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(More customer reviews)I bought one of these last autumn in Japan (at about the same price as shown here on Amazon)to go with my (JP only) Sony NW-S706 4 gb player and a set of Sony BT21G bluetooth 'phones. This little gem works quite well with the NW-S and even better with my newer Euro-spec Sony NW-A808 8 gb flash player.
It's apparently compatible with anything that uses the Sony WM-PORT connector, which so far includes the NW-A flash-based units (not the older NW-A HD units)and the older NW-S series.
I get more than 15 meters range in an open environment at the high bitrate setting, 10 meters range indoors with a wireless LAN running in the same room, and more then 8 hours play time with the A808 (have not run the unit to depletion yet, so not sure of the ultimate life span). With the 808 it takes 3 hours to deplete a full charge by one of four notches on the batt meter.
I get about 7 1/2 hours total time with the NW-S706, but a lot less usable range, more like 3-5 meters and sometimes a bit less.
Of course this is much reduced from the wired 30-50 hours of battery life one can get from these players, but the BT xmtr does use a fair bit of power after all, and there's no other BT solution that comes close in this class.
Sound quality is quite good (not audiophile but better than any iPod units currently available) with these combinations. The only issue, which is likely a headphone related one, is that one must use a neutral EQ bass setting to prevent a volume normalization effect. Strong bass is not there with this type of 'phone, it's a more neutral and realistic bass level.
Now that the NW-S units and the new 21G phones can be found in the USA (at prices about 20% higher than in Japan) this is a great accessory for anyone who wants to go wire-free.
If there's one issue, it's that this thing is quite small- one needs to take care storing it where it can be found again (!)
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