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ssk_the_gr8
ssk_the_gr8 Original post #1
May 18, 2007 at 7:18 PM
man..... this is my third post....today :D
which is the best if u take music as the main consideration....i've been having this argument with my friend for days...i personally think w series is better what do u'll think?....he also says that nokia 6270's speakers r very good & it is really good for listenin to music..is it true?
Ankur Gupta
May 18, 2007 at 7:39 PM
No way 6270 cannot match SE Walkman line of phones..
6233 which has stereo speakers and has good sound quality but SE Walkman phones will beat it too!
ssk_the_gr8
May 18, 2007 at 7:42 PM
man it has been so hard to convince him..he says that he has personal experience....of both series of phones & he just wont agree :(
K
krazyfrog #4
May 18, 2007 at 7:58 PM
6270 also has stereo speakers just like 6233 and has equally good quality. So your friend is right. The phone with the best sound quality through headphones is currently N91. But the other N-series phones aren't nearly as good. All the walkman phones have good quality but still N91 is the best. So there is no proper answer to your question as to which series sounds best. All the walkman phones have good quality but only one from N series manages to outperform them all while the others from N series aren't quiet close.
maskorama
May 18, 2007 at 7:59 PM
walkman series beats all for personal music usage!!ot evn a single nokia moto bleu or any can match upto its in ear quality....it used to lack onda loudspeaker front though wich has nw been rectified with da new models!!
infra_red_dude
May 18, 2007 at 10:26 PM
i can't comment on n91 or 95 coz i've not personally experimented. but w series from SE beats any n series below those two phones including n73me.
rohan4pal
May 19, 2007 at 9:31 AM
yaa i agree with infra red dude...............coz my brother is usin' N80 but da sound quality is average as compare 2 walkman series............
max_demon
May 19, 2007 at 9:43 AM
Sony Ericsson always wins. see w550 triple speakers !!
K
krazyfrog #9
May 19, 2007 at 10:09 AM
^^ SE W550i has only two loudspeakers and not three. The front speaker is only used in calls and not for music.
Y
yogi_7272 #10
May 19, 2007 at 11:11 AM
for music through earphones walkman is best .. and yes n91 is very good too... but for video playback n series rocks .. specially n73 with its huge screen .. :D ..
ssk_the_gr8
May 19, 2007 at 4:31 PM
ive heard people complainin abt n91 earphones not being good so...if it is the best then with good earphones it would sound amazin i guess :)
K
krazyfrog #12
May 19, 2007 at 8:57 PM
^^ Yes the default earphones of N91 don't sound as good as walkman phone default earphones. Thats why many people think that the sound quality of Walkman phones is better than N91. But with if you use a pair of high quality headphones with both N91 and walkman phone then N91 will definitely sound better, almost as good as iPod.
dhan_shh
dhan_shh #13
May 20, 2007 at 10:26 AM
Hearing 'Music Quality' is purely Subjective!

There is no point in 'fighting' which is better SE or 'N' !

IMHO,Nokia N91 & N95 have gr8 music capabilities,no doubt but still SE Walkman (particularly W950i) has a 'final punch'.
(This is purely my personal observation as I have all the three mobiles).
deathvirus_me
May 20, 2007 at 12:18 PM
Well , SE will only give u music .. N series is rather a combination of music , imaging and above all , Symbian :D ..
bhushan2k
bhushan2k #15
May 20, 2007 at 12:35 PM
I also agree that SE phones are the best for musics. But what about Nokia's upcomming 5700 XpressMusic. It has crystal clear Hi-Fi Stereo sound as said in nokia's site :
here

Also there is more extra features in nokia's phone like 16 M display colors (like 6300, 6700, few N-Series, few E-Series) which is today's best display colors and not available in other manufacturers like SE, SAMSUNG, Motorola etc.
Quiz_Master
May 20, 2007 at 1:26 PM
Even though I am a Nokia FAN, I must say that SE is better in Music department.
But I like Nokia for its overall functionality. In processor speed and PDA usage even Nokia N72 can outperform any SE phone.
D
dtox #17
May 20, 2007 at 8:46 PM
the name itself says "WALKMAN" its made for music!! xcellent headfones, good speaker,and ofcourse.... MEGABASS!!! :D

btw, i tested n73me and se 810i with seinheiser 450.. tough competition.. but the megabass in se truly comes to life.. no amount of fiddling with n73 eq. helped me achieve that kinda bass.. but w/o megabass, both sounded pretty similar..
J
just4fun #18
Sep 10, 2007 at 11:43 PM
krazyfrog said:
^^ SE W550i has only two loudspeakers and not three. The front speaker is only used in calls and not for music.

hi krazyfrog...
do any new model SE Walkman has 2 loudspeakers........
infra_red_dude
Sep 11, 2007 at 12:24 AM
as of now, no SE Walkman phones
haf stereo onboard speakers.
rockthegod
Sep 11, 2007 at 3:27 AM
krazyfrog said:
^^ Yes the default earphones of N91 don't sound as good as walkman phone default earphones. Thats why many people think that the sound quality of Walkman phones is better than N91. But with if you use a pair of high quality headphones with both N91 and walkman phone then N91 will definitely sound better, almost as good as iPod.

Just experimented with a friend's N91 with Senheisser HD headphones as well as my W850i... N91 music quality is quite good but that of W850i is definitely superior... :)
entrana
entrana #21
Sep 11, 2007 at 6:56 AM
its already obvious se rocks at music, but at imaging walkman series are just decent
infra_red_dude
Sep 11, 2007 at 11:59 AM
^^^ yes, walkman phones give decent imaging devices. but K series are really good at it!
azzu
azzu #23
Sep 11, 2007 at 8:36 PM
yup infra u said it rght but N series hav also good imaging (than K )
entrana
entrana #24
Sep 11, 2007 at 9:30 PM
depends though i mean for 13k w810i is really good. compare nokia n70 and it has bad imaging and bad music. n72 is already horrible. i am trying to say u shud compare it with something of the same price range. i dont think we can compare this with a n73 or something