I don't see Sony selling these in the US The target market of these devices are Asia, namely Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China. That's why they hold this press release in Hong Kong But then again, the DMP-Z1 itself will be a very, very exotic device. Sony probably estimated only about 5 or 10...

From my guess, USB 2.0 is to be compatible with a wide range of devices with USB Audio. About storage, I agree, at that mind-blowing price, one would think Sony should use SSD instead, especially when the price has gone down and SSD provides real advantages to music playback

The M7 and M9 sounds like the PERFECT iems for J-Pop and Anisong, given that they are tuned by engineers and musicians from SMEJ Can't wait to get my hand on those, been searching for something that can perfect the Japanese Pop Music for so damn long

May save some cash for the SE15 solely because of its design Possibly one of the most unique design in any kind of mobile device right now IMO

Of course, being HR doesn't guaratee no clipping. Just like CD there's bound to be bad HR. Uchiage Hanabi isn't really that great mastered even in HR But, if you listen to ClariS's Hi-Res, you can see they are the perfect example of good HR music with great DR ranging from 8 to 9 For Liz to Aoi...

It's HDTracks, there are too much upsampled crap. I've been collecting and listening to Hi-Res music from Japan (mainly anisongs), and I can tell you, it is definitely high quality stuff And I always buy Hi-Res digital because I don't want to deal with the hassle of importing CDs from Japan, not...

Maybe Lantis mastered the album at 32bit 384kHz before releasing in DSD? And If I remember correctly, some of Sony and Tascam's pro studio gear have support for Hi-Res recording, so the studios in Japan can buy and use them for their Hi-Res release I don't know about the west, but high...

Liz to Aoi Tori (Hibike Euphonium's side story movie about Nozomi and Mizore), which was released 3 days ago in Japan, got its OST available today And it's on FREAKING DSD128 5.6MHz Holy shiet, Lantis and Kyoto Animation stepped up HUGE on their Anime Hi-Res OST with this one

To me it's the Sony XBA-N3AP Amazing sound quality: Warm sound signature, clarity across the entire frequency with rich, deep bass, smooth mids and sparkly treble. Decent soundstage and stereo imaging. Vocal sounds like having the singer literally sings directly next to your ears, stand out...

A quick question, anyone here has the AK70 MKII Yui Ogura Edition? It just looks so damn pretty. Seems like Astell&Kern Japan is trying to compete with Sony at releasing anime / seiyuu version of their DAPs.

Episode 10 of VE hits you harder than a truck ...

You can register to rakuten pay, they accept international cards so you can buy from mora, i've been using it since. Their registration page is also available in english for convenience And they also give you points for every purchase which you can use to get discount on purchase.

You can buy it on mora for 2400 yen (HR version), or go to Melodic Star's YT to listen to it

Guys, finally I've found the perfect high-resolution anime music combo for my own satisfaction. Planning to get an affordable 2.5mm cable on my next pay check Anyone rocking the same combo as mine?

Haven't watched Fate Apocrypha yet, but I just listened to its second ending And holy jesus, the song is ridiculously good and the singer just nailed it (She goes by the name of ASCA - a new artist from Sony's Sacra Music, probably from their audition a few months ago). Her voice is so sweet and...

mora, a Japanese online music retailer run by Sony, is cutting down the price of some DSD albums on their website, up 50% in accordance to the update of its music app which now supports up to 11.2MHz (really?), but whatever, the point is Japanese music are usually crazily expensive...

So Apple switch to APFS file system in iOS 10.3 from HFS+, which may have resulted in a bug on USB Audio data transfer for Mfi certified USB DAC and CCK-DAC However, I've found a solution that could possibly permanently fix this issue: 1. Install iOS 11 Beta (Preferably beta 1 since there is...

Actually Alice & Zouroku OST is also released the same day as this Saekano Character song lol

Saekano Character Songs in Hi-Resolution sound source out today in Japan and it has all the best song from the character songs for both season of the anime (including 2 latest insert songs by Megumi) I swear I've never hit the buying button this fast before And this particular Hi-Res version...

I can put up with the expense if it's my favorite artist though Storage-wise, I got way more than enough (256GB) and both my DAC and my phone can be fast charging too so I don't really think battery should pose a major problem either way

They don't really sell those kind of music in my country, so I usually sneak in Mora and buy them And why bother with the lossy format when the HR format is just about 500 yen more?

Any Hiroyuki Sawano's piece of art in Hi-Res is highly appreciated, if only I got enough money to buy both :(

Rejoice, HA-2/HA-2SE and Portable DAC/AMP iOS users! I've updated my 7 plus to iOS 11 Developer Beta. And it looks like Apple has addressed the problems with USB Audio data transfer. I've used my HA-2SE for nearly an hour and so far no analog signal dropouts (some digital signal disconnection...

If you are running 10.3.x then this is an universal problem by Apple, not only Oppo but other DAC/AMPs are suffering this as well

Nice, you won't regret it This single, in both AAC and Hi-Res version, became first in Mora's single ranking in a single day after its release for the AAC and 3rd for the Hi-Res format Looks like this song, along with Eromanga Sensei, and Claris's Hitorigoto, is immensely popular right now. I...