As far as I remember only Nokia N91’s default headset could output fairly admirable sound quality, whereas other devices, even positioned as music-optimized solutions, were shipped with headsets that left much to be desired. Regrettably, the same goes for Nokia 5300, although it sounds ridiculous to save coin on a music handset’s earphones, since here everything comes down to sounding. With the default headset plugged in, the 5300 stays far and far behind Walkman series – music is simply non-penetrating, basses are too quiet, in a nutshell the quality of headset is lower than average. However everything turns upside down, when Walkman’s headphones get connected to Nokia 5300 – sound turns out to be pretty clear, while overall volume is slightly higher with Nokia 5300.
But thankfully, the company included into the sales package AD-50 adapter, allowing for use of standard 3.5 mm jack, hence you can just plug in own earphones and enjoy completely different level of sounding, which proves to be on a par with Walkman 1G.
