Everybody just carrying around their complete audio library doesn't know where they are going while on the go. I owned one of these, until it was stolen. I remember it fondly. The capacity was high enough to carry around more than you wanted to listen to in one day. It required some planning and time to change the library compared to nowadays, but it made you consider what you really wanted to hear.
I'm really tempted to go and buy one off eBay or somewhere like that. The controls seem simple and intuitive, and it has the early 2000s tech look that I really like.
I've had my Sony NW-E405 for around 18 years now and it still works. In that time I've gone through around 6 pairs of earphones for it, but the last week or two I've had to buy a new Sony player as I just cant get the Sonic Stage software to work anymore on Windows 10, bought new computer a while back, its a damn shame, but not bad for the £90 I spent on it all them years ago, thanks for the upload my friend .
I've got quite a few mp3 players but my favorite, and the one I still use daily is the Sandisk Zip Clip with Rockbox installed on it. It's incredibly tiny, sounds amazing, and has great battery life. Plus with Rockbox, it can do all kinds of extra stuff like play games, videos, etc. It can even play Doom. It cost about $30 new a couple of years ago, but unfortunately they stopped making it.
+Keith Fulkerson The sandisk clip looks great. I like the idea of having a big clip to attach to my shorts. Is there not still a version of the clip available?
Kevin Muldoon Yeah, they sell new ones that are very similar, but I don't think Rockbox works on the newer versions. They're still highly rated and have great features, but Rockbox just took it to another level. Search Amazon for 'Sandisk Clip'.
Indeed the best mp3 player for me as well! I got mine in 2006 and have stopped using it since 2008 because I had lost my charging cable. I just found out yesterday that the charging cable for the PS3 controller is compatible with my NW E407. It hasn’t been used for 13 years, I plugged in the cable and it showed the charging sign immediately. What can I say, 2.5 hours later it was fully charged and ready to go, all my music from back then still on it. :-) I found the full version of SonicStage on the web, downloaded it and it works just fine on Windows 10. Just needed to format (delete) all the music on the player (which wasn’t that much considering the time back then, haha.). Now I got some new stuff on it, so it really does work, couldn’t believe it myself. Cool video by the way. ;-)
That's awesome it's still working for you. Still my favourite ever MP3 player. I was always curious as to what Sony didn't stick with this form factor.
I have a bit of a newer one from 2007 with the twist mechanism as well, the NW-S703F, charges super fast but it only has 1GB of storage. Looks like it uses the same software too.
Omg I love Sony MP3 players of this vintage! I always wanted one cos of the portability and nice design but instead I went with a iPod for price/storage ratio.
I never owned an iPod. I had one of the creative jukeboxes that came out long before the ipod. The last big MP3 player I bought was the Microsoft Zune, which I imported from the USA to New Zealand (where I was living at the time). I am still baffled about why the Zune is portrayed as being bad in TV shows etc. It was soooo much better than the iPod's available at the time. It had great battery life, a high resolution screen, higher audio bit rates etc. I later gave it to my brother. I'll ask him if he still has it as it would be great to do a video about it. You can still pick up these older Sony MP3 players on eBay fairly cheaply. Batteries are still widely available too if battery life is a problem. I initially used mine all the time, but later used it mainly for running etc. Despite it being fairly expensive at the time, I've definitely had my money's worth.
Ah the Zune. I wanted one of those too as it were much better than the iPod. Back in the day I was really into audio players etc. Got quite a collection of Minidisc players/records until I moved onto iPod and then the whole smart phone killed it off. Obviously now with streaming much on the go. Its hard to go back to players like these now but I do get them out from time to time for nostalgia reason.
+evoGage Ahh minidiscs were so awesome. I was still using my Sony minidisc in the early 2000s. It was quite a good one as it allowed you to record too. I agree with you on minidiscs. When I was looking for a solution to the software issue for this MP3 player, I noticed that a lot of people who were looking for suitable software were doing so for their minidisc players. I was always perplexed as to why it took so long for the minidisc to come out. Can you remember that don't advertisement where the music executive dropped the minidisc out the window and then it landed and it was all ok. That was played all the time, but it was many years later we actually saw them for sale. I'm not sure as to whether this was purposely done by the music industry as they thought sales were affected. But the minidisc coming out late meant that just when it was finding it's stride, MP3 players were coming out.
I don't think it was that late. I remember recording music onto my Minidisc from Napster ('99?) through the soundcards analogue out. It was that or a cassette Walkman at that time I remember it was a good few years before we actually saw any MP3 players that are pocket-able! Them huge Creative Jukebox which you had were horrendous :D Obviously the downside is recording is done in real time and by the time NetMD came out, MP3 players were becoming a thing.
+evoGage I looked into this further :) The advert I was talking about was this one ruclips.net/video/KDCwCtZPpUw/видео.html The band singing that song is the English band Reef (good band). On their Wikipedia page en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reef_(band) it says their naked song was recorded and used in the Sony advertisement in 1994. I assume the advert was played around that time. I don't think I actually got a minidisc player until the late 1990s or early 2000s. When I went travelling through Asia and Australia in 2003 I took my minidisc player with Mr with lots of discs. However, I bought the large 20GB creative dukebox when I was in Sydney. I didn't think it was that bad. The little switch dial thing was a bit annoying, but it worked well. It was amazing how many albums it could hold. Going back a little further, when I was doing my post graduate course in 2001 a guy in the course bought one of the first ever MP3 players. It was a tiny running MP3 player. It was only 32MB but he paid about £150 for it via eBay (apparently that was a good price at the time). I don't think he even had enough space to put one album on it. You are right about Napster. It took a while before it became mainstream and services like LimeWire became popular. It's kind of crazy how much we take things for granted now as we all have this functionality on our phones.
I also have owned one of these for many years and I love it. Can you let me know where you got a new battery for it. Mine still works but does not keep the charge for long. Thanks.
The NWZ-E438F in my book is from my experience one of the best Made in Malaysia and i spilled coffee on mine back in 2010 and bought it in 2009 or so and it still works fine but the screen is scrambled.
i think the reason why this mp3 player was so great at the time was because it was directly competing with the ipod. unfortunately, the sony walkman sold probably 10 times worse than the ipod and so the budget for luxurious design was probably scrapped in favour of anything that was just "new design". the designs changed alot and i guess the main design team moved onto other products. Personally I'm fascinated with the way this thing feels in your hand
I don't think this was a competitor for the iPod. iPods were dukeboxes. This was a portable MP3 player marketed as being great for the gym. The shuffle didn't come out until later. Yeah it does feel great in the hand. Still the best MP3 player I've ever had.
I purchased a cable from eBay years ago that let me charge it up. It's a custom charging port so you'd have to find a cable that's suitable on eBay or somewhere similar.
The shuffle function doesn't work on mine. From what I understand, I need the CD it came with but I can't find it anywhere. Is there any software on the internet that I can download?
I just brought this from ebay uk, I had it before but got rid of it. But the one I purchased is in mint condition and this time I will be keeping it. I do agree that this specific walkman is possibly one of the good Sony Walkmans.
Does JSymphonic work without a driver? What happens when you plug it into your PC? Mine just charges but the PC does not recognise anything at all (as if nothing is plugged).
hi, ive just got hold of one of these , just like yours in 2gb, in superb condition ,but i can only get it too show up as a usb drive on my pc, does not show up in sonys media centre that i think has replaced sonic stage and media go software, any help in getting it working would be great
just bought another one of these in perfect condition in original box and packaging all complete with original earphones, how do i upgrade the software to 1.0 to 2.0
@@KevinMuldoon I think of sorted it now, I'm doing it all now, using sonic stage on my first one and trying J symphonic on this one, I got them both from ebay, I'm watching 3 others on there now, all NW-A608 blue 2gb with FM, there are some on there for £99 which is way too much
Hello Kevin, I had one during my class 11th, but I remember I ruined it while charging it through a faulty ac adopter. Went to sony to service, who later replaced it for me with the bean shaped version(nw- e305), as this one was out of stock at the time. Wonderful video. Can you please help me to find me one online. Thank you.
If it's anything like the nw-e507, which looks identical and is the previous gen model, you specifically need the SonicStage software to add/remove songs from the device. Hunt down the latest version SonicStage 4.3 and use that; it doesn't specifically support Win10 but I believe it works fine.
+Rob Gaggero I believe you'll get that error if you don't transfer music in the right way. Originally, you had to use SonicStage, but there are some alternatives you can use now that work with it. Check the link for JSymphonic that I listed in the description of this video. :)
Hello regards, friend, to ask you a favor if you have a way of telling me how I can update my wallman sony mp3 or if it is possible that you have the drivers for this in advance I thank you.
Everybody just carrying around their complete audio library doesn't know where they are going while on the go. I owned one of these, until it was stolen. I remember it fondly. The capacity was high enough to carry around more than you wanted to listen to in one day. It required some planning and time to change the library compared to nowadays, but it made you consider what you really wanted to hear.
Olá amigo como faz pra colocar música nele? Eu tenho um desse e está sem música
I'm really tempted to go and buy one off eBay or somewhere like that. The controls seem simple and intuitive, and it has the early 2000s tech look that I really like.
I've had my Sony NW-E405 for around 18 years now and it still works. In that time I've gone through around 6 pairs of earphones for it, but the last week or two I've had to buy a new Sony player as I just cant get the Sonic Stage software to work anymore on Windows 10, bought new computer a while back, its a damn shame, but not bad for the £90 I spent on it all them years ago, thanks for the upload my friend .
Yeah it's turned out to be a bargain. It's a pity Sonic Stage doesn't work anymore.
Perhaps some open source music software would still work with it.
@@KevinMuldoon yeah I'm giving that link you posted a try mate , many thanks .
@@darklord1134 you're welcome.
I've got quite a few mp3 players but my favorite, and the one I still use daily is the Sandisk Zip Clip with Rockbox installed on it. It's incredibly tiny, sounds amazing, and has great battery life. Plus with Rockbox, it can do all kinds of extra stuff like play games, videos, etc. It can even play Doom. It cost about $30 new a couple of years ago, but unfortunately they stopped making it.
+Keith Fulkerson The sandisk clip looks great. I like the idea of having a big clip to attach to my shorts.
Is there not still a version of the clip available?
Kevin Muldoon Yeah, they sell new ones that are very similar, but I don't think Rockbox works on the newer versions. They're still highly rated and have great features, but Rockbox just took it to another level. Search Amazon for 'Sandisk Clip'.
+Keith Fulkerson What did Rockbox allow it to do that it couldn't before?
ZIP CLIP ROCKS. Its my goto player now that my Sony wont load music.
Indeed the best mp3 player for me as well! I got mine in 2006 and have stopped using it since 2008 because I had lost my charging cable. I just found out yesterday that the charging cable for the PS3 controller is compatible with my NW E407. It hasn’t been used for 13 years, I plugged in the cable and it showed the charging sign immediately. What can I say, 2.5 hours later it was fully charged and ready to go, all my music from back then still on it. :-) I found the full version of SonicStage on the web, downloaded it and it works just fine on Windows 10. Just needed to format (delete) all the music on the player (which wasn’t that much considering the time back then, haha.). Now I got some new stuff on it, so it really does work, couldn’t believe it myself.
Cool video by the way. ;-)
That's awesome it's still working for you. Still my favourite ever MP3 player.
I was always curious as to what Sony didn't stick with this form factor.
Where did you find the Sonic Stage download?
The Wikipedia page links to an archive of all installations archive.org/details/jp.sony.omgjbox
I'm on my phone just now so can't check those.
I have a bit of a newer one from 2007 with the twist mechanism as well, the NW-S703F, charges super fast but it only has 1GB of storage. Looks like it uses the same software too.
That's amazing it still works. I love tech thaykasts for decades!
@@KevinMuldoon same, I miss when gadgets were unique and interesting like this and companies weren’t afraid of trying new things
Omg I love Sony MP3 players of this vintage! I always wanted one cos of the portability and nice design but instead I went with a iPod for price/storage ratio.
I never owned an iPod. I had one of the creative jukeboxes that came out long before the ipod. The last big MP3 player I bought was the Microsoft Zune, which I imported from the USA to New Zealand (where I was living at the time).
I am still baffled about why the Zune is portrayed as being bad in TV shows etc. It was soooo much better than the iPod's available at the time. It had great battery life, a high resolution screen, higher audio bit rates etc. I later gave it to my brother. I'll ask him if he still has it as it would be great to do a video about it.
You can still pick up these older Sony MP3 players on eBay fairly cheaply. Batteries are still widely available too if battery life is a problem.
I initially used mine all the time, but later used it mainly for running etc. Despite it being fairly expensive at the time, I've definitely had my money's worth.
Ah the Zune. I wanted one of those too as it were much better than the iPod. Back in the day I was really into audio players etc. Got quite a collection of Minidisc players/records until I moved onto iPod and then the whole smart phone killed it off.
Obviously now with streaming much on the go. Its hard to go back to players like these now but I do get them out from time to time for nostalgia reason.
+evoGage Ahh minidiscs were so awesome. I was still using my Sony minidisc in the early 2000s. It was quite a good one as it allowed you to record too.
I agree with you on minidiscs. When I was looking for a solution to the software issue for this MP3 player, I noticed that a lot of people who were looking for suitable software were doing so for their minidisc players.
I was always perplexed as to why it took so long for the minidisc to come out. Can you remember that don't advertisement where the music executive dropped the minidisc out the window and then it landed and it was all ok. That was played all the time, but it was many years later we actually saw them for sale. I'm not sure as to whether this was purposely done by the music industry as they thought sales were affected.
But the minidisc coming out late meant that just when it was finding it's stride, MP3 players were coming out.
I don't think it was that late. I remember recording music onto my Minidisc from Napster ('99?) through the soundcards analogue out. It was that or a cassette Walkman at that time
I remember it was a good few years before we actually saw any MP3 players that are pocket-able! Them huge Creative Jukebox which you had were horrendous :D Obviously the downside is recording is done in real time and by the time NetMD came out, MP3 players were becoming a thing.
+evoGage I looked into this further :)
The advert I was talking about was this one ruclips.net/video/KDCwCtZPpUw/видео.html
The band singing that song is the English band Reef (good band). On their Wikipedia page en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reef_(band) it says their naked song was recorded and used in the Sony advertisement in 1994. I assume the advert was played around that time.
I don't think I actually got a minidisc player until the late 1990s or early 2000s.
When I went travelling through Asia and Australia in 2003 I took my minidisc player with Mr with lots of discs. However, I bought the large 20GB creative dukebox when I was in Sydney. I didn't think it was that bad. The little switch dial thing was a bit annoying, but it worked well. It was amazing how many albums it could hold.
Going back a little further, when I was doing my post graduate course in 2001 a guy in the course bought one of the first ever MP3 players. It was a tiny running MP3 player. It was only 32MB but he paid about £150 for it via eBay (apparently that was a good price at the time). I don't think he even had enough space to put one album on it.
You are right about Napster. It took a while before it became mainstream and services like LimeWire became popular.
It's kind of crazy how much we take things for granted now as we all have this functionality on our phones.
I also have owned one of these for many years and I love it. Can you let me know where you got a new battery for it. Mine still works but does not keep the charge for long. Thanks.
It was a long time ago now, but I believe I picked it up from either eBay or a random online store that popped up when I searched for the battery. 👍
The NWZ-E438F in my book is from my experience one of the best Made in Malaysia and i spilled coffee on mine back in 2010 and bought it in 2009 or so and it still works fine but the screen is scrambled.
Had one in middle school. Kids on the school bus would get psyched by the screen.
i think the reason why this mp3 player was so great at the time was because it was directly competing with the ipod. unfortunately, the sony walkman sold probably 10 times worse than the ipod and so the budget for luxurious design was probably scrapped in favour of anything that was just "new design". the designs changed alot and i guess the main design team moved onto other products. Personally I'm fascinated with the way this thing feels in your hand
I don't think this was a competitor for the iPod. iPods were dukeboxes. This was a portable MP3 player marketed as being great for the gym.
The shuffle didn't come out until later.
Yeah it does feel great in the hand. Still the best MP3 player I've ever had.
Any cable you use to charge this?
What is the safest ways to charge this without damaging battery and other components?
I purchased a cable from eBay years ago that let me charge it up. It's a custom charging port so you'd have to find a cable that's suitable on eBay or somewhere similar.
The shuffle function doesn't work on mine. From what I understand, I need the CD it came with but I can't find it anywhere. Is there any software on the internet that I can download?
I'm not sure. I recall sonicstage was still available online somewhere, bite it's been years since I've checked.
@@KevinMuldoon Yeah, SonicStage doesn't want to download on Windows 10. I'll get the XP machine from the storage and try that.
I own two of these beautiful Walkmans. I have them on display
They're still my favourite MP3 player.
@@KevinMuldoon And I've recently bought two Sony NW-S703F 2GB models! One in Black the other in Purple. Should arrive soon!
I just brought this from ebay uk, I had it before but got rid of it. But the one I purchased is in mint condition and this time I will be keeping it. I do agree that this specific walkman is possibly one of the good Sony Walkmans.
Even the good old minidisc was good
Does JSymphonic work without a driver? What happens when you plug it into your PC? Mine just charges but the PC does not recognise anything at all (as if nothing is plugged).
ive just got a perfect condition one too, just want to get it working to use it
Nice video! Does it sound better than the nw a35?
+ozzie burt I've not heard there new audio devices so I can't make a comparison.
No
Do you have firmware for this model?
Unfortunately not.
What software did you use? Gc phonic?
These devices had a sony software that you had to use to transfer mp3s to the device. He mentions this topic around 18 minutes.
so true king
that battery you ordered looks bigger than the mp3 player
hi, ive just got hold of one of these , just like yours in 2gb, in superb condition ,but i can only get it too show up as a usb drive on my pc, does not show up in sonys media centre that i think has replaced sonic stage and media go software, any help in getting it working would be great
You'll need to use different software to manage the music files. I listed one in the description area.
Help me, how to add music on media player? Sonicstage? But format error
just bought another one of these in perfect condition in original box and packaging all complete with original earphones, how do i upgrade the software to 1.0 to 2.0
I haven't used this for years so haven't looked.
Where did you buy it? I wouldn't mind replacing mine as the connection still isn't great.
@@KevinMuldoon I think of sorted it now, I'm doing it all now, using sonic stage on my first one and trying J symphonic on this one, I got them both from ebay, I'm watching 3 others on there now, all NW-A608 blue 2gb with FM, there are some on there for £99 which is way too much
£99. Wow. Yeah that's a lot for an old MP3 player. Especially when there are many newer equivalents.
@@KevinMuldoon my first one was £8 and the one delivered today was £10.50
Ahhh ok. That's cool. yeah that sounds more reasonable. I might look into it myself.
great video tx
+Konad Benz You're welcome.
Hello Kevin,
I had one during my class 11th, but I remember I ruined it while charging it through a faulty ac adopter. Went to sony to service, who later replaced it for me with the bean shaped version(nw- e305), as this one was out of stock at the time. Wonderful video. Can you please help me to find me one online. Thank you.
+Madhurjya Saikia Only place I think you could find one now is eBay. I suspect you will still be able to find some used ones on there :)
I habe a 512 mb if you are interested
@@KevinMuldoon Thanks Kevin. I know am late to reply. I appreciate your answer. I still haven't got one yet. So i ll look it out on e-bay.
@@gaboaaa23 Do you still have it? If yes do let me know the model number!
No problem. Best of luck finding one.
How did you change the volume?
The buttons at the top of the device which are the side of the twisting part.
@@KevinMuldoon Thanks.
Class videos, can you give me some tips on reviewing stuff?
+JayKY Tech & More Thanks for the kind words.
Not sure I'm the best guy to advise you. What were you unsure of :)
I'm going to be doing a review of the Nintendo Switch and it will be up by Saturday, could you watch and tell me how I could improve? Thanks
+JayKY Tech & More Yes I can check it out
How Can I transfer music to the Walkman on MacBook ? Please help me
I don't have a Mac so I'm not sure which audio apps are compatible with it.
I have one.. and I can't figure out how to transfer songs from my laptop into this mp3 player
If it's anything like the nw-e507, which looks identical and is the previous gen model, you specifically need the SonicStage software to add/remove songs from the device. Hunt down the latest version SonicStage 4.3 and use that; it doesn't specifically support Win10 but I believe it works fine.
So sad, I have a "Format Error" :(
Finally it works :D I had to create a folder called "OMGAUDIO"
Kevin Great Video ,A good Friend gave me one it keeps saying no data?any suggestions
+Rob Gaggero Mmm does that mean no MP3 files have been transferred?
I plug it in and pc does nothing just keeps saying no data,Thanks for the reply Awesome video!
+Rob Gaggero I believe you'll get that error if you don't transfer music in the right way. Originally, you had to use SonicStage, but there are some alternatives you can use now that work with it.
Check the link for JSymphonic that I listed in the description of this video. :)
Thanks Kevin!!
+Rob Gaggero No problem. Good luck.
Can anyone recommend a player which also plays ogg??
Cowon Iaudio, iRiver Spinn
Bought one yesterday for amazingly cheap 15 euro including shipping in suoerb condition
Nice. That's a great deal. Mine still plays up unfortunately so I might have to buy another one.
when it still plays, why do you have to buy another one?
It disconnects a lot because of the internal wiring.
you mea if you connect it vi usb to the pc? the 2 gb one you want find any soon! Thats forsure. Curently 1gb is on ebay
No it's the headphone jack area that is a little messed up
I just bought one 🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛
7:23 how to void you warrant
Why would you have to worry about voiding your warranty on a product that is years old?
man my joke failed
Hello regards, friend, to ask you a favor if you have a way of telling me how I can update my wallman sony mp3 or if it is possible that you have the drivers for this in advance I thank you.
Sorry I don't have the drivers, but I linked to software in the description area that helps you manage it