SONY NW-WM1Z M2 / WM1A M2
Mar 26, 2022 at 7:57 AM Post #1,366 of 15,684
I love the broke. English of the translation of that review.

Referencing EDM, ‘Other than that, it bites into the brain’

So I’m summary the 1AM2 offers a more immersive sound than the 507, with more dynamics to boot but man that thing is a lot bigger than I anticipated! Compared to my A105 it’s huge!
The ZX507 is certainly no slouch for transient dynamics but the new WM1AM2 has a much more immediate transient sound that pokes directly at your eardrums. The "tsshh" sound from the cymbals and the thump from the kickdrums has more physical feeling at the eardrum level, I would say it feels tingling to listen, and this is coming from a reputably "laid-back"(as mentioned by many reviewers) IER-M9s.
 
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Mar 26, 2022 at 8:20 AM Post #1,368 of 15,684
Just a heads up, Sony increasing their prices for their iems/headphones in Japan from 1st Apr:
https://scs-uda.com/sony-priceup-20220401.html
As for the content of the announcement , the price of some products has to be raised
due to the high cost of materials, production and distribution due to the situation in the world, so the price will be changed from April 1, 2022 (Friday). It feels like it will be revised.

I think it will likely also affect the prices of the new walkmans in the near future, so better make your decisions to buy quickly before the prices goes northwards.
 
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Mar 26, 2022 at 9:11 AM Post #1,369 of 15,684
He prefers the sound of the ZM2 over the AM2


iphone Then,

last time,

this is

Sony's latest and strongest Walkman nw w

do m 1 z mark ii, which was just released yesterday





. It's the best,

I feel like the more I listen to it, the more I like it

. Of course, the sound of this zm 2

is wonderful, but I wonder if it

's really easy to listen to for the first time

. I'm relieved to

say that it's a North Japanese, Sony, it's a Japanese

brand, so I think that the water in my hometown is the

best fit for my body.

I have the impression that it sounds like a Japanese person

. Well



, I don't know if Sony made it with that in mind, but the

price is 400,000 yen, and no matter how good the sound is

, there is no model that I can easily recommend

. However, I think that people who buy it normally like this are

crazy. In the

comment section, I was in the form of buying something,

but honestly it is a

don pull, so this time it is

easier to put out a little more that was released at the same time.

I'd like to introduce a model. That

's right.

Yes, this is

Sony MW wm 1 meeting mark

2. Price Yodobashi Price

is 159,000 yen.



I feel like I can put it out, but

I'm buying it as a material to the last,

but in the comment section,

there are also people who said that I bought both of them.

To be honest, I cut one star.

Even though it's easy, I'm

hiding the sound of the flagship waves of other companies, so I

wonder if there is such a difference in sound between these two

. I'd like to compare them. Yes

, that's the second sony.

Let's open it.

Well, this one is Leeds Double, but it's

still 150,000 yen.

This is also the same. It's

not the amount that we can recommend, but

it's more than double the price difference. Can you feel



it? Pun Yaisho

Fuuiin This is also breathing enough, so the

package doesn't look like z mark 2.

I have a great

vacation. Let's call it the main body.





It's a person wm 1 aa

mark ii, but I

just took a paper,

but it's quite dusty. I'm proud of this. I

don't feel like it's

frozen, but

it has thin fluff. It's

okay, but it's a little air duster, but it's

okay, it's

beautiful.

Z Mark 2 is Kinkirakin,

but this one

is a cool black Rene housing.

If you use Japan, this is definitely better,

isn't it? Let's see it later.

And it's the same with other accessories, but it's the same as the

manual warranty office related and charging sound us

dc cable Opposite is Taipei degree

The contents are like this

. It's a foot sofa. This is the case, but

the black one is the aim. The golden one is the

z mark ii, but

the size of the case is almost the same. It's almost the same

4 Buttons are arranged on the right

side Well, it's a button for skipping adjustment playback, so it's on the other side

Lock switch and micro sd

card reader

And it's a text 4.4 Right balance and

3 single ends of garbage The output terminal of that

is also guessed here. The wm port

has been changed to usbc, and the charging

speed and transfer speed have also increased. Also, it can

be connected to a personal computer, etc. usb

Duck city operation is also possible.

And the display Similarly, the 5.0

inch hd touch panel os

is equipped with android 11



and subscriptions such as purple music amazon music

are also available. Also,



since you can use such a Sony headphone application, it corresponds like this.



You can enjoy the wireless head and the wireless g, which is a

big difference, but the

weight of the car is completely

different. The weight is better for this a

mark ii

283g And the z mark 2





is 486g, which is about 200g different. Promax gold

apple 281g with the genuine case attached

Why just put the case If it

's as heavy as a large smartphone, I think

it's quite easy to use even if it's porter

. It's also the size.

Z is almost the same as Mark 2,

promax is good. It's a little smaller and

thicker. If it's the difference, it will

fit in your pocket at all

. I bought a special sound case together to protect the main body,

but this is the case for z mark 2 and a

mark ii culture

. The size of the

main body is exactly the same because it can be used, and it is the same

as the z mark 2. The sound

quality setting function is also quite substantial.



The

dsd mastering function that converts the dse

ultimate and all pcm sound quality to a dsd signal of up to

11.2 mh.

This



is only when using the Okuma music app that can be used, but it is also

higher here. You can enjoy high-quality high-resolution sound sources

. Furthermore, there are functions in this area such

as a vinyl processor that reproduces the acoustic phenomenon of analog record songs and



a dc drawing linearizer that can be considered at a low temperature close to an analog amplifier.



It's the same. In other words

, yesterday, which is the highlight of this time, is here. You

can enjoy it with a mark ii, and you can also enjoy

wireless headphones and



earphones.

x hd And l It

corresponds to the school district. If you can say the amount of information transfer, it





is also a big point that you can enjoy high-quality sound upscaled with dse ultimate on the main unit side

.

Another interesting thing is Sony Walkman.

Since the series is 40th anniversary,

it is played on this cassette tape screen.

If

you turn it on, it's like this with this Okuma app.

You can enjoy it in the standby mode as if the cassette is spinning

. Wow, this is really nostalgic. When I was very

young,

I recorded various music and sounds on the cassette. I used to play a

lot because I don't know the young cassettes now. I

don't know about people like Hatachi. Ipods and

mp3 players

were the mainstream. It's a small detail,

but I'm pretty happy for the old man

.

What's the difference between these two? The only big difference is

the material used for this housing

. Net m 2 is a

gold-plated chassis with

99.99% pure oxygen-free. Copper is used, and

this a 6

is a chassis in a sense, and

zm 2 is a deferred player dmp whose cable used from the amplifier to the earphone

jack is

close to 1 million yen.

Same Kimber cable as z 1 Cable

and soldering

High quality materials are used and

such things are not used in this a mark ii The

big difference

is just the same s master hx

Full digital amplifier is adopted and

full sound quality setting ds esdb The

functions that can be used such as mastering function and the

tag chip are exactly the same.

Well, the main body storage is different in detail.





And a is the main body storage

128 gb. The big

difference is that the material used in the housing and the inside

is different, so

there is a big difference in sound.

But that's the part that consumers are really concerned

about. Then

, I'd like to actually use that area and check it. Then, I'd like to compare it with

z mark

and a

mark ii. Let's start with a mark ii.



I'd like to continue to compare the sound of the earphones with







the ir z 1 r.

There is no way to prevent the feeling of volume

anymore. You can enjoy high-quality sound that is different from that of smartphones

. After all,

this is also a sea with

great spatial expressiveness. In the Articles of Distance,

the separation of vocal sounds, which was an instrument,

can be expressed very well.

Not only is it wide and wide, but it also has a great

sense of depth.



This zn 2 has a solid feeling of reverberating

up to that point. I used it all day after I made the video

yesterday, but for example, the

vocals are close and the sound of the instrument is

a great singing voice. It's

an impression that it's clearly floating. This

is

really nice to me, but if I say that other sounds are far away, there's

no such thing at all

, and when I focus on the sound I want to hear, that sound is solid.

It's a mysterious feeling that it jumps into your ears

. Well, even

if the sound is arranged so firmly, it

jumps powerfully.



It's really nice to hear that the sound goes around powerfully,



but this is

a mark ii

. You can feel it firmly. The focal is also

very smooth and the sound spreads well.

It's a drum because it's powerful and the volume of the

bass is good, so

I feel a heavy mass feeling firmly to the snare,



tom and bass

. I feel like I'm attacking the place,

and the music is really fun

.

This is a very well-balanced sound. Sound

that balances beauty and fun.

I think this is really Sony-like

. After that, this dsd

Remastering is more delicate and fortunate,

and you can enjoy the spatial expression of the sound.



This vinyl

processor can

not be used

in combination with this dse ultimate.

Give a punch or make your own favorite sound

It's really fun to make it

, so this time, I think I'd like to hear this z mark ii. It's



completely different,

but I'll buy it with a weight of 200g.



Well, to put it simply, the

big difference is the expressiveness of the main area

and the sense of liberation of the sound.







Do you say that the sharpness is good? Well, it

feels like the sound of a general audio player disappears, but the

z mark ii

is like a run fluffy

sound.

The sound continues to ring

until the moment it

disappears. It means that it is expressed exactly until the





moment it disappears.

It gives a very realistic live feeling that seems to disappear

, so this is

what further refines the spatial expressiveness.

Not only the drums but also various musical instruments

and vocal sounds disappear.

Since it expresses to the fullest, you can feel the

sound that is filled with fine sounds in every corner of the home and

whether it is illegal or one-to-one

. For example, a

mark ii is a three-dimensional figure

meeting. mark ii is

like a three-dimensional sound with more details such as shadows added, and to



put it in detail, z mark

ii expresses even more details,

so this scene of the song is a little bit.

It's a husky voice other than this part

, like it's a sloppy voice

. When I'm singing, it

seems that my true identity is trembling. I

can feel a strange real feeling.

It's a big point that I felt when comparing the two

. The z mark 2 has

a better expressive power in the high range, so

the volume of the low range

is this a. mark ii

feels more like a mother, isn't it? I think

this z and a don't change that much,

but a

I have the impression that mark ii is more direct and

voluminous, and I

'll try to see

if I can enjoy music with a dozen high-end headphones. The

head I use is

Zenheiser's hd 820.

Then, I'd like to hear from a mark ii

. Hey, the

sound is pretty clean

. Now I'm living pretty beautiful, and

the volume of the bass isn't bad at all.

There

is no ministry

that can be a squishy note, and it makes a pretty powerful sound

, so let's listen to it with z mark ii



Oh well, it's easier to feel the difference in high frequencies with headphones.

It may

be that the z mark 2 here has a more

detailed sound. It feels

so smooth that it is made of finer grains in a mark 2 lines





.

However, the volume is just barely



enough. It's difficult to put out the volume with high impedance headphones,

but if it's this, it feels like you can listen even with hold 6

Well, it's noisy as it is, but if it

's supposed to use high impedance headphones



I think which fee 4 m 17 is better. There is a mode called dc mode that drives

these low-efficiency headphones with

high power,

but if you use that, this m

17 sounds better. I'm wondering if the density of the headphones is also good

. The volume goes up to the upper limit.

This is because it has power even though it is conscious of Nishioki Security



.



I thought it might be better, but that's why I compared Kishine with Sony's latest

Okuma, but how

was

it? There are 3 models with exactly the same size, the same amplifier, and the

same functions.

I was surprised that the difference in the housing makes a lot of difference.

After all, z mark ii is a

cat's oxygen-free copper chassis or a coffee

cable that enhances the expressive power of the high temperature range rather than the sound.

There with a model



I was surprised that the sound of the honey thread was well expressed because I could feel it firmly

. This a

is a portable audio player. It's

a model that has been insanely polished for

10 seconds. It

's a return that is very easy to use even in everyday life with both sound quality,

and the sound is like a

portable audio player with a high grade.









I thought he was a player who would make the song one rank gorgeous. The

price difference between these two is 240,000 yen,

but

if I say that this plus alpha is worth betting on 240,000, I have

. I can't say that it's an audio

enthusiast. That

's right. It makes hundreds of thousands of subtle differences in sound. I want to bring out more high

frequencies.



It's a perverted race that spends hundreds of thousands on the main body,

which is professional

and I long for it, but I just

want to experience a sound different from smartphones and I want to make a tap

debut from the entry model

For those who want to upgrade, I think you can

feel the difference even with a mark ii,

and I think

it's a model that is easy to handle, so if you



want to upgrade, you want to make your debut.



Instead of going to the z mark ii suddenly





, I think that you can enjoy the sound as a whole by buying this a mark ii and hitting the difference with

headphones or later.



It's easier to understand that the difference in sound is when you match the earphones or headphones you're using to the optimum one, rather than feeling the hang of it

.





I personally think it's better to buy books or headphones for

240,000 yen, because if it's 240,000 yen,



you can buy both 100,000 yen

class headphones and earphones. Both earphones and headphones are available

It's also possible to get it, so if you

are conscious of the entire usage environment

, I think that you have to look at such places as well.







I think it's better to choose z, so

most of Sony's latest

was an introduction to Miki City. It was

helpful. Thank you for subscribing to the channel again

. Please come and visit us again next time.

Is four
 
Mar 26, 2022 at 9:22 AM Post #1,370 of 15,684
....gain should have been sorted in the recording and mixing. Adding more electrical energy to the source going in degrades the signal.

The ear quickly becomes used to sound levels, so it can quickly lead to increasing the volume, with gain actually helping and abetting, as the ear cochlea hairs tire.

Ever come back the day after listening to headphones and find the level way too loud....?

Running high gain into IEMs is just asking for trouble. High impedance overhears maybe, but IEMS??? pumping sound directly into the ear canal....with high gain....???

Just look at how the Sony engineers talk about the DMP Z1 and 'gain' https://www.sony.co.th/en/electronics/dmp-z1-interview

V&S Business Division DMP-Z1 Electrical and Acoustic Engineer Keika Matsuzaki

How did you solve that problem?
Matsuzaki:
We stuck to the most basic of basics: multi-point grounding for the digital and single-point grounding for the analogue. If this failed in even one place, noise would be introduced there. To test audio quality, you have to actually create a prototype and trial the audio, then find ways to improve it and create another prototype. This steady process of repetition is very important. With the DMP-Z1, we continued testing the audio quality right up until the final stage, so I think we managed to achieve a sound that we're really happy with.

Tomo (S):
Sometimes you thought you'd hit on a way of reducing noise, only to find you'd actually made the sound worse. There were ups and downs, that's for sure.

Matsuzaki:
If you just fix lots of analogue ground points onto the digital side you won't hear any noise, but the energy flowing out will get mixed into the analogue sound and make it muddy and weak. We pored over the finest details to eliminate noise without losing out on the audio quality. I don’t know how many times I wished we could just give up on trying to make the device compatible with the AC adaptor!

Don't those problems occur when the device is running on battery power?
Matsuzaki:
No, they don't. The power circuit structure for running on battery power at normal gain is very simple, so there's nothing in the power supply that can become a source of noise. However, in high-gain mode, which is used with high-impedance headphones, the voltage is increased. This means that even when the device is in battery power mode and isn't being powered by the AC adaptor, the power supply can still be a source of noise to a lesser extent. But to counter that we use high-grade switching controllers—the kind that are used in measuring instruments—so that the effects are minimal.

Tomo (S):
This power source structure means that the optimum setting for the DMP-Z1 in terms of audio quality is battery-power mode at normal-gain. In this mode, the audio circuit with positive and negative power sources is driven by clean, noiseless power from the batteries, without using a DC/DC converter. This power-circuit arrangement, unique to the DMP-Z1, enables this special operation mode. Amongst audiophiles there's an urban legend that high gain gives a better sound even with ordinary headphones, but that's certainly not the case with this product, at least.

Does that mean the DMP-Z1 isn't recommended for use with high-impedance headphones?
Tomo (S):
It does not mean that it is not recommended. Normal gain has output high enough to get the most out of ordinary headphones anyway, and with high-impedance headphones both driver efficiency and noise sensitivity are low, so you won't hear noise even in high gain. You can try listening in normal gain with your headphones and then switching to the high-gain setting if you feel the volume isn’t loud enough. Changing the gain setting to suit your headphones' efficiency and sensitivity in this way is an important point when trialling high-quality audio.
Never use high gain in DMP-Z1 as normal gain, IMO is already enough to drive MDR-Z1R. After 3,000 hours listening, I found the gap between battery mode and AC mode is reduced, though battery mode is still better.
 
Mar 26, 2022 at 11:40 AM Post #1,373 of 15,684
Just a heads up, Sony increasing their prices for their iems/headphones in Japan from 1st Apr:
https://scs-uda.com/sony-priceup-20220401.html


I think it will likely also affect the prices of the new walkmans in the near future, so better make your decisions to buy quickly before the prices goes northwards.

I kinda thought this might happen, price of aluminium and copper is on an upward trajectory this year like everything else!
 
Mar 26, 2022 at 11:52 AM Post #1,375 of 15,684
Mar 26, 2022 at 1:09 PM Post #1,379 of 15,684
I complained at Hiroaki Sato's Twitter, that the WM1ZM2 doesn't have an Bluetooth Receiver mode and got an like for that comment from him...

Let's hope that means something :D
Can you get him/Sony to hire @MrWalkman too?
 
Mar 26, 2022 at 1:37 PM Post #1,380 of 15,684
The FPGA used in these players by the DSD Remastering Engine is a "Lattice LIF-MD6000", for anyone who's interested.
 

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