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🎧 Sony D-NE518CK: ATRAC3/MP3 CD Walkman with Car Kit - Optimize Your In-Car Entertainment Review

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Details

BrandSony
Includes MP3 player?Yes
Media Format TypeCassette

Description of 🎧 Sony D-NE518CK: ATRAC3/MP3 CD Walkman with Car Kit - Optimize Your In-Car Entertainment

Portable CD player compatible with MP3 files and Sony's ATRAC3plus compression technology. Includes SonicStage CD Simple Burner software to facilitate ATRAC3plus CD burning from MP3 files and from other CDs. Skip-free G-Protection technology eliminates or reduces skipping during many active uses. Includes car kit with remote control for easy listening on the road. 40 hours playback with 2 AA batteries (not included).

Reviews

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Revainrating 5 out of 5

Best CD player I have had in years

I am very happy with this CD player. It handles skipping VERY well and most CDs that won't play on all other CD players will play just fine in this one. It produces great sound and the included car kit works better than anything I've found. Some people complain about ATRAC. . . I just don't bother and listen to MP3 CDs instead and have never had a problem playing them. I've had other Sonys that died quickly but this one was very durable. I bought this to replace my Rio CD player (I had a good…

Pros
  • Great for a small home
Cons
  • Protection

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Excellent CD player for MP3 files

This player delivers what it promises. I don't like playing MP3s at 48kbps, but I'm glad I can play 170 songs at 132kbps in 4 minutes. an average song and a 700MB CD (their claim) instead of the staggering 490 on a CD. The fine print on the back of the box was blue and very difficult to read. So be careful, a 300MHz Pentium II processor is the minimum requirement for the Atrac3Plus compression software. I won't list all of the other computer requirements, but I encourage you to review them…

Pros
  • Absolutely amazing!
Cons
  • Difficult to say

Revainrating 3 out of 5

UNRELIABLE - Portable CD Players

I searched the internet for about a month for the perfect MP3 player and finally bought it as it had many features. I used this in my car almost every day but couldn't play MP3s due to poor sound quality. Even with a new CD and a 128kbps recording, I couldn't get CD sound from my Sony. But I was able to get CD quality sound on my old Panasonic (which I got rid of because it didn't tag songs) and on my computer. To make matters worse, atraks sound worse than mp3s and you can't play them on your…

Pros
  • Price
Cons
  • Security

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Small things aside this is a very decent product

This MP3/ATRAC/CD player with car kit was just what I needed to play MP3s in my car. I keep the player in the glove box and leave the "remote" outside to swap songs. It's cheaper than buying an MP3 head unit for your car. The first (and so far only) MP3 CD recorded with the Musicmatch Jukebox worked great. I have a regular stereo in my car so the sound quality is "good" as I'm not a music lover. I usually listen to news radio anyway. :-D By slightly adjusting the volume on the CD player and…

Pros
  • One year trial
Cons
  • Clarity