HiFi Blog: digital audio goodness

Sony updates their flash models’ names to something humans can remember: about freakin’ time. So now:

NW-E407 → Walkman Core
NW-E307 → Walkman Circ
NW-E107 → Walkman Bean

I hope other companies follow that way too—if the product’s name is stupid, how are the people supposed to discuss it?

CNET is giving it props for the great battery life (46h!), good FM reception and smart pop-up USB jack (watch the video for this), but the background hiss during playback (which, while not easily distinguishable, is a major drawback) and the slow transfer rate (0.55MB/s) keep this player to a rather average 6.4/10 rating.

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Some landline connection problems kept me offline for most of last week. I spent the weekend scanning the stories I missed—here are some worth noting:

DVD Jon comes to the US to work with MP3.com founder: why, oh why, would a wiz kid would want to partner with a man who may be bold but fails [...]