... After my 3rd Gen iPod broke, and my newer Sony HDD system is on the blink this little bad boy is still going strong! Pity they're being phased out :(
Because it takes ATRAC CD you can fit stacks on CD's onto one CD (the amount depends on the quality you choose, but a safe bet would be around ... Read review
Advantages: Great quality all around. Disadvantages: Poor software
...iPod broke, and my newer Sony HDD system is on the blink this little bad boy is still going strong! Pity they're being phased out :( Because it takes ATRAC CD you can fit stacks on CD's onto one CD (the amount depends on the quality you choose, but a safe bet would be around 25).
My favourite feature of it however was the battery life, far greater than any iPod, because while listening the CD didn't actually spin as it saved it ... ...as it normally is with Sony products, and again I would say a lot better than an iPod. The whole build quality in fact was fantastic, it just looked so cool and elegant with the tiny concealed buttons around in and the brushed metal back plate. They just don't build them like this any more! ... more
I bought one of these a long time ago, just before the iPod craze went off and to be honest for it's time it was fantastic.
Of course it is a little bulky taking CD's and all, but not too much so. It is barely bigger than a CD in fact and was ideal for my needs at school. I used to have the CD part in my bag, then the remote trailed out of the zip. The remote is the coolest feature of this product as it has a small screen on it so you can read your albums and songs.
The major problem with it was the software, when you were creating an ATRAC CD it just took forever, once it was made it was perfect however. After my 3rd Gen iPod broke, and my newer Sony HDD system is on the blink this little bad boy is still going strong! Pity they're being phased out :( Because it takes ATRAC CD you can fit stacks on CD's onto one CD (the amount depends on the quality you choose, but a safe bet would be around 25).
My favourite feature of it however was the battery life, far greater than any iPod, because while listening the CD didn't actually spin as it saved it to a memory. This meant the battery lasted around 100 hours generally (with the in built lithium batteries), and even came with an attachable battery pack for AA batteries.
The sound quality was excellent as it normally is with Sony products, and again I would say a lot better than an iPod. The whole build quality in fact was fantastic, it just looked so cool and elegant with the tiny concealed buttons around in and the brushed metal back plate. They just don't build them like this any more!
Advantages: Beautiful, well designed, excellent remote, battery life, features, outputs Disadvantages: Horrid software, "spin up" time in atrac/mp3 playback could have been better avoided
You rightly expect something special from Sony's "flagship" CD player, after all they more or less invented the whole portable audio player market single-handedly.
The D-NE1 certainly looks the part, consisting of brushed aluminium top panels with transparent plastic surround so you can see your cd spinning merrily, and all the various sockets and buttons discreetly placed round the outer edge of the unit.
It's also small - only slightly wider in diameter than a cd, and less than 2cm thick.
It's multi-format playback supports standard cd audio (unsurprisingly!), but also mp3, ATRAC3 and ATRAC3plus formats.
You'll already be familiar with standard cd and mp3, but the ATRAC formats might be new to you - basically they are Sony's own take on audio compression algorithms, but they claim to provide higher quality at lower bit ...
