D-NE800

The D-NE800 sat in the practical middle of the compressed-audio CD Walkman range, supporting ATRAC3plus, ATRAC3, and MP3 playback in a compact body built to be easy to carry and easy to use. It leaned away from premium materials or styling and instead focused on giving users a simple way to keep a large library on a compact number of burned discs.

That practicality is what gives it its role. The D-NE800 is part of the point when file-based disc listening had become normal enough that the machine no longer needed to explain itself.