This walkman has great sound quality

The sound quality is amazing on LP2, and decent on LP4.

Sound quality is clear as CDs

The sound quality is significantly better than any of those players.

I have yet to experiment with LP2/LP4, but from what I've been hearing from a friend who uses it, the quality of those modes are good.

I would definitely recommend buying the Sony street style wrap around headphones (about $20 for standard and $30 for sports style) for the best sound quality without paying a fortune

The battery life is good and the sound quality is good as well.

quality will therefore never be better than 132kbit atrac3, which is quite good though and hard to tell from original atrac.

This is a great investment and if the quality of sound is important, then that's another reason to buy this product

My previous Sony MD player is over 3 years old and still sounds as wonderful as when I first bought it