Sony D-NF340 Personal CD Player

Pros: ID3 Tag display, 24+ hour playback, 700Mb CD-ROM compatible, Superb Sound Quality
Cons: Batteries hard to change, weak FM reception

My computer at work does not have a soundcard and I just picked up a CD by Klaus Schulze that I wanted to hear in CD format. MP3 players are great, but they tend to add noise during playback. The solution was simple, go to the nearest retailer and buy a ...

Pros: Doesn't skip,easy to use, does cds as well as mp3s
Cons: sound AVLS no longer works right. Attachment & ear buds stoped working.

Loved the Sony D NF 340 for 3 months. It didn't skip as I walked along listening to my books on CD's. Then the little round sound clicker stoped working.No problem can adjust sound from the unit itself.
Then the AVLS went out.(that has to do with the sound level). Problem was this limited me to raising the sound to the levels needed to hear the CDs as I walked along public areas. Also couldn't listen in bed with just one earbud anymore. (So much for laying on my side to listen before falling asleep). Just not enough sound now. I tried to get Sony to fix it, but they wanted 2/3 of the price of the unit to send me a refurbished one. And who can say how long that one will last?