Product ReviewsSony Walkman Black (128 GB) Digital Media Player

NW-ZX2 awesome sound!

This player surpassed my expectations! I purchased for the hi fidelity sound. I only play flac hrs files for the sound quality is 100 times better than MP3. The player comes with 128 Gig of internal storage, I added a 256 gig micro sd card so I have tons of storage space. If you want the best portable HR player under 1000 bucks, this is the one.Read full review...

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Low Audio Power Output and Poor Battery Life

I am happy with the sound, the ease of use, and the built quality of this Sony player. There are two things I am very unhappy with. (1) The audio power output is very low. I'm not even using hard to drive headphones but I find a lot of music are just not loud enough. I later found out that the amp section of the player is only 15 mW rms per channel into 16-ohms; the iPhone 6, not built as a music player, provides 26.39 mW!!! Not sure why Sony design it this way. As it stands, it can only drive the most efficient efficient IEMs or headphones and not much anything else. What a shame. I also bought the Sony PHA-3 DAC/amp and that helps somewhat. (2) This thing's battery life is terrible. I pretty much turn everything off except the player and I can only get, perhaps, 5 hours out of it, and I'm not even playing truly high res files or using balanced headphone...Read full review...

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Solid full feature player

It is probably one of the best sounding portable players available, especially if you try it with double speed DSD files. But 5.6Mhz DSD use up 2 times the storage space of 24 bit 192k or 2.8Mhz DSD. Jazz At The Pawnshop took up over 7G. but you definitely can hear the increase resolution. The earphones also makes a big difference. The HIFIMan RE 600 is OK, but the AKG K3003i are really the ones you should at least use to get the best sound. Forget using big inefficient headphones like the Audeze LCD-3. The Sony does not have enough power to drive it effectively, but all the in-ear should be fine. You probably would use it for a portable device anyway. The battery life is pretty good even on hi-res files. I mostly leave wi-fi off. Charging time is a bit long though. You can also stream music and video and watch youtube with wi-fi. Of course that will shorten battery life. I mostly use the player to play hi-res music and am very happy with the sound quality.Read full review...

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Great sound and build quality.

Great sounding DAP, supports multiple Audio file formats, obviously high resolution audio files.
Very easy to move or delete files, compared to the Apple DAPs.
Highly recommended.

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Excellent Digital Music Player

The Sony NW-WM1A from the sound signature series is a digital audio player that can reproduce a great and realistic sound, has a marvelous battery life, and is so easy to use with its practical design and clean software. It also shows premium build quality.
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Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: toco-mortor

Top brand model for serious music audiophiles

Sony is the Top brand name for serious music audiophiles. This is a model before the newer version but it is a great player.

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Upgraded from NW-Z300 and worth the extra money

I upgraded from the Sony NW-Z300 DAP to this Sony WM1A and was able to A-B the sound. It’s more refined in the midrange and almost removed sibilance in vocals as the vocals got loud and strained a normal system. It has less mid-bass bloom, but is more realistic. The imaging and soundstage is wider and deeper with instruments better defined. The battery life is 12 hours with DSD/DSF files on High output. It can drive my IEMs and my Sennheiser HD-58X Jubilee (awesome combo) and Beyerdynamic DT-150 250 Ohm headphones (well, still sound a bit better on my BenchMark DAC3). It’s Sexy and feels good in the hand. It’s a portable reference. I have the USA model. Read full review...

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Best portable music player

I won a new Pioneer have had and A&K 120 and this beats them both. Sound quality is superb as are the ergonomics. It has some quirks. The volume buttons are slow to respond. Regardless it has good screen graphics and battery life is very long. It drives my Westone W50 earbuds very well but has a bit of hard time with my electrostatic over the earphones. No portable is capable of driving such a load without an external headphone amp. Buy this Walkman. Its a home run for the most part. I love it.Read full review...

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NW-ZX2 - Prepare to be Amazed

I have had this player for 2 years now. Yeah, it's expensive but I cannot dispute the quality of playing Hi-Res Vinyl 24bit/96 & 192Khz recordings - they are outstanding. Naturally a set of Hi-Res headphones is necessary - I am hearing/learning music I know really well, all over again. It is amazing and it has no successor, it is the bees knees. The only gripe I have it it has a long start-up procedure where it does a file update, every time you turn it on. This takes a minute, and I use it nearly every night in bed. Sometimes it tricks you and you open your music folder but then it cuts off and does the update again. If it wasn't for this, I would have given it 5 stars. In saying this, knowing what I know, would I still buy it? Absolutely!Read full review...

A little bit heavy. Battery and sound are good.

The battery can support continuous play for 8 hours. Mild use can support 4 days. This device has good sound. His analysis of high-definition sources is very powerful.

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: heavyhomer87