The xylophone, the drums and the tropical themed samples tie together nicely.ĭynamics aren’t the easiest thing to listen for on a busy trade show floor but, based on our first impression, we'd be amazed if this Walkman isn't better on this front than any smartphone you can currently buy. Right off the bat, there’s some really nice detail in the synth sounds of the track's intro. We played an MQA stream of Liberian Girl by Michael Jackson from Tidal, and put on the £259 Sony h.ear WH-H910N headphones attached to the Walkman on the show floor. Depending upon the codec you’re listening to – those supported include MP3, WMA, FLAC, AAC, ALAC and MQA – you get a different moving image of the retro cassette tape and, while the splash screen serves no particular purpose, there’s some significant novelty factor. The NW-A100 supports hi-res music through DSD and PCM files up to 32-bit/384kHz. It does this by recognising instruments, voices and genres and calculating what has been lost during digital compression. Inside this PMP, Sony’s S-Master HX digital amp reduces noise and distortion as it delivers the hi-res audio, while the DSEE HX processor upscales any lower quality music whether locally stored or streamed. The Android 9.0 OS makes the device perfectly usable and gives access to all of your favourite music streaming apps, but the big sell is the Walkman app itself. It will set you back £320 (€350) when it launches in November. The NW-A100 comes in a tasteful choice of black, blue, ash green, red and orange, and has 16GB of internal storage. ![]() On the right hand side of the device are extra large volume controls and slightly smaller track controls, while on the bottom you'll find the USB-C charge port and microSD slot. It measures around 10cm x 5cm, weighs 108g and offers somewhere between nine and 26 hours of battery life, depending upon whether you also use noise cancelling or ambient sound modes. ![]() That includes the fine sound resistor chosen for its delicate handling of audio detail. ![]() It’s a palm-sized rigid aluminium frame that holds a 3.6in Full HD touchscreen, and it uses many of the same high quality audio components as the ZX line. The NW-A100 series is similar to the premium NW-ZX507 model.
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