korea and the UK. I think they should take out thT paperwork or correct the problem by including them.

sound is very good and high and soft you must turn on it and be relax good luck

The sound quality of my new NW-A45 is terrific. Now Sony needs to give it the rest of the features it deserves. It does not recognize "folder.jpg" as album art in the album folders, only embedded art is recognized. No ability to sort albums by artist / album artist. Limited smart playlist, needs to be able to set BPM range to within 2 BPM's of defined range - the current range is 10, really, that is a range of 20 BPM which doesn't work well for trying to set a pace for a run or walk. Total lack of documentation on how to construct playlists on a PC / MAC and then transfer to the NW-A45 player.