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Sound Clarity
Customers have a generally positive opinion on the sound clarity of the SONY Walkman NW-WM1A B, with some mentioning its amazing and unbelievable sound quality. However, a few customers noted that it requires good quality hardware or source material to fully appreciate its capabilities.
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Quality
Great sound and build like a tank.
Easy to use, good battery life, drag and drop music files to the device when connected to windows via included usb cable, about... Read More
Poorly designed and built hardware will only frustrate you.
The z1r, while it is a great headset, it is ridiculously big for listening on the street.
Price
I never listened to the zx2, but this player is well worth the money.
In all of my years of listening and purchasing equipment, you really do get what you pay for still applies.
At this price point, the buttons should illuminate whenever the screen is also illuminated.
Adding this to the button layout is a bit costly with regards to space and power supply requirements, but again at this price p... Read More
Shipping
After checking several brick and mortars with no luck, best buy etc, had to order another sony usb from amazon and have it deli... Read More
Competitiveness
I really like that sony went with a proprietary linux build instead of android.
For sound quality, wm1a is far better than zx1.
I chose the 1a over the 1z just simply on price as a few reviewers said that they liked the 1a better as opposed to the 1z.
I have 3 other dap's but this one is preferred.
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- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 65.4% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 105 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 22 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I update to this model from sony zx1 and my headphones are se846 ie80 and hd700
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Thats the reason i chose this model over zx2
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It just needs one recharge once a week if you listen to it 23 hour everyday flac
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
While the ak series have less than 10hour of battery life
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Some cons1 my biggest disappointment is that i cant search for my songs
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It means i have to go through my whole library to look for the song i want to play
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However you can save playlists and tags for easy positioning to your favorite songs
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