[gerelmx1986]

It doesn't say nothing about MQA

 

[baotrung1002]

Cool. I saw the Walkman Blog post but it did not mention anything about USB-DAC http://thewalkmanblog.blogspot.com/2017/07/sony-to-introduce-new-nw-a40-walkman-at.html?m=1

Hopefully that is true though because I have been waiting for Sony to finally make an (affordable) dac/amp with S-Master chipset.

and sony don't do anything about Postcast or audiobooks feature (

 

[yourtoys7]

Thanks, hopefully that'll be changed w firmware upgrade. I'm trying to build wireless setup and this seems to be one of the better ones...
or is there anything else as good or better?

 

[gerelmx1986]

Yeah I saw now, ape and MQA and apparently video capability

 

[Meder Bakirov]

 

[baotrung1002]

I once bought a A35 and then sold it
I will buy A45 if it has some feature support audiobooks, bookmark and postcast ...
But I don't think Sony will add those feature to their A40 series

 

[Partlys4int]

I'm not too enthusiastic about the USB-DAC functionality in the upcoming Walkmans. The idea of lowering battery life due to DAC-use isn't compelling for a personal audio device, atleast to me it's not.

I'd rather use a dedicated DAC and save battery life on the PMP;

 

[davidcotton]

I once bought a A35 and then sold it
I will buy A45 if it has some feature support audiobooks, bookmark and postcast ...
But I don't think Sony will add those feature to their A40 series

You and me both. Still pi**ed off at that. With those features added the sony would have been the perfect device for me at a decent price. Now I'm back to looking at android devices, but the problem there is battery life. Some would barely make it through the day at work for me on a single charge.

Just had an idea! If anyone is reading this and going to Canjam London could they please visit the Sony stand and give them a verbal telling off for not having the audiobook support on the newer a series please? Thanks

 

[baotrung1002]

You and me both. Still pi**ed off at that. With those features added the sony would have been the perfect device for me at a decent price. Now I'm back to looking at android devices, but the problem there is battery life. Some would barely make it through the day at work for me on a single charge.

Just had an idea! If anyone is reading this and going to Canjam London could they please visit the Sony stand and give them a verbal telling off for not having the audiobook support on the newer a series please? Thanks

A20 series have postcast feature, and then, on A30 they removed it and added learning language feature, why tf did they do that? Is it really that hard to add some "basic" feature to the software on their products like everyone else?
A30 has almost things I need,
Long last battery life, touch screen to select to the part I want on a very long time audiobook ...
....
And no bookmark .....

 

[fish1050]

Well I guess waiting to hear about the A40 series will be worth it. Mind you the A30 series is still only available in Canada from Sony partner gentec.ca. It has also been backordered for a few weeks now. If this BS continues from Sony then we may never see the A40 series let alone wide availability of the A30 series.

Funny but I thought that the whole point of making products for consumers was to actually make it so consumers could buy them! The A35 changed to backorder status within days of it being listed for sale. So either the stock never actually came in or the demand was high enough to wipe out stock. Also for a few days Sony Canada dropped the price by $20.00 even though the status was "backordered". What the frack is Sony Canada doing or do they even have a clue?

 

[benchan2]

I am really curious about the positioning of the new A40 series. While I liked A30, there is not enough improvement from A20 to make me buy one. Also lately there are many competitors at this price range, some even have 2.5mm balanced output (dps1, xdr 20r, Aune M1s).

So I would really be pleasantly surprised if Sony managed to give A40 4.4mm balanced output (which will be very competitive and can promote 4.4mm standard ), but the chance is slim. If it is not gonna happen, what else can Sony put into the new A40 to survive the lower price DAP market?

 

[DrKrFfXx]

I just bought this player in Spain, where we are used to capped Walkman stuff. I ran the Rockbox tool to check if it was capped and it wasn't. Weird.

Aside from that, I come from the Fiio X3. Can't really say if it is better or worse. Just very different.

 

[gerelmx1986]

I also had a fiio x3, IMHO Sony has better resolution than fiio

 

[DrKrFfXx]

I'm not entirely sure about that statement, having them side by side, the X3 feels more layered and resolutive, but thinner and a bit too sharp/harsh. The A30 feels heavier/fuller and smoother around the edges and the vocals are less grainy.

 

[Bepli]

I am really curious about the positioning of the new A40 series. While I liked A30, there is not enough improvement from A20 to make me buy one. Also lately there are many competitors at this price range, some even have 2.5mm balanced output (dps1, xdr 20r, Aune M1s).

So I would really be pleasantly surprised if Sony managed to give A40 4.4mm balanced output (which will be very competitive and can promote 4.4mm standard ), but the chance is slim. If it is not gonna happen, what else can Sony put into the new A40 to survive the lower price DAP market?

You can look up the manuel. It seems like the A40 will be completely like the A30 just with slight changes (more codec support better Bluetooth). Pretty much the same as the A10 and A20