Following on from last week's post of exclusive pictures of the new E-Series Walkman Flash MP3 players I now have my hands on a production unit of the NW-E003 1GB Flash Walkman. I managed to blag the NW-E003 at the Sony offices in Weybridge just before travelling to Brussels for work so I don't have a digital camera to hand to take pics - I'll try to beg/borrow/steal one tomorrow.
First impressions
Packaging for the NW-E003 is similar to the NW-A3000 I bought before Xmas. A cardboard box with metallic purple finish is opened to slide out a plastic tray that contains the NW-E003 and, underneath, a set of headphones. In addition there's a software CD (SonicStage 3.4), guarantee certificate and manuals in various languages.
First thing to note is that the NW-E003 is noticeable lighter than the 400 and 500 series Flash Walkmans. Without using the manual I managed to set up day/date and navigate around the various menus.
I just plugged in the headphones to listen to the pre-loaded demo tracks. The sound quality is pretty good with the supplied headphones. Swapping to my favourite Westone UM2 headphones reveals excellent sound reproduction. The NW-E003 doesn't drive the Westone's as high as the NW-A3000 but the sound is very good and I certainly don't need to use maximum volume.
Anyway, enough for now. I'm off for dinner. If anyone has questions feel free to ask & I'll try to answer them asap.
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