SONY NW-WM1Z / WM1A
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Jan 29, 2018 at 10:25 PM Post #18,316 of 45,723
Can you repost the link to the Sony plugs? Thanks
 
Jan 29, 2018 at 10:30 PM Post #18,317 of 45,723
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Jan 30, 2018 at 12:32 AM Post #18,318 of 45,723
@Kubig, thank you very much for the above info.
 
Jan 30, 2018 at 6:53 AM Post #18,319 of 45,723
The Sony plugs are really sweet; thanks again to whoever posted the Encompass link! :)


Did you get the cover for the bottom Walkman port?
 
Jan 30, 2018 at 12:06 PM Post #18,321 of 45,723
Did you get the cover for the bottom Walkman port?

No, just the 4.4 & 3.5 plugs; my case has a connected flap with a plug built in for the wm port, which actually works pretty well!
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Jan 30, 2018 at 1:36 PM Post #18,322 of 45,723
On the subject of dust stopper plugs, here in the UK we don't get s**t from Sony apart from the very basic supplies. For the 3.5mm just a standard stopper plenty on fleabay 5 for £1 etc and for the 4.4mm bought a bag of rubber stoppers that you put in self assembly furniture etc , 10 for £1 get the 5mm ones and just slight trim a slither 0.5mm around the peg.
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Jan 30, 2018 at 2:04 PM Post #18,324 of 45,723
Jan 30, 2018 at 3:57 PM Post #18,326 of 45,723
Ohhhhh no....maybe now is my time to hop on the wm1a train
 
Jan 30, 2018 at 10:43 PM Post #18,328 of 45,723
I've read alot of pages here lately, but havnt found a detailed answer, so here it goes. I'm looking at possibly ditching my ifi micro black label/fiio x3i stack and going for the wm1a. My concern is, right now I can use the ifi as dac/dac+preamp into my pioneer sx1010 at home. The wm1a lacks true analogue line out or ish dac capabilities so I would be double Amping if I used lineout. I do plan on getting an r2r dac for desktop in the future, but for now I just rarely get the chance to use my home desktop rig. So the lineout isnt a dealvreaker, but what I wanted to know is, how bad sonically are we talking here if I use the lineout of thewm1a to an external amp. I get every amp is different so unless someone else here has tried it on a vintage pioneer I won't know for sure. But, I mean, will it sound ok do you think?
 
Jan 30, 2018 at 11:13 PM Post #18,329 of 45,723
I've read alot of pages here lately, but havnt found a detailed answer, so here it goes. I'm looking at possibly ditching my ifi micro black label/fiio x3i stack and going for the wm1a. My concern is, right now I can use the ifi as dac/dac+preamp into my pioneer sx1010 at home. The wm1a lacks true analogue line out or ish dac capabilities so I would be double Amping if I used lineout. I do plan on getting an r2r dac for desktop in the future, but for now I just rarely get the chance to use my home desktop rig. So the lineout isnt a dealvreaker, but what I wanted to know is, how bad sonically are we talking here if I use the lineout of thewm1a to an external amp. I get every amp is different so unless someone else here has tried it on a vintage pioneer I won't know for sure. But, I mean, will it sound ok do you think?

With the chase of perfect sound whaaaaaatever that is??...being the goal of an audiophile double amping the signal ...really...amping the noise from the first amplification and amping that sounds horrible to read but in fact it is often barely noticeable and if it is it adds a analogue ish sound since the consistent area of THD is low freq and double amping that just adds warmth if anything.

Never had any issue with double amping unless it was in basshead thread where we amp amp amp amp the hell outta stuff and that low freq THD will be a distortion issue at not safe for ears levels.
 
Jan 31, 2018 at 12:24 AM Post #18,330 of 45,723
Just wondering how does wm1a comparing to opus2
 
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