NW-E063

The NW-E063 is a twelfth-generation E Series model offering 4 GB storage and MP3, WMA, and AAC playback. It uses a lithium-ion battery rated for 30 hours and includes digital noise cancellation in a lighter, thinner chassis that refined the E050 platform.

The middle-capacity version of the same refined late E platform and one of the cleaner examples of Sony's final fully classic entry-level Walkman formula. By this point the company had stripped away most of the weirdness that followed earlier generations and arrived at something much calmer. The E Series had finally earned that simplicity after a long route.