MP3 players forum: Sony Nw Hd5

Well I think it's a little late since she already bought one. But yeah I agree with you, as I pointed out in a post further down the iRiver hard drive players are among the best available and they have that capability. They are still something of an underdog still. It's unfortunate that the brands we rely on the most for quality are also the ones that have become so big that they have such broad-ranging interests to protect, which hinders them from purely catering to what the customer wants. It really is a shame. What's more, I hate to fuel that manner of doing business, and looking back maybe I should have bought the iRiver instead for that reason... but that's hindsight.

Hey do you know where I could get a replacement battery? Mine's fine I just don't wanna be without my music once it finally DOES die for good.

Sorry, I didn't catch this post before. Here you go:

The original person who found this software - may he and his family live long and be well:

http://www.syndetics.net/sony-hacks/sonicstage.html

OpenMG Driver:
ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/pub/DNA/MP3/PA_Driver.exe

MP3 File Manager:
ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/pub/DNA/MP3/MP3FMv2_ENG.exe

Enjoy.

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As for your conclusion regarding the reason for the iPod's success and the quality of the hardware/software, well, thank you for stating your opinions. They are duely noted. However you have not presented any evidence to support your statements, nor have you attempted to answer the clearly-stated complaints against the iPod previously in this thread. You can't expect anyone to take a statement such as yours seriously when you've brought nothing to back up your claim, especially when so many other, more properly backed-up statements to the contrary have already been presented here.

I can say the moon is made of cheese, or that the Palestinians killed Kenny -

but that sure don't make it so.



Now I'll refute your argument, "So, no matter how great the HD5 hardware is - if the software (SonicStage) is awful (as you so vivdly describe) then the system as a whole is of questionable use."

Comapare the amount of time you spend using the software with that of using the hardware, and there's your answer. You want quality software, to mae the file transfer go smoothly, look pretty, and so-forth, for the whopping 2 hours you might spend in total over the course of a week using it? Or, considering that the point of this device you refer to as a "PDP" is to listen to music, which is what you'll be doing for the roughly 90% remainder of the time, would you not rather have best-quality device with best-quality sound output?

Or to put it simpler, let's make it a standardized-test question:

When choosing a portable sound-playing machines (choose the statement that best describes the answer):

A) It is smart to look for a machine that is the best at playing sound portably.

B) It is smart to look for a machine that has a better interface with my home computer.

The answer seems pretty obvious to me. If you disagree, then so be it.

Battery life is a big advantage for the HD5. When I had my old iPod I experienced it die on me more than once. My HD5 has literally never died so far. The battery in that thing is amazing, it just won't die.

Sony has a program called MP3 File Manager which should work with the HD5.

thanks equazcion - having now read all threads am now very happy - one last thing...one good thing about SonicStage is that you can 'up the quality' (bitrate) of the transfer - with MP3FM - you just drag and drop - have you found a difference in sound quality...is it better to check out the origianl bitrate and if low use SonicStage in place of MP3FM?

Great information on MP3FileManager. I finally got my NWE305 to work using this software and the PA_Driver2. However, when I rip audio CDs in Windows Media Player, the sampling frequency is too low for the tracks to play on the NWE305. I get an error message CANNOT PLAY. Can I change the sampling frequency to at least 44.1 kHz so they will play on the device? If so, how? Bit rate is OK. I am running Windows XP, Media Player 9. I would prefer not using SonicStage.

Thanks so much! I appreciate the response and will give the suggested software a try.

Glad I could help. Enjoy

I'm not very familiar with iTunes. When I had my iPod I always used ml_iPod instead, it's a plug-in for Winamp. I'm not sure which files you're talking about. Are they files ripped from a CD using iTunes, or files downloaded from the iTunes music store? Ripped files can probably be put on the HD5, but purchased music will probably not work, and I'm afraid there's no way to make them work. The only online music store the HD5 supports is the Sony store.

Ok. I'm sorry if I bug u with that but I live in Canada and don't know where to buy it... Is there some good deals where I could buy cheap (or at least normal)this MP3?

I say this because I found a deal but it was exxagerately more costy than US-only deals..... and Amazon wont ship electronics to Canada even though the go0d price . Anyways, I'm gonna see what I can do. Oh and one more thing thx and use Froogle for shopping if u dont .

I ordered it and got it red and its frickkin' awesome. Anways, thx for MP3FM!!
See ya!

Ive bought one too. Im 100% satisfied with my new mp3 player. This forum helped me a lot. Thanks to all. Especially to equazcion for sharing his knowledge amd experience with us. If someone else is happy with this player, please, post your opinion here.