[gerelmx1986]

I will be a sony fan, i like the walkman sound

 

[Lavakugel]

Need some new music (off topic). What is your favourite album on WM1Z/A. Which one do you listen most?

 

[Tawek]

I love Astronaut Ape
Albums

The Mirror ‎(8xFile, FLAC, Album) Microcosmos Records

Ten Minutes Eternity Microcosmos Records 2013

Flight 420 Microcosmos Records 2014

Unknown Sector ‎(9xFile, FLAC, Album, 24 ) Microcosmos Records
Singles & EPs

A Little Closer To The Stars Microcosmos Records 2012

 

[Tawek]

1z+se5ult

 

[FortisFlyer75]

Need some new music (off topic). What is your favourite album on WM1Z/A. Which one do you listen most?

Where do I start, I think I would still take up two pages on here with that list!

I am more mixed tracks than entire album listens in last few months...Looking at my bookmark page currently which i used for testing gear out at a show in London last month:

Muse - Dig Down 96/24
Premitive Radio Gods - Standing outside a broken telephone booth with money in my hand
Beyonce Feat Jack white - Dont hurt yourself.
Eagles - Hotel California
Rag 'n' Bone Man - Human
Dolly Parton Jolene (Slowdown mix)
Kaki King - Ingots
Kaleo - No Good
Nothing But Thieves - Excuse Me
Groegory Porter - Liquid Spirit
Yello - The Race (remastered) & Darkside
Hanz Zimmer - Detach (from Interstellar)
Noah Wall - Down by the river
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain (remastered)
Lenny Kravitz - I belong to you
Haim - Want you back 96/24
LP - No witness

 

[FortisFlyer75]

I love Astronaut Ape
Albums

The Mirror ‎(8xFile, FLAC, Album) Microcosmos Records

Ten Minutes Eternity Microcosmos Records 2013

Flight 420 Microcosmos Records 2014

Unknown Sector ‎(9xFile, FLAC, Album, 24 ) Microcosmos Records
Singles & EPs

A Little Closer To The Stars Microcosmos Records 2012

Liking this
Reminiscent of Public Service Boradcast with some songs.
Thanks for the sharing your Walkman tracks

 

[FortisFlyer75]

Idea to Sony team for future update...

One thing I would like to see Sony do for those of us that use the Walkman dock for the 1A/1Z Walkmans is a option in the display menu when it is docked the display will automatically stay on when docked as I like to have it on when using in the dock sometimes and have to set the time setting to keep it set to stay on and then when I go back to using out of the dock have to go back in to change back to usual pre set display time out to swith off after so many seconds. I wouldn't mind but I can be changing between dock and normal use quite often so would be great if something like this could be incporated into an update or at worse if not just a quicker shortcut to the display time options to change it.....

 

[Matrix Petka]

Need some new music (off topic). What is your favourite album on WM1Z/A. Which one do you listen most?

Some my recent findings with perfectly recorded music:

Raizes 2016 Raizes DSD
Coleman Hawkins 1965 Wrapped Tight DSD
Lori Lieberman - 2013 - Bricks Against The Glass HR DSD

Native DSD reproduction of Sony 1Z - fantastic on balanced.

 

[NaiveSound]

How is the sound different of the wm1z compared to the chord mojo sound?

 

[Whitigir]

How is the sound different of the wm1z compared to the chord mojo sound?

I don't think there is any comparisons as people who wants 1Z will not look at Mojo and vice versa....just too different pricing and features

 

[gerelmx1986]

I listen to classics only but yeah i have some favorite albums

- Variations Golberg / Pierre Hantaï / Opus 111 (16/44.1)
- Striggio: Mass for 40 and 60 Voices / Le Concert Spirituel /GLOSSA music (24/88.2)
- Biber: Missa Bruxellensis / Jordi Savall /Alia Vox (16/44.1)
- Biber: Requiem á 15, Battaglia / Jordi Savall / Alia Vox (16/44.1)
- Bach: Clavier Übung I / Martin Gester / Ligia (24/96)
- Beethoven 9. Symphonie /H.V. Karajan / DG (16/44) [1985-1988 DDD cycle]
- JS BACH: The four great Toccatas and Fugues / E. Power Biggs/ Sony classical (Columbia records) (16/44.1)

and many more

 

[Quadfather]

I listen to classics only but yeah i have some favorite albums

- Variations Golberg / Pierre Hantaï / Opus 111 (16/44.1)
- Striggio: Mass for 40 and 60 Voices / Le Concert Spirituel /GLOSSA music (24/88.2)
- Biber: Missa Bruxellensis / Jordi Savall /Alia Vox (16/44.1)
- Biber: Requiem á 15, Battaglia / Jordi Savall / Alia Vox (16/44.1)
- Bach: Clavier Übung I / Martin Gester / Ligia (24/96)
- Beethoven 9. Symphonie /H.V. Karajan / DG (16/44) [1985-1988 DDD cycle]
- JS BACH: The four great Toccatas and Fugues / E. Power Biggs/ Sony classical (Columbia records) (16/44.1)

and many more

Lately, I am doing a lot of Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi, and Brahms next to Lamb of God, Hellyeah, Mudvayne, Disturbed, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Godsmack, and Alice in Chains...Dio, Black Sabbath, Five Finger Death Punch, and Ozzy Osbourne too. Oh, Rush Moving Pictures and 2112 too.

 

[gerelmx1986]

To get a glimpse how big my library is 2, 966 Albums or 49, 844 Tracks, that's why is difficult to chose my favorites, so I only made a partial of what i LIKE MOST

 

[Whitigir]

Yup. I think the mod is likely very similar to the mod that you have done to my 1Z which I'm quite happy off. The stock 1Z is a very nice sounding player but one of its weakest shortcoming is the width of the soundstage especially compared to my PHA-3 and better system out there. With your silver & gold output wire mod in place of the braided Kimber Kable, the modded 1Z now has a significantly wider soundstage to go along with better bass line especially those deepest octaves while retaining all of the tonal balanced that the 1Z is famous for. This mod that @Whitigir has done for me was not a placebo because I had the opportunity to compare the stock and the modified player side by side using both my recabled Sony MDR-SA5000 and Focal Utopia before making decision. Hell I even made two identical adapters to allow instant switching so I can directly compared between stock and modded units. With the modded 1Z, my portable dream player is finally realized. The PHA-3 will soon go to a good home.

Thank you Purk! Yet, while I was very satisfied with the stock 1Z, I found that the width of staging was somewhat restrained and held back. I really did not wanted to open up the 1Z and tinker around such expensive player. However, my heart of enthusiasm knows no-ends, and before I realized it.....it just happened...LOL...

In the end, I really enjoyed more of the soundstage and vivid tonal body from the process. Those are the most obvious improvements without nit picking other minuscule details. More likely the 1A will also see some improvements after the mods, but just as long as you are using the same wires, and the same labor, then why putting it on 1A

 

[psikey]

Anybody also got/tried one of the new ZX300's to compare to the WM1? Especially via balanced.