he probably isn't bothered, he's burning in not listening, small point..

signing out as Noble-Geezer for the last time... it's been fun.   My alter ego will be back soon...

Flac is gapless

  +1   Have to agree with that, he's superstar in my eyes, he went completely beyond 'call of duty' once phoned me at home from half-way around the globe when I was deciding on whether to get a DX100 or not, his advice was invaluable, great guy.

    This must seem like a dream to you... no firmware updates, no endless re-tagging and you managed a chunk of burn-in, boy are you going to have a stress free flight...         Edit... my ZX1 is in Paris, bloody thing has gone on a site-seeing tour Tokyo, Shanghai, Delhi...

  Some of the best advice I received was from Currawong, it's the sum if the parts that go to make a good rig it's not always the best gear that wins out, it is what suits your ears & how you want to hear your music that matters.   Here's a good example... my new Sony F887 is a superb bit of...

  it's pretty obvious you've never been to West Ham.

  Congrats Mimo     ~~ - 10/12/2013 - Tuesday 11:28 In transit NEW DELHI IN 04:36 In transit SHANGHAI CN 01:38 In transit SENNAN-SHI JP - 09/12/2013 - Monday 22:16 In transit NARITA-SHI JP 18:34 Left FedEx origin facility TOKYO-KOTO-KU JP 11:26 Picked up TOKYO-KOTO-KU JP - 08/12/2013 -...

  I daresay if you hang in the thread a while all will be revealed, Anak's already teasing us.     Helps if you don't plagiarise the reviewers comments to suit your device, one wouldn't want to think the Author of the review was being lazy (yes I was gullible enough to check).

  and here's me thinking it was me, damn Sony.

  Can't argue with that... compared my Z1070 to a AK120 and decided there was no improvement (to my ears), so decided to stick with Sony.   For less than the price of a AK120 in the UK I got the F887, PHA-2 & ZX1.

  this post is just ummm errrr awesome, this thread should be re-titled & prefaced with 'awesome'

  Keep an eye on your spam filter, I've had a few emails from Price-Japan end up in there.   I bet they're well busy trying to get orders out, Mimo's got shipped yesterday.

  $2k USD (=£2k GBP) that's pretty outrageous, still best not to look the gift-horse in the mouth as it's probably waiting for the next firmware update.   btw our ZX1's have shipped (FedEx), saying it's a Thursday delivery, as your a lot nearer you should get yours before you go.

    ahaa assuming the budget price(sic) is $1500, that'll equate to £1500 in the UK (AK dealers like to milk the cash cow over here).   You could buy three ZX1's for that money, small point if you're worried about memory space and you're not up for swapping the odd album between devices.

  could be as they're rushing out a AK140 (keep it quiet, it's a secret).

  Another man's ears are not your ears so I figure the only way you going to find out is to invest in one, we look forward to your thoughts.   This 'cheap' sexy looking Walkman Hi-Res/DSD DAP certainly appears to be drawing the interest of owners of more exotic equipment, guess Sony must be...

  ok I think it's dawning on me from where your coming from (I think), would I be right in thinking an analogy like a cassette player wheel-noise at low volume, that used to drive me up the wall with that incessant wheel turning rub noise(?), it would go faster or slower depending how far into...

  Soon as I get the ZX1 I'll tick both the DSEE & DN boxes and that'll be it for me (it's how I like to roll), I only use Clear-Bass for certain albums where I want & enjoy serious bass impact at full volume. I wouldn't call me a 'audiophile' as I can't stand neutrally based systems that have...

Mimo, I intend to be using it to connect to a Hi-Fi via a DAC for the main, I'm also going to have a bit of fun to see if can be used with my Plantronic USB headphones that I use for Skype, the mids on those is pretty excellent imo but you'd expect that with Plantronics being aimed more at...

  fingers crossed for you Mimo, think mine ships tomorrow as I added that WM-Port-Female USB to our order yesterday, probably pee'ed-off my mate in doing so, day late & all that. 3xZX1's should be with us on Friday.  

  You keep going on in threads about this 'tac' thingy, I have never heard anything in the background on any of my Walkman's, silent at full volume or playing. I do get a bit of microphone 'air' on older recordings but that disappears when the music starts or the vocals kick in.

  I'm seriously rethinking about buying another WM-Z, love that Sony it has a touch of warmth that I love & miss.     I'll let you know in 3-4days, in truth I don't expect much difference if any.   Quote:   I wouldn't bother with Clear Audio or Sound Surround it brings nothing to...

  no doubt owners will notice that the screen resolution wasn't carried over from the prototype.  

  Why thank-you Rudi, you'll also notice the white thingy at the top right of the photo, the team at AK loved that thingy so much they modelled the volume knob on it.