£949 Walkman : Sony

HEADRAT · 7 Jan 2015 at 11:43

Hi,

Am I missing something, spec doesn't seem overly spectacular:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/30696416

seems like a lot of lolly!

Cheers

HEADRAT

rids57 · 7 Jan 2015 at 14:03

That's quite cheap for a top of the line media player, the Astell & Kern AK240 goes for over £2000

Uncle Petey · 7 Jan 2015 at 14:08

What makes it so special/What does it do that a phone can't?

HEADRAT · 7 Jan 2015 at 14:15

http://presscentre.sony.co.uk/press...music-lovers-who-value-the-difference-1103185

More info above

Ninja Pirate · 7 Jan 2015 at 14:19

It looks like its got the same silly HX Digital amp as the ZX1 which implies it's going to be pretty dreadful with IEM's once again...

opethdisciple · 7 Jan 2015 at 14:19

Looks like they are trying to reinvent the original ipod concept. I think it looks ugly and is way over priced.

kona786 · 7 Jan 2015 at 16:00

Ha yeah what a silly price. Anyone know the DACs it uses?

In other news I got my iBasso DX90 DAP delivered today. :cool:

Cookeh · 7 Jan 2015 at 16:26

^Siiiick! Make an impressions/review thread

kona786 · 7 Jan 2015 at 17:20

Cookeh said:
^Siiiick! Make an impressions/review thread

I'm excited too!

Got a FiiO F17 (PC Use) and Galaxy S3 to compare it to.

I'll have one up by Sunday. Will be testing with Fidelio X1's, IE80's and MA350's.

smilertoo · 7 Jan 2015 at 21:11

Nice, this will increase the sales of Pono.

ethan · 9 Jan 2015 at 00:19

Will this be volume capped like the others? If so forget it.

gjc10212 · 9 Jan 2015 at 11:20

These high priced (above £500) portable audio players are a joke. I have followed mp3 from the early days, and still own a portable mini disc player (mz-R909). It seems like a race to the top. Shure 846 (circa £900), Astell n Curd, iriver. Sony above all pushing the boundaries to see what the consumer will spend.

smilertoo · 9 Jan 2015 at 18:37

Story i read claimed this Sony walkman will increase the quality of your mp3s back to the hiDef quality it plays; this will impress the worlds audiophiles etc who have all been under the impression that the data lost from lossy codecs was gone forever. I wonder how Sony achieve this miracle.

Ninja Pirate · 9 Jan 2015 at 19:26

smilertoo said:
Story i read claimed this Sony walkman will increase the quality of your mp3s back to the hiDef quality it plays; this will impress the worlds audiophiles etc who have all been under the impression that the data lost from lossy codecs was gone forever. I wonder how Sony achieve this miracle.

Randomface74 · 9 Jan 2015 at 19:27

rip Sony

HEADRAT · 9 Jan 2015 at 20:10

smilertoo said:
I wonder how Sony achieve this miracle.

I smell something, is it sheep, no maybe cows. Ahhhhh I know what it is

mrk · 9 Jan 2015 at 20:25

Yeah I will stick to the z3 and 128GB SD card with Senn IE80s, the combined price of all of that leaves triple figures in change saved in your pocket too :cool:

kona786 · 9 Jan 2015 at 22:04

I have to say that the SQ from a decent smartphone is actually great these days. And factor in that you always have it with you and it has great software + screen + storage.

So indeed RIP Walkman + High end DAPS. My DX90 is heading back to the retailer.

ethan · 10 Jan 2015 at 00:10

kona786 said:
I have to say that the SQ from a decent smartphone is actually great these days. And factor in that you always have it with you and it has great software + screen + storage.

So indeed RIP Walkman + High end DAPS. My DX90 is heading back to the retailer.

Problem with that though is some of them are shaped and like the size of a brick

ethan · 10 Jan 2015 at 00:11

smilertoo said:
Story i read claimed this Sony walkman will increase the quality of your mp3s back to the hiDef quality it plays; this will impress the worlds audiophiles etc who have all been under the impression that the data lost from lossy codecs was gone forever. I wonder how Sony achieve this miracle.

Even if it could miraculously do that what would be the point if the out volume is so nobbled you wouldn't be able to hear it lol?