Another Update!! X-1000 Touchscreen Walkman 19th May release date - Page 4

That'll be my exact rig too... cannot wait. I'm on pre-order through Amazon UK.

Ha ha ha ha.... could it be that time is actually moving in reverse while the wait is taking place?

Another person anxiously awaiting the release too; hadn't seen this little write-up until searching today on Google for some reason.
http://jonchoo.blogspot.com/2009/01/...with-oled.html

is the "digital amp" part a genuine plus? or marketing ?

ie what are Sony's normal internal amps on their DAPS ? could they be digital anyway ?

Most definitely the real deal, and not marketing hype. Soozieq can field this one better.....

thanks very much - very interesting

I hope it sounds amazing - if so I'll get one

that said I recently bought a Pioneer mid-end AV amp with digital amp stage .. and to be honest I didn't like the sound that much - but this is a very different beast so

mmm perhaps I should wait on getting that touch ... would go a long way towards the Sony

I personally LOVE the marble effect I think it looks very sleak

after your post I redid a search on google images for photos of the new unit

I was talking about the sides - I hadn't realised there was a similar effect on the front (and presumably rear) too

front looks a bit like someones dropped glitter on it !

the new amp im sure is good but there is no way to say if it will be better or worse than the old ones. my sony 829 holds up better in hardware tests than my 636 does though i prefer the 636 as it does not hiss nearly as badly.

it all comes down to this: if it sounds way different, the sq has to be messed up because improvement should sound only barely differently but should be noticeable. remember placebo.

Tell me about it, it's like waiting for a sweet video game system 360-PS3, or a Zelda game or MGS, GTA, GOW, Halo wars or God of war 3, ect , ect to be released,... That is if your a gamer Nothing is hyped as much as a big release game, and such a long lead time. Killzone 2 for example, announced 2005 I believe, and going to be on shelves at the end of this month.

The digital amp in this player is one of sony's high end ones. I have listened to many mini discs with digital amps. Sometimes they sound good, sometimes they sound awesome. Digital amps use less juice, but require digital filters to shape the sound and most don't need output caps- from what I understand. The last sony player I listened to with a "higher" end (faster sampling rate) digital amp was the mini disc recorder RH1 . It sounded amazing, so heres hoping.

The iqube is an example of a class d amp done right. I don't think any of sony's previous daps have used class d amps. Just their MD units. But I really think that in most cases the class d amps are just better at heat and power management, not a marked sonic improvement over a class A a/b amp.

That being said, I do think sony's daps have been getting better sounding with every gen. Less noise and more clarity, with their signature beefy-bassy slightly V shaped/forward sound sig. The new s630/s730 tested pretty flat across the spectrum with little variance and very low noise. Something I think older sony daps would have trouble with.


http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/produ...f_walkman.html

mmm well in 2 days time I'll be comparing my S639 to a new Fuze

Fuze/clip is one of my faves Although I prefer the more up front presentation and treble energy of the s639 with my new IE8s. The fuze has no dips or valleys from 20hz to 20khz with a simulated load and very low noise with sensitive iems, good stuff. I just bought another clip at walmart, they have the 8gig on sale for 49.99. I need to thin out some daps.

http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/produ...ansa_fuze.html

Look how low the frequency deviation is from 20 to 20. Of course these are just numbers, but you can see the player performs very good with a 30 ohm load.

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soozieq - was it the S639 from ARgos - I don't remember it being in the half price sale ?

the S729 was though ?