Sony NWZ-E474G

usability, price, size, design, sound

92% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

usability, design

price, reliability

100% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Good-sounding earbuds with excellent bass response. Plenty of EQ and DSP options. Terrific battery life.

No memory card slot. Lacks stereo Bluetooth support. Dated design.

Other Features and Conclusions Audiophiles typically sneer at EQ and DSP presets, as well as most other sound-enhancing algorithms that purportedly widen the sound field or artificially spotlight certain details in the music. Sony provides a lot of...

Excellent -sounding ear buds with superb bass response. Number of EQ and DSP options along with brilliant battery life.

Misses memory card slot and stereo Bluetooth support.

The Sony E Series Walkman NWZ-E474 really sounds good out of the box and is very user friendly to use.

The sound is great, display is nice and large to see , cover is pretty easy to use buttons super range of colours

Still been unable to add music while keeping the album title etc displayed. Extra carriers, which I don't mind paying for aren't really helpful for carrying/wearing

Very easy to use and to set up on my laptop

Very, very "fit for purpose

Sometimes if knocked the machine can turn its self back on using up battery life

sound quality

switches on by itself ; can't listen to all the tunes in one folder, if that folder has subfolders ; not very user friendly ; i prefer the other sony mp3 version, smaller and much cheaper

the only drawback for me is that it is missing a some kind of clip which would make it easier to carry around (clip to my belt or pocket) while on the g

Very few

The folders as seen when the unit is connected to a computer do not correspond to the ones on the device ; You cannot download podcasts into the podcast folder on the device ; The pictures you are given as wallpaper are landscape view but the screen is...

Menus are easy to understand and use. Sound quality good but the supplied earphones lack decent base and I have had to buy better quality earphones

I put it into a soft case to protect it and it was accidentally switched on. The next time I came to use it, the battery was dead. It should have some kind of lock which prevents it from being accidentally switched on e.g when it is in your pocket

Difficulty in downloading music. Several CDs come up as a title but try and play them and there's nothing there ; Some tracks have loaded but are incomplete. I'd like to know how to use the thing