NEW Sony Walkman Z Series mini review!!! - Page 186

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Originally Posted by turokrocks 

I even downloaded the update manually directly to my PC and tried to update directly, but still the same!!!

 

What is your advice?

 

 

New FW version 2.00 for Z1000 series in Japanese

 

http://walkman.update.sony.net/fw/pc/Z1000/NW-Z1000_V2_00_0000.exe

 

New FW version 1.10 for F800 series in Japanese

 

http://walkman.update.sony.net/fw/pc/F800/NW-F800_V1_10_0000.exe

 

English updates should follow soon.

I didn't know they had another update so soon. I updated mines a few days ago and I think it was 1.27 version, not sure though. I'll try updating the new version and see what happens.

Last time all I did was restart and then update and it worked.

Finally! So happy for the update! :)

So, what do you all think of this update?  I like it.  I have noticed a bug in the stock player when playing lossless files. There is lag when selecting different songs,

sometimes as long as ten seconds.  But other than that it seems to be okay so far.

I've installed it... but I had to get on my wife's Alienware laptop... as my Macbook running VirtualBox wouldn't work for me.  Haven't had much playtime though... just ran  updates so far.

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Originally Posted by purk 

 

Yes, pretty much the same.  Nice to have Flac supports though.  I'm going to have to test it out for a few more days to see how it operates.  

After playing flac and wave files, It seems to have a little difference in sq between ics and gb,

my impression are:

gb has more bass

ics more is clearer but less bass

I've tried to factory reset my walkman and will test again.

Anyway, I'm thinking, may be the soundsig of F800 and Z1000 become the same since both are running ics now.

I'm not sure but may be it's just me

just updated to ics and did a factory reset as well...

putting all songs back in now.. it's gonna take a while...

for that walkman classics, the only thing it did is just the 360 pics?

edit: actually it can play music.. looks cool...

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Originally Posted by walkman_heart 

 

After playing flac and wave files, It seems to have a little difference in sq between ics and gb,

 

my impression are:

 

gb has more bass

ics more is clearer but less bass

 

I've tried to factory reset my walkman and will test again.

 

Anyway, I'm thinking, may be the soundsig of F800 and Z1000 become the same since both are running ics now.

 

I'm not sure but may be it's just me

Probably just you.  :)  Not sure about the bass issue...but I doubt that.  This maybe the difference b/w going from Mp3 320kbps to FLAC.  The F800 and Z1000 don't sound alike but equally satisfying. 

after ics update.. clear phase can only be used with supplied headphone... weird...

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Originally Posted by purk 

 

Probably just you.  :)  Not sure about the bass issue...but I doubt that.  This maybe the difference b/w going from Mp3 320kbps to FLAC.  The F800 and Z1000 don't sound alike but equally satisfying. 

Nope, before I only use wav files which is converted from flac file as a source

Ever since I used sony walkman x and z I've never go back to mp3

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Originally Posted by walkman_heart 

 

Nope, before I only use wav files which is converted from flac file as a source

 

Ever since I used sony walkman x and z I've never go back to mp3

Still the Z and F, don't sound the same.  I'm not sure if it sounds any better but all of the Z's original traits are still there in comparison to the F.   Over all the Z is much improved in terms of operation.  I found it is a little bit more responsive but the F still a bit more nimble.

I found the ICS to be light years better than the gingerbread.

Before the update, Z operation is sluggish and unresponsive. Dual core Z perform worse than my single core ICS xperia ray android phone.

It almost made me feel embarrassed to use Z in the public. "Who is that poor sucker with that bulky and outdated thing!!"

After the update, everything is smooth and responsive. Almost no lagging in the music library and  W menu pops up much faster too. The default video player can finally play .avi file.

The biggest surprise is probably the OTG playlist that Sony has finally incorporated for the players without sonic stage.

There are still some small issues like search function needed to be improved but overall I am very happy with this update. 

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Originally Posted by purk 

Still the Z and F, don't sound the same.  I'm not sure if it sounds any better but all of the Z's original traits are still there in comparison to the F.   Over all the Z is much improved in terms of operation.  I found it is a little bit more responsive but the F still a bit more nimble.

No problem bro, since I've never heard F800, just got some idea about it's soundsig based from the other thread

After factory reset it's almost same sq between  Z with GB rom and Z with ICS rom

But I still don't get it, Z with ICS is a little more brighter which makes my ear prone to listening fatigue

By the way I'm pairing my Z with tf10 + white angel cables

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Originally Posted by bestnaru 

I found the ICS to be light years better than the gingerbread.

Before the update, Z operation is sluggish and unresponsive. Dual core Z perform worse than my single core ICS xperia ray android phone.

It almost made me feel embarrassed to use Z in the public. "Who is that poor sucker with that bulky and outdated thing!!"

 

After the update, everything is smooth and responsive. Almost no lagging in the music library and  W menu pops up much faster too. The default video player can finally play .avi file.

The biggest surprise is probably the OTG playlist that Sony has finally incorporated for the players without sonic stage.

 

There are still some small issues like search function needed to be improved but overall I am very happy with this update. 

The difference between ICS and GB is so significant. The addition of allowing the GPU to do more rendering is one of the best parts, and the new Sony CEO is doing things right by giving us an ICS update. If this was under the old management, we would be stuck with the inferior GB. That said, I'm extremely happy with this. I don't even care if I'm getting Jellybean, because ICS is one of the best improvements right now from GB.

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Originally Posted by Vulpix0r 

The difference between ICS and GB is so significant. The addition of allowing the GPU to do more rendering is one of the best parts, and the new Sony CEO is doing things right by giving us an ICS update. If this was under the old management, we would be stuck with the inferior GB. That said, I'm extremely happy with this. I don't even care if I'm getting Jellybean, because ICS is one of the best improvements right now from GB.

I do hope we can get android updates in the future but I am not holding my breath either.

It's also interesting that both Sonystyle Canada and US have already discontinued Z1060 which is way too fast for their top of the line product.