[musicday]

The gold Walkman will compete nore directly with Lotoo Paw Gold, so let's wait and hear what people say about the sound quality.
So it is confirmed that the DSD playback is native,or is converted to PCM?
September 2016, finally a proper powerful music player from Sony

 

[jagwap]

interesting ...

was at the local Jaben store shooting the breeze when the prices came in

MDR Z1R, Black Z DAP and the desktop amp are all 2100$ US or thereabouts

the Gold DAP is around 3000$ US.

the chassis of the Gold DAP is made of copper, and the black from titanium/aluminium.

I hope your pricing is more right than mine !

OK, copper explains the cost and weight difference.

 

[deafdoorknob]

The gold Walkman will compete nore directly with Lotoo Paw Gold, so let's wait and hear what people say about the sound quality.
So it is confirmed that the DSD playback is native,or is converted to PCM?
September 2016, finally a proper powerful music player from Sony

I didn't ask further, upon knowing the prices but overhearing the two staff members, it's android based and native dsd decoding

 

[jagwap]

I hope it works with Walkman OS, not Android please! And also USB 3.0...

But I want Android with wifi: direct streaming apps, podcast access, huge flexibility. Basically a PDA with a huge battery, and a killer DAC and headphone amp.

Stick a sim card in there and it's my next phone

 

[Mimouille]

  Are we absolutely sure that it will have the 250 mw into 32 ohm in balanced mode?  I hope that I am not dreaming.

Does this mean it will have the same power as the Lotoo Paw Gold (500mW@ 32ohms)

 

[nanaholic]

So from the rumors and bread crum hints:
* proper balanced output
* powerful output, possibly no need for an external amp under most circumstances
* high memory capacity
* "exotic" material versions
* no strange humps or sharp corners in the design
* Sony's excellent touch screen interface with physical buttons
 
If they throw in native DSD and a decent battery life, all the usual Walkman DSP options and they pretty much checked all the features that is needed for a proper AK flagship killer and fight them toe to toe in the luxury DAP segment, the rest will be up to the objective measurements and the subjective listening test.

 

[goldendarko]

Anroid for tidal and I'm in

 

[musicday]

Is this just a music player,or it can be used as USB DAC,to stream,internet?

 

[seeteeyou]

 
Demo will be available @ Sony's U Space in Beijing this Sunday from 11:00 to 18:00
 
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/4761784197
 
E05-8 Ceramics Third Street, 798 Art District, 4 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
 
Text/Call 18500197625 to sign up.

 

[ButtUglyJeff]

I wonder with all the additional power, will the new Walkmans be noisier with sensitive in ears?

 

[jagwap]

I wonder with all the additional power, will the new Walkmans be noisier with sensitive in ears?

There may have been some innovation on the background noise, but balanced almost always adds 3 — 6dB of noise.

 

[Mickice]

Not a fan of the MDR-1000X, hopefully this model sticks with Bluetooth and we get to keep production of the simply stellar MDR-100AAP.
Been rocking the Bordeaux Pink 100AAPs since launch, best time of my life. 

 

[proedros]

https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/blog-news-from-sony/ifa-2016/ba-p/2215288

 

[ToroFiestaSol]

New flagship headphone!

 
Anyone knows more about this? MDR-Z1R is flagship closed back and this...the flagship open back?

 

[Sonyvores]

it's live guys!
https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/blog-news-from-sony/ifa-2016/ba-p/2215288