Mark S
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I also really enjoyed CamJam. While I heard a lot of great gear, amazingly, the product I ran home and bought immediately is the tiny $235 Sony Walkman (NW-A35). The reps said it is not yet available in the USA, but I found it on Amazon (with Prime) and had it in one day. This thing is a FANTASTIC transport!!! I've searched for the perfect transport for a while, and I think this might actually be it. This model only has 16GB of internal storage, but it takes a micro sd card, and the top model (the one not yet available in the USA) is only 64GB internal. Sony says it can address a 256GB micro sd, but I only have a 128GB card right now, and it works great. This thing is tiny, and the UI is good enough for me, but not as good as A&K. It is working great with Hugo and Mojo. I have not yet tried it with a "home" dac.
One thing, you need to buy a separate cable to output digital from the proprietary jack on the bottom. The charger cable that comes with the Walkman does not transfer data (at least it didn't for me), but the digital output cable from Amazon that is made by Sony fits the bill. I will also soon be testing a custom one that is also advertised on Amazon because the Sony cable is a little awkward in that it is USB female out, so it requires another cable to connect the Walkman to a dac.
I hope CanJam returns to NYC.
One thing, you need to buy a separate cable to output digital from the proprietary jack on the bottom. The charger cable that comes with the Walkman does not transfer data (at least it didn't for me), but the digital output cable from Amazon that is made by Sony fits the bill. I will also soon be testing a custom one that is also advertised on Amazon because the Sony cable is a little awkward in that it is USB female out, so it requires another cable to connect the Walkman to a dac.
I hope CanJam returns to NYC.