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After my old walkman decided to give up on me after several years, I went in search of a new one that would produce amazing quality of sound and that wouldn't blow my budget.

My search ended here at Amazon. The price was incredible for all that it had to offer and the sound is far above anything else I ever experienced with my old walkman. Even with the volume cranked as high as it would go, there was no distortion what-so-ever.

However, although the Sony D-NE511 Blue ATRAC/MP3 CD Walkman offers a great quality of sound, thats not all. It is also an ATRAC and an MP3 player. We all know what MP3 is, but what is ATRAC is you ask? ATRAC allows you to burn all of your favourite CDs onto one album by using computer software that comes with the walkman. In fact it allows you to put up to 30 CD on to one. That is like having 500 songs on the one album. No more will you need to carry around hundreds of CD's because you're not sure what you wish to listen to. You can carry one around inside the walkman and you'll be fine all day. Although you may also ask: won't it be annoying cycling through all those songs looking for what I want? Well with the Jog Dial you are able to skip through songs and even albums just by turning the dial, it is that easy. You can also bookmark your favourite songs so that you can listen to them instead of the ones that yo don't want to. And with up to 80 hours of battery life, you don't need to even carry spare batteries around with you.

Plus for all those who wish to be active with their discman, the Sony D-NE511 Blue ATRAC/MP3 CD Walkman has a G-Protection system that allows you to run and ride and whatever else you need to do in the day without the risk of listening to a CD going backwards and forwards.

I recommend the Sony D-NE511 Blue ATRAC/MP3 CD Walkman for anyone on the search for a great deal and a fantastic piece of entertainment equipment.

Possibly one of the cheapest CD Walkmans on the market at the moment, the Sony Blue Walkman is one of the best. I bought it two years ago and it is still going strong. I thought when I bought it 'Is blue my colour?' but I soon found out, as far as the walkman is concered, it was. The walkmans battery compartment is not a 'screw-off' one; you just have to slide the door off. Also the batteries will stay alive quite a while without having to change them. On the Walkman's front, there is a 'Hold' button so you can put it in a pocket without it changing tracks, which not many Walkmans have. The size of the machine is an enormous virtue. Just bigger than a CD Disc, the Sony D-NE511 Blue ATRAC/MP3 CD Walkman is definetly a good buy.

This is an excellent player. A month in and still on the first set of batteries.
There are some areas where the description does not say it all.
1 It will play any any MP3 file - not just those created with the supplied software.

2 The supplied software is in my opinion very poor. It works well enough but on a W2k or XP machine it will ONLY work when logged on as administrator, you also need to be on line in order to get the CD titles. For security I do not go on line as administrator. So use the excellent free CDEX + Nero or whatever rather than the supplied software.

3 When you turn off the player it remembers where you got to and when you turn it on again it continues playing from that point.
When a disc is first put in it can take up to a 60s to search through the tracks.

4 There is no seperate line out - but the headphone output is high quality.

5 The battery access is internal, under the place where the CD goes so you have to take out the CD to change batteries - not a job you need to do often.

Overall an excellent player - good sound, large range of features, excellent compatibility. Supurb jog resistance - the CD is only accessed for a few seconds at the start of each track.

The supplied software is a let down but there are free alternatives.

The ATRAC software is excellent - I have been able to put 30 CDs onto one disc! the player is excellent, with great features, and the price is great value. Need a new CD payer that can do that bit more? Look no further. This is it. Highly recommended.

I bought this for my step daughter at xmas, battery life is really good and overall she is very happy with the player. I did however buy another set of headphones as she felt that the supplied ones were a bit fiddly and awkward so I bought some with slightly larger pads that hooked round the ears which is much better.