Music plays a major role in our lives. Sometimes it serves as a relief from the loud traffic, or it gives you company in an elevator all the way up to the top floor.
Most people keep their music on their phones as it’s easier to carry it around. However, some of us still like to keep our tunes on MP3 players. Ever since the birth of the iPod, it is customary to compare every other player to it.
Sony has brought out its latest addition to its Walkman line of players -- the NWZ W252. The first thing that you will notice is its weird design. The wires form a heart. It’s also available in vibrant colours and looks quite attractive. The headphones make the player itself and are joined together by a magnetic lock.
Once you put them on, it looks as though you are wearing Bluetooth headsets. The fit is a bit uncomfortable and your ears start to ache in half an hour. Personally, I am not a big fan of in-ear headphones. But that doesn’t mean that the audio quality is not great with them. It’s just that the fit just makes it annoying at times.
They tend to fall off no matter what you do. That apart, the design is pleasant and is definitely going to get some eyeballs. The main music controls are on the bottom of the right headphone. The earlier version -- the NWZ 202 -- had a jog dial, but it’s replaced by simpler controls in the NWZ W252.
While the right headphone has the forward, play, rewind, volume and charging port on it, the left one has a single button for shuffle mode. The controls are located in the right position, which makes this player your ideal gym companion. Since the buttons are located so close to each other, you may mistake the volume button for ‘play’. Chances are that you may leave it on shuffle almost all the time, so the controls shouldn’t be a problem at all!
Another interesting feature is the Zappin mode which gives you a preview of every song in your folder till you find the right one. Once you do, just press play! Zappin works like a charm for those who have a billion songs on their player. To get into Zappin mode, hold down the jog lever for about 3 seconds or so. And the most innovative feature is that it has no power button. Just pull the headphones apart and press play.
1 comments:
Thank you for the info. It sounds pretty user friendly. I guess I’ll pick one up for fun. thank u
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