i'm using the A805 at the moment....it's a really good mp3 player...the screen is very sharp and detailed so if your eyes are used to watching small stuff, movies look good

the sound is also good, no background hissing or static...can't compare with other mp3 players on the SQ since i didn't do a comparison

now the BIG con that most ppl will mention...is that the 80x series needs to use sonicstage to transfer your songs...no drag and drop like the newer 61x and 81x series

I believe the thin round tube model would be Sony's NW S-200 series, not sure if they're still selling it as I didn't see it on Sony Malaysia's website anymore....

As far as i know, the nwz-a816 model is identical to the nwa-806 and that the most obvious difference is that the 816 model is drag and drop whereas the 806 needs to use Sonicstage to transfer songs...there are other differences between the 2, but I can't seem to rmb all of em at the top of my head right now...

Just remembered, the 816 model has no gapless playback and can't create on the fly playlists...

This post has been edited by duh2k: May 27 2008, 10:59 PM

I've used one b4 and it's pretty good. Though you might have to find the frequency with the least interference from outside sources