Is there a fault? Well when I pick it up after last having played it 7 hours previously (time between dog walks) and press the play button, the player needs to have 2-3 seconds to wake up.

Volume is also controlled from the device. Bluetooth very impressive and has a quick connection. The flexibility and speed of doing this compared to being faced with greyed out references and the word 'cloud' on your PC is the one of the reasons I bought this but the device is good in it's own right. There is also MediaMonkey should you want to play more with the file properties. I've built the file structure completely how I want it and it works very well for me. I have Audiobooks and BBC radio shows so it can be a bit tricky but all are easily corrected, unlike in iTunes. It uses Gracenote to fulfill the details when ripping and has a charming obsession with anything under a directory on your PC called ' Music' coupled with, bizarrely, language learning tapes. Unlike iTunes, you can tame it to do what you want. The Sony Music Centre Software is actually very good. I also got a 256gb card for it which now confines my much loved ipods to 'in car' duties and playing the audiobooks I bought on itunes Apple hasn't lost (so far). External buttons are excellent and to me prove that Apple and others are daft to exclude them. I've got a nice Inorlo cover for it (not easy as I live in the Canaries which is an Amazon delivery dead spot) and a pair of MEE IEMs. Control is better than iPod as it has buttons.Īnything that could be better? Their proprietary software is quite good but seems to be of a totally different build to the device and I think this is where I came in. Then there's the quality, functionality, size and control. This is across 128g and I intend to create a library of all other files on other micro SD's.

I dictate the folders and can enter each one at my choosing.

I now control directories and how they are displayed. When I want to put my radio plays and recordings from CD onto this device, I can and put them where I want. It talks to grown-ups who know their way around a computer and doesn't rely upon a proprietary application for every transaction. iTunes has a problem.Įnter the device that is better, the Sony NW-A45, or A40 series. I loved my Apple products when I got them Classic (x2), Micro, Touch, iPad and iPad 'something else' but what let them down was the software interface.

Sony music center for pc review