fantastic thanks krutsch. thinking of ordering with accessoryjack or one of the japanese sellers on ebay, are any of the sony's made in japan still or is it all elsewhere? guess i'm wondering if i'll get a 'made in japan' version from the japanese sellers

thanks guys. and gapless is supported? i'm using a xperia x compact at the moment and the sony 'music' default app on the phone does gapless so hoping i'll get gapless on the a55

hi guys back looking at a new dap :beyersmile: is there any difference in specs between the 16gb/32gb/64gb apart from the memory size?

  and the player will only take what it needs correct? eg if charging with a pc offering 500ma the player would only suck up 130ma of that. ultimately there is zero risk of damaging the player.

  my ocd would kick in and i would have to re-rip. just to be sure in my ocd mind 

i'm sure there are still a few of us out there so has anyone here used pono with their mp3 320 collection alone? be great to hear your impressions sound quality wise.

  when is that, any ideas?

guys sorry to repeat an earlier post. any ideas if my sennheiser HD 25-II would be a good pairing with the a17? i think the 25's are 70 Ω. i also have shure srh840 which are 44 Ω. which would be the better pairing?

guys any ideas if my sennheiser HD 25-II would be a good pairing with the a17? i think the 25's are 70 Ω. i also have shure srh840 which are 44 Ω. which would be the better pairing?

if i had spent £230 on a player and really wanted a case/cover i'd spend at least 10% of the unit price and go for a official case.

where is the best place to get a japanese a17? i want the full japanese version without the english language. is pricejapan still the place? ebay seems littered with a17 international versions with english language from hk but cant see any listed coming direct from japan. i would like a few...

how easy is it to navigate around and adjust settings with only japanese? i guess once you have the player up and running to your spec then the language does not matter

  what delivery company was that? and was it the full retail value written on the customs label or a lower amount? i'm in the uk too and thinking of going japanese :)

@goody   where did you order your japanese version from?

i guess if it not officially released until 8 nov (according to pricejapan) and after that when actual owners can play with the settings, how exactly can anyone inc sony reps(?) say for 100% yes or no? it is all speculation until then.

has anyone been able to confirm if the japanese versions have an english language option presented at setup?

  have you got the link?

anyone know how to sync/use/import itunes playlists into jriver? is there a feature within jriver that keeps a playlist imported from itunes in sync?

£203 currently on amazon uk. most other uk retailers doing them for £249  

+1   mp3 320cbr all the way here too. just makes it easier to access my music across a whole range of av devices rather than re-ripping to a format that will only work on certan devices.

yesterday

got myself a neil young edition

  the ui found on an idevice may well be nice. but at the expense of sq. what do you prefer, nice ui or better sq? exactly how nice does a ui need to be able to play an album from start to finish?

but what do ibasso, fiio, ak, sony and all others bring to the game that hasn't already been done? the pono may or may not bring anything new to your game, only your ears can decide if it brings anything new or not. ayre aren't stupid. the designers aren't stupid. there is a reason why it is...

thanks for letting us know