The SONY Walkman line is the best sounding to these (and my wife's ears). She auditioned everything player she could get hold of and the SONY won hands down. She bought the 8gb S version walkman and is very happy with it.
I had a 20 GB Creative Zen for many years and recently upgraded to the Zune 120gb. I think the Zune sounds pretty good - certainly better than the iPod.
In head a to head comparison the SONY beats the Zune, but not by much. If SONY had a high capacity model, I would have bought a SONY for myself.
Also, one other nice thing about the SONY - you do not need to install ANY software to manage the player.
I had a 20 GB Creative Zen for many years and recently upgraded to the Zune 120gb. I think the Zune sounds pretty good - certainly better than the iPod.
In head a to head comparison the SONY beats the Zune, but not by much. If SONY had a high capacity model, I would have bought a SONY for myself.
Also, one other nice thing about the SONY - you do not need to install ANY software to manage the player.