Sony nw a45 DAP 125eur

Kolido

Deal of the day on Amazon Germany

The lowest its been according to camel.

https://www.amazon.de/Sony-NWA45N-CEW-Resolution-Touchscreen-Digitalverst%C3%A4rker/dp/B0798LBBJW/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=sony+nw-a45&qid=1568014560&s=gateway&smid=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&sprefix=sony+nw&sr=8-3

tomasL

Would anyone be using mp3 players these days? Most people have smartphones.

Ghost Rider

There are a few good reasons.

This range of Sony devices aren't just MP3 players - they play high res music files, which is something a lot of "audiophile" listeners appreciate. (I'm not talking about CD quality files, though they will play such files, but even higher res than that.)

Using a dedicated music player also saves your phone's battery, especially if you're using its Bluetooth feature to output the signal to a speaker. (Granted, you're not doing that if you're an audiophile because Bluetooth compresses your audio.) You can get a few days use out of one of these devices without having to think about the battery. Plus you don't have to worry about a phone call, WhatsApp message or whatever destroying the flow of your music with some horribly intrusive bleep.

Finally, the capacity of one of these, when used (say) with a 64GB or 128GB SD card, means you can fit shed-loads of music on it and not have to worry about storage space. If you take a lot of photos on your smartphone (as I do) but also have a large music collection, that becomes an issue you need to think about.

That's my experience, anyways.

tomasL wrote: »

Would anyone be using mp3 players these days? Most people have smartphones.

tomasL

Ghost Rider wrote: »

There are a few good reasons.

This range of Sony devices aren't just MP3 players - they play high res music files, which is something a lot of "audiophile" listeners appreciate. (I'm not talking about CD quality files, though they will play such files, but even higher res than that.)

Using a dedicated music player also saves your phone's battery, especially if you're using its Bluetooth feature to output the signal to a speaker. (Granted, you're not doing that if you're an audiophile because Bluetooth compresses your audio.) You can get a few days use out of one of these devices without having to think about the battery. Plus you don't have to worry about a phone call, WhatsApp message or whatever destroying the flow of your music with some horribly intrusive bleep.

Finally, the capacity of one of these, when used (say) with a 64GB or 128GB SD card, means you can fit shed-loads of music on it and not have to worry about storage space. If you take a lot of photos on your smartphone (as I do) but also have a large music collection, that becomes an issue you need to think about.

That's my experience, anyways.

Only thing I would agree on, would be sound quality. But would not notice any difference myself, with my hearing. VLC player opens any file for me so far. My phone uses 4000mah battery and I get 2 days under normal use. 64 gb + 512 gb micro SD. Different story with Iphones when comes to memory.

Ghost Rider

Comes down to how much you use your phone and the power of its battery, I suppose. I'm doing well to get 24 hours out of one charge cycle of mine (Samsung Galaxy S9+), so using it for music as well as everything else simply would not work.

Also: while having all applications integrated in a single device was once the holy grail of phone design, I find nowadays all of its distractions (work emails, endless WhatsApp groups, social media etc.) make relaxing and listening to music quite difficult. So I welcome having a device completely disconnected from my "digital life" (for want of a less wanky term).

On reflection, that disconnectedness might be the single best reason I can think of for having a dedicated digital music player.

tomasL wrote: »

Only thing I would agree on, would be sound quality. But would not notice any difference myself, with my hearing. VLC player opens any file for me so far. My phone uses 4000mah battery and I get 2 days under normal use. 64 gb + 512 gb micro SD. Different story with Iphones when comes to memory.

Sappy404

I love that it boasts about hi-res audio and then refers to 128kbps MP3 as the standard encoding.

Ghost Rider

It does play high res files all the same e.g. 32bit WAVs. No issue there.

Sappy404 wrote: »

I love that it boasts about hi-res audio and then refers to 128kbps MP3 as the standard encoding.

with streaming services now the mainstream mp3 players have become niche and people don't want to have to carry a second device really.

still a decent reduction on the original price

https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/sony-nw-a45

Klingon Hamlet

Sappy404 wrote: »

I love that it boasts about hi-res audio and then refers to 128kbps MP3 as the standard encoding.

That's engineering vs marketing (the lower the bitrate the higher the capacity, big numbers sell baby!)

topcat16

Have one, it's great with a decent pair of ear/headphones, especially for the price