I am selling the Sony NW-WM1A Walkman. If you're looking at this, you know what it is. Battery life is great. I only ever used this with the unbalanced side, but if you have balanced in ears or headphones, this works with those. I got this from Japan because of ATRAC support (most do not need...

Sony's Music Center for PC works. I noticed the change in how it looks in Windows Explorer vs the WM1A but I drag and drop mostly so not a big deal. Sounds like Foobar would need to be fixed. Sony is most likely not changing how it presents things.

Battery observation. I am traveling today so I have the A307 with me. I decided to use it via bluetooth (EAH-A800 with LDAC) and not wired. I've used it fairly solid for 5ish hours. I'm down to 58% battery. I'm playing a mix of 96 and 192/24, DSD, and 44.1/16 FLAC. If the Android battery life...

I just got a 1TB microSD card for the A307 and transferred the stuff from my NW-WM1A (internal and the 512GB microSD). I put the 512GB into the full size SD adapter into my PC and transferred it directly to the player. It took about eight hours. Transferring the 128GB internal of the WM1A to the...

Gotcha. Mine is the Japanese with no cap so cranking the amp up things got distorted.

I listened with the Hiby app. I didn't really hear any difference other than when I touched the amp slider. The EQ unfortunately can double because the Settings app is system wide so you would basically have to put it flat and then use Hiby based on my little test. If you add the Hiby's EQ on...

Sony's soundstage in my experience is always decent. Not outerspace massive, but fairly wide. The WM1A is definitely more analog sounding than the A307 but we're splitting hairs.

I have historically run wired but I've always tweaked a bit. The controls on the WM1A are pretty simple - just bass, middle, treble. Not all Sony tweaks can go over bluetooth from the A307; DC Phase Linearizer and Vinyl Processor cannot. Playing around with the A307 EQ a bit more, it's closer...

It appears it is a difference in the Walkman OS vs. Android here if your WM1AM2 also transmits EQ over bluetooth.

Based on your post, I looked at the EQ settings of Hiby Music. It's the same EQ bands as the Walkman itself with the only difference being the amp setting. So I'd say set EQ in the Settings app from Sony and maybe boost the amp for some punch. I found it's easy to overdrive it, though.

Windows Explorer also works. However, it will barf if one of your files is corrupt or messed up.

I know how it all works but thanks for assuming I don't. A big difference as I noted is that the EQ from the A307 is applicable across BT whereas it was not on the WM1A so you're not totally just hearing the DAC of the headphones per se. The BT signal is colored vs. the WM1A where it was not...

Quick initial impressions of the NW-A307 including a comparison to the NW-WM1A. I used the recent 2022 192/24 hi-rez remaster of Journey's Escape album. It's not one of the best sounding albums ever but that version is arguably the best it will get. I find it a good test since it's hard to make...

If you want to see pictures comparing the new NW-A307 to the NW-WM1A, I put them here: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/new-sony-walkman-nw-a300-series-android-12.966467/post-17387986

Setting it up for English is easy. Just tap the language pop down (currently set to Japanese) and select English.

Look what arrived today from Japan. I have listened to it yet, but it's super cute. I love the blue color. It's very well made. I had a much older A series from Japan 10+ years ago and it was not as nice as this. As an FYI, the OS and default stuff takes up about 13 - 14GB of space. I plan on...

I only ever use a DAP when travelling. At home I use components (varies dependent on room) and usually physical media. To me, at the end of the day, whether it was one of the Android ones or the WM1A (which I have as well), it's about the app playing the music and the Sony experience to me has...

Forgot about those. I still have my Z1070, F807, and ZX1 floating around here somewhere. IMO Sony NOT using Android proper on the NW-WM1A and NW-WM1Z series initally is more of a depature of where they were going. Don't get me wrong, I like my WM1A but I didn't thnik the Android ones that came...

The newer Sony Walkman models are not the first Walkmans with Android. Sony did Android-based Walkmans in parallel with the proprietary ones for a bit (see: NW-Z1000 series from 2012 and the F series in 2013 which was the Z replacement).

I wear glasses so ... No, I didn't use them for BT so I did not test the mics. They are just travel headphones for me.

I have to disagree on ANC effectiveness. Over the course of two 6+ hour flights they blocked engine noise well.

Sitting in the lounge before my flight. One plus: unlike the Portal, this can be used without turning the headphones on. The sound is good. I am pleasantly surprised. I have heard a lot of travel headphones and without much listening I can already tell I like them. I will say that even...

I did a search and didn't see a thread so I figured I would start one. I preordered these and they showed up today just in time for a trip to the UK so I'll be giving these a real world test. I may bring the Beoplay Portal along to A/B but right now I'm thinking I may not and just live with...

Given this development, I'm thankful I was able to return them and got my money back. It's a shame, because I think their heart was in the right place. Goes to show that you're one bad business decision away from problems.

Just got these in the mail today. Amazon in the US had the silver ones in stock for a hot minute for about $335, but never the black or brown ones. They're now gone, which leads me to think these are going to be EU only. All three colors seem to be available in Europe. The EAH-F70N isn't...