Sony nw-a55

I have listened to my music through my iPhone forever. I switched to the Sony Walkman and all I can say is WOW on the difference. The music is very clear and I hear more from the songs than listening through iPhone. Best choice I made switching. I also like that I can switch songs by a button on the side rather than having to look at phone to switch tracks. I got tired of playing list favorites and so I can cycle through all my songs while I'm trying to go to sleep.

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

This is my second sony walkman and the NW-A55 has an excellent build quality and superb sound output!

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

The NW-A55 is a nice digital player. It functions well and sounds good with head phones and plug into my stereo reciever. The software for loading music on to the player is a little clunky until you get use to it, then it works fairly well. Over all I think it was a good puurchase and would recomend to others.

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Overall Really Happy With The A-55

Wanted to spend some time with this before reviewing, so 2 months later, very happy with this player. First thing, using a 400gb micro sdxc card with zero issues, even though the manual states 128gb. I really like the fact you can load literally any type of music file on the A-55 and it will play it. Battery life so far has been really good. Overall an excellent sounding portable music player. I like the fact it has several eq options, not really a fan of Clear Audio+, depending on the mp3, DSEE HX makes some difference, the Vinyl Processor, these ears aren't hearing much change honestly. The bluetooth has worked well, playing through JBL Charge, and a Sony bookshelf system. I have tried this with several headphones, both Sennheiser HD598 and Beyerdynamic 990 Pro seem to be a bit power hungry for the A-55, however it does match well with the AKG K371's, so avoid the high ohm headphones with this unit. My only complaint is unlike the Pioneer player that this replaces, it has no line out function. Lastly, i have not used the Sony software, prefering to just drag and drop music onto the card when plugged into the computer, I do agree with others that the way it handles album art can be a pain, only have a few that refuse to behave. Overall I would say pick this up from Crutchfield and make your head happy.

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

Easy to carry while walking. Easy to use.

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Paper weight with a FM Radio!

Won't play on it's own and tried to download from a Mac and does't play unless connected back on the Mac. Won't load Into the playlist to play in the car or any other device. I've followed the instructions and tried everything, but no go! Who designed this? It's just a paper weight that plays FM. I'd give it zero stars!

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

Perfect for me to quickly start out compiling a digital hi-res music collection for car and home. Wanted at least CD quality and the Walkman does this.

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Sony NW-A55 Outperformed My Expectations

The Sony NW-A55 is a great walkman! Pleasantly surprised to learn that it will support microSD cards greater than 128GB; I loaded a 256GB microSDXC card and pushed a 156GB library to it with no issues! Bluetooth is easy to use and I have setup multiple devices including connecting to my truck, all with clear playback. The Music Center software takes some getting used to, I used iTunes previously, and it can be a bit slow to load music and process commands. A big plus appears to be it's Gracenote CD DataBase song information acquisition setup; I was able to fill in a lot of gaps in my library iTunes couldn't solve plus the information gets logged with the music files so it will back-populate an iTunes library as you play songs from that software. Music Center also supports home network broadcasting so I can use the PC software to wirelessly play to my home theatre receiver. Overall this has been a great upgrade and I can finally retire my outdated iPod!

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Apple computer users beware: 'content transfer app' is horrible+small

If you plan on pairing this with the Sony WH-1000XM4 headphone's Crutchfield recommend's keep this in mind. You will NOT* be able to use the Sony Headphones connect app as it is not* built into the player or Apple computers. You will need to 'upgrade' to the Sony NW-A105 just for that feature alone even if you don't want the Wifi capabilities it offers. =( If you plan on using this walkman on Mac OSx software and hate using iTunes/Apple Music as it creates a back-up library which hogs GB storage in your hard drive there is a workaround. Download VLC media player and make the playlists in there. Then open "Finder' on Mac and drag/drop mp3 folders and playlists in there. I minus-ed one star on my review but other's will find this annoying. This was not designed for Apple products. There is no reason a company like Sony could not have ported the Sony Media Center windows uses ! Instead Apple users are stuck with the horrible 'Content Transfer App'. [Actual photo of size below with no way* to 'maximize window'] -Mac Mini M1 on Big Sur 11.1

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'Upscale mp3 player'

Expectations were high for this high res player. Sound is typical Sony - good. A little light on bass though. Pairs easily. Not sure if the upconverting is all it's cracked up to be as I cannot tell much difference. Not sure how to get streamed high res music on the player - once I figure that out we will see how much better high res really is

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

It's even better than I thought. Size is perfect; screen is super responsive. Easy interface. Sounds great!

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Sony walkman

I love my new A55 Walkman. I paired it with the Sony Bluetooth headphones and I couldn't be happier with the quality. Most new electronic devices have a learning curve that takes a while to figure out however this Walkman is a breeze from the start. I would recommend this mp3 to anyone and would purchase again if it was somehow lost or damaged beyond repair. Always pleased with my Sony products and my purchases from Crutchfield.

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

Lots of storage & sounds wonderful!!!

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Great, but battery life is subpar

The sound is amazing! However, I do not know if I received a faulty unit or not, but the battery life is definitely not what is advertised. This is especially true with the sound modifying features on. With wired headphones it is clocking in about 5 hours and with Bluetooth headphones, significantly less. I have visited the Sony website to look at how to correct this and its advice is to basically turn everything off, which limits the features significantly. I really want to like this player, but I am thinking of returning it. Also if you own a MAC, the Sony software is abysmal. Especially if you have MAC OS Big Sur. It is barely compatible. PC is better, but there needs to be a "conversion" of files to ensure all the correct metadata is included in the files and that it shows up on the player.

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Not as easy to use as an I Pod!

Nice unit and FM radio works great... Unfortunately , not like an Apple product and downloading all of my stored I Tunes, from my PC, remains a mystery to me? My Bose wireless Bluetooth ear buds don't want to sync either? Maybe I'll figure it out...

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

Could not be more pleased. The Sony NW-A55 far exceeded my expectations and needs. Software and device performs flawlessly.

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

with this little device I can honestly say I now sleep every night with Rosanne Cash ... and won't disturb my neighbor who happens to be next to me in the same bed (my wife) I can listen to music all night !

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Awesome sound quality

High quality sound from hi-res music, even from 16bit material. Makes the sound richer. Downsides are when copying music files over, make sure no more than one album has the same title, such as "Greatest hits" or it will group all the songs from other greatest hits to the same album. Battery could be better, but depends how often you use it.

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

Great sound quality. App is cumbersome have not been able to import playlists made in app to device.

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Sony Walkman

Quality product. Reasonable price.

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

Returned the first one because it only lasted 10 hours. Its replacement is the same so I guess it is the standard. Other than that it is a good player but I wouldn't buy another one.

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

A great portable music player . High quality sound and lots of features. It would be a great gift for any music lover.

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Player 5 Stars, Software/Cable 3

Actually 5 stars for the player and 3 for the Sony software and proprietary cable. So far, I really like the player. Sound is very nice both through bluetooth and wired ear buds (Haven't tried through a good set of headphones yet. It sounds much better in my car than my phone on Bluetooth. Controls are fine, I like the buttons on the side to control basic functions. I had a Sony MP3 player in the past, and had to use the Music Center software, not a big fan, but it is the only way I found to really get all the album info transferred to the Sony players and have CDs (not a playlist kind of guy) play properly (You know how crappy it is when the tracks on The Wall are played in alphabetical order instead of album order?) . Along with the "must use" software, I also don't understand why Sony can't get into the 21st century and use a USB-C cable for data transfer/charging. Especially since if you try to buy a spare, you need to go aftermarket and can't buy one from Sony. Booo.

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Almost perfect

The sound is great but the user interface is a little kludgy.

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

Put a 512 gig card in it filled it to the brim and it works flawlessly ! Software is easy to use and it doesn't hog up your computer with duplicate files.

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Walkman runs!

Great item. Easy to use. Tons of storage for songs (after adding the microcard, sold separately). I don't know why I didn't purchase one of these sooner.

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

great shipping. Sony has finally got me the walkman that I have always wanted THANKS SONY.

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love it

excellent product so much better thanm apple ipod cooler look too love it!!1

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Great Music Player/Storage device!

After careful consideration and research, I chose the Sony NW-A55 for my music storage and playback. Having grown weary of Apple products' proprietary software upgrade requirements, increasingly awkward interface, storage limitations, cost and reliability issues, I made the switch to Sony. So far, so good. I really like the storage expansion capability via Micro SD Card Slot and that you can drag and drop music files cross platform on Mac or PC, without proprietary software. I loaded my Sony player up with a 256gb Micro SD card and it works great! It also reads high quality audio files of many types. Very versatile.

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Sony NW A55

I have 2 A45's and this A55. I like the bluetooth performance and the software.

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LOVE it!!

I absolutely LOVE my new Walkman! To have a dedicated music player that just plain works and sounds terrific is wonderful! No more cloud music for me (thanks a lot, Google Play Music, lol). As far as the Sony Music Center software: I downloaded the app on both my computer and my phone so I could get a feel for it beforehand. It's not perfect, but it's workable, and I'm satisfied. I can easily transfer music with it, and edit info to songs, etc. If I can't occasionally get the cover art to show on the Walkman, oh well, I can still hear the music and that's what's important. The NW-A55 is a nice solid device that delivers what it promises. Now I only need to hook it up to our Sansui 9090 and rock the house down! :) Crutchfield, you people are awesome, you shipped it in 2 days, no problem! (And the biodegradable packing peanuts? Beautiful!! Plus, fun to watch dissolve!) Well done, well done, ladies and gentlemen, my hat's off to ya! :)

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

Great product. Easy to navigate and great sound. Works well with Bluetooth headphones. Very pleased with Crutchfield's customer service - the walkman arrived way before I expected.

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Happy Customer

I'm SUPER happy with my product and with the timeliness of its arrival !!!

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

A couple of notches above the standard MP3 player especially in terms of sound quality. As I understand it, most MP3 players are playing mostly compressed files while this SONY unit un-compresses the files using technology usually reserved for much more expensive players. Connecting with bluetooth to my headphones was a little tricky - read and follow directions carefully.

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

I really like this Walkman it's easy to use and user friendly and has great sound

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

Excellent toy to start with,since I am old school I was more then pleasantly surprised.My entire collection on one device.sound reproduction is nothing short of stunning-have tried three different headphones and all were remarkable hands down.The higher priced walkmen are something to really consider,since this was a gift I am not complaining at all.

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Great music player replacement for a phone

I bought this player on sale in order to have a better experience than my phone, and to have a radio to listen to at work. The new model has android, but no radio, but if you don't care about radio and don't want to have to use the proprietary cable Sony uses check out that one. I just ordered a spare cable. Anyway this player is great, for this price, a bargain, and has an excellent dac. Which you can plug into your computer and use as a dac. The instructions say 128 gig is the limit, but my 256 gig works fine,holds my entire collection. Still working my way through setting up playlists and the like but the interface is very intuitive and easy to use, and the sound is great, I plug it into my preamp and use it with my audio system, it competes well with my other hard drive setup that I use for my files, mostly flac. The blutooth I cant use with my truck, it interferes with my phone, but the aux sounds better anyway. With my full size phones it is a portable high end audio system. If you don't care for android or a cheap phone dac this player is a low cost alternative, so is the "fat bear" case I put on it. And the price is right.

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Strong value DAP

Very good DAP overall. Nice size, great metal build and touchscreen use, with outstanding battery life. My biggest gripe is that you must use Sony's proprietary software for UI, which isn't intuitive or consumer friendly. Having said that, the outstanding sound quality makes it worthwhile.

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great music player

great sound quality! love this. highly recommended.

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great player, almost perfect

Got my NW-A55 about 6 weeks ago and have been putting it through it's paces. Firstly, Crutchfield, as usual, was awesome. Player arrived a couple of days after I placed the order. As for the player, it sounds great. Overall, it's just a bit warmer than my old iPod nano, and a bit punchier down low when the volume is up. I think, overall, it's a pretty smooth and clean sound. The controls take some getting used to (coming from an iPod), but are pretty intuitive once you swipe through all the menus. I also like having the hard buttons on the side to control the player. I chose this player over the Android-powered NW-A105 because it had better battery life, but also because it could be used as a USB DAC and had Bluetooth send/receive functions, which the NW-A105 does not. The build quality is top-notch and the player definitely has some weight to it. It feels solidly built and I hope it will last me as long as my last two players!

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

Device performance is good, but the Sony music software is a bit flaky. One star deducted for that.

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

I was tempted to purchase a digital music player of lesser quality. After learning about the Sony Walkman players and reading about their quality, I figured it would be worth the price. Although it is not their top of the line product, I am very satisfied with this purchase.

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

Easy to use and sounds great. Has nice features for the price.

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

I do really like it. Nice size and weight--feels solid. The display, menus, and the navigation among them is intuitive. Sounds good and supports lots of formats. However, it's slow to start, hard to see in even moderately bright light, and the proprietary Sony connector are negatives. Like I said though, I'm glad I bought it.

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

Great sound with HiRes tracks and easy to set up and use. Only the proprietary cable keeps it from being a 5 star product

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NW-A55 review

I bought this for my wife. She absolutely loves it and is very impressed with the sound quality. I may have to get one of these for myself as well Great product.

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Sony NW-A55 Walkman

super product..unimanginable amount of music (with excellent fidelity) on this rather tiny device. it is a bit complicated to utilize all the features, but it just utilizing all the features

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Awesome!

Love this thing! Connects to Bluetooth, can use it as a DAC for phone etc to make sound better! Good price vs. features.

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I am very happy

I am very happy with my new Walkman. I wish it was bigger, like my smartphone. I had to upgrade to protect my investment, my music (2304)items and still counting with a 128gb microSD card, also a case and screen protector. I looked at three companies for free shipment. I went with Crutchfield because I can count on them, the two-day shipment. Order on 2/29/2020. They shipped my Walkman on 3/2/2020, it was delivered on 3/3/2020 at 4 p.m. by UPS. Crutchfield packed my product with those little white balls, thank you for protecting my product. It means a lot to me. Thanks

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