Sony Walkman D-EJ011 Silver Personal CD Player

Excellent sound ... best to buy non-Sony earphones to optimise sound quality ..I use 'BRAINWAVZ DELTA' ( £14 on Amazon )which are high quality aluminium units and very highly recommended ....incredible sound at the price ! Plus Points Excellent detailed sound quality similar to that of a traditional hifi 'separates' system 3 sound modes including bass boost (Modes 2 and 3 offer 'Bass boost' if you really want it ! ) Great looks and hopefully Sony longevity, engineering excellence and quality components ! No skipping when jogged /shaken Good volume level and high quality 'hifi' sound attainable ( but ONLY with high quality earphones.!) Minus points Buttons on side of unit are all black, very easy to press the wrong one ! Battery removal can be fiddly for older users ! Small LCD display with battery meter can be difficult to see in poor light!

I bought this to replace a super cheapie Alba player with unreliable controls, but guess what - the Alba, when it works, sounds much better than the Sony, which sounds so smooth that all the life has been sucked out. Every CD sounds bland ( and this is with expensive full-size headphones) A minor complaint is the virtually unreadable display and poor control buttons which I would gladly forgive if the sound was better. I expected better from Sony - a definite thumbs down for this one.

I decided to buy this Sony CD player to replace my old Sony that died a couple of years back .... R.I.P I miss you :-( For the last couple of years I have been listening to Mp3 tracks on my iPhone (ripped at best quality) but I really don"t think you can beat the sound of a proper cd spinning away in a player. I only intend using this in the same situation as my previous player and that was climbing in bed at night and listening to a good old classic album and drifting off to the days of good music :-) So having just bought 3 CDs from Amazon I resisted the urge to rip and play on my iphone, and wait for the player to arrive. On unpacking I obviously chucked away the freebie head phones supplied with the player and plugged in my Sennheiser PX 360s and hit that play button to listen to Bowie - "The Next Day" and straight away something wasn't right ... Certain tones and frequencies seemed to be missing ... Ok I thought ... Mr Bowie hasn't" been in the studio for a while maybe his engineers have forgotten what settings they used the last time he was in :o) ....... or just maybe the headphones don't suit the machine. Now I'm no sound engineer but the sound was rubbish. So I unplugged the phones and plugged in a pair of £30 JVC ear canal type phones and this time plumped for The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus oh yes a classic album indeed, but the sound was still not up to my expectation :-( so I tried yet another pair of £60 JVCs but no amount of messing with the Mega Bass settings would improve the sound quality .... So I decided to do exactly what I set out 'not' to do and that was to listen these albums as mp3s on my iphone and the verdict ...? Perfect, all the tones etc spot on :-) ..... So either I have a duff machine or Sony cd Walkmans have gone down hill .... As much as I hate to say it, I think the latter .... I am so, so disappointed 20 odd quid down the pan so back to Mp3s for me. My personal opinion ? Buy this player if all you want to use it for is to listen to Audio books, but if you're a lover of great quality sound ... Forget it you will be more than disappointed believe me. Quinny

After my old Walkman (which I had for about 15 years) gave out I needed a replacement as I have a large collection of CDs and needed to be able to play them from a portable machine. Problem was that portable CD players are now old fashioned in this age of downloading and there are not many on the market. This Walkman model was the nearest I could find to my old version. It's pretty much the same but a little lighter in weight and all of the function buttons are plastic rather than metal. Also, my old version had a hand strap, which is missing in this model. Aside from these differences the sound quality is very good and it's easy to use. The price was good too. Not sure if this model will last as long as my original Walkman so I am thinking of getting another one as a standby!

I bought this as a present for my father who is disabled with a stroke and is partially blind and deaf so that he could listen to books. He has now been using it for 2.5 months every day. The volume is sufficient that he can hear (so can we) and the tone is very good even without the extra bass. Yes, the controls are on the side and they are flush, but, once I had told my Dad where they were he has had no trouble in operating the machine, even though he can't actually see them. It has been dropped on the floor and trodden on as my dad had not realised he had dropped it -it just kept going without a hitch in the spoken word. My Dad has had no problem getting batteries in and out. If you have problems just get a bit of thin ribbon and lay it under the batteries, pull the ribbon ends when you need to get them out. I would suggest rechargeable batteries if you use it nearly all day, as it is quite battery hungry. Excellent, quality and very good value for the money so I would really recommend this Sony Walkman..

AS with most Sony equipment, you get value for money, quality and finish. This player does what it says, is fairly easy to operate and I found the earplugs very useful. But there is a down side. Any one with fingers bigger than a ten year old, will like me have trouble changing the batteries. Tucked towards the back, just to the side of the hinge, is a flap covering two batteries. With my average man size fingers, I have resorted to using a cardboard emeryboard to lever the batteries out. Bad design from Sony really lets this product down.

Rien a dire conforme a la description, est parfait, bonne qualité, vraiment o top, je recommande ce produit a tout le monde.

Not very loud

Ho una collezione smisurata di cd e non posso certo convertirli tutti in mp3 quindi alla rottura del mio vecchio lettore (di marca ma scarsissimo) ho deciso di passare a un prodotto Sony. Questo D-EJ011 è discreto, manca di alimentatore ma la cosa non è grave, non legge mp3 ma magari ne guadagna la semplicità, è assemblato bene. Ha però un difetto grandissimo: non ha volume! Se lo ascolti con una cuffia (Sony) l'audio è bassissimo! Le cose migliorano (ma solo di poco) con le cuffiette in dotazione, peraltro prive di protezioni). Pensateci bene.

Cela doit être assez difficile de trouver un baladeur CD de nos jour. En tout cas, il m'a bien dépanné. Le son est assez bon, le CD ne saute pas, la finition correcte et la durée d'écoute avec les piles est très longue. Bref, c'est (c'était) un bon produit.

La verdad es que se oye muy bien, y para lo que yo lo quiero que es para escuchar los cds de los e-books en inglés o los cds de la revista Speak Up, es estupendo. El único inconveniente son las pilas. Las agota en un santiamén.... Me he comprado pilas recargables para no arruinarme, pero es una lástima que no lo hayan modernizado a este respecto. Pero bueno, entiendo que es un producto a extinguir. Te da la opción de alimentarlo mediante conexión a la pared, pero no incluye el cable/cargador. Ese es un fallo!!