my wm1a had restart loop after i added some playlists. so i've sent it to the german support. unfortunately i've got the message back, that a necessary required part is no longer obtainable. sony offered me to repay me the money.
because of this i need to buy a new dap and i would buy preferably another wm1a or maybe a wm1z. what concerns me is the fact that there are already parts which can't be replaced anymore. so is this the first sign of the next generation players or has someone similar experiences with the repair service?
So they can't even get a hold of a new WM1A to replace yours? I was told that the ZX2 had a replacement warranty and no repairs would be attempted within the warranty period.
I was suspicious if production has stopped since it was quite hard for me to even find a place with stock of the WM1A when I had to replace my ZX2 this summer. I ended up just buying the last one from amazon.ca themselves. The local hi-fi shop was back-ordered for over a month and refused to sell me the demo unit so I cancelled my order with them.
my wm1a had restart loop after i added some playlists. so i've sent it to the german support. unfortunately i've got the message back, that a necessary required part is no longer obtainable. sony offered me to repay me the money.
because of this i need to buy a new dap and i would buy preferably another wm1a or maybe a wm1z. what concerns me is the fact that there are already parts which can't be replaced anymore. so is this the first sign of the next generation players or has someone similar experiences with the repair service?
That’s a worry if Sony doesn’t have the required part to fix the WM1A. That’s good they offered your money back, so was it out of warranty. So why buy another WM1A if the same thing is going to happen if they don’t have the parts. So when my Sony WM1Z runs out of battery, they won’t have the required part to fix it. I’d have to buy another Sony Dap.
So they can't even get a hold of a new WM1A to replace yours? I was told that the ZX2 had a replacement warranty and no repairs would be attempted within the warranty period.
I was suspicious if production has stopped since it was quite hard for me to even find a place with stock of the WM1A when I had to replace my ZX2 this summer. I ended up just buying the last one from amazon.ca themselves. The local hi-fi shop was back-ordered for over a month and refused to sell me the demo unit so I cancelled my order with them.
On the Sony Australian Website the WM1A is built to order which takes 8 weeks to build. So I’m sure they’ll still have parts. I would contact directly Sony support where you bought it from.
Anyone got the error on 1.2 entering settings where it says an error has ocurred please restar player by presing power 8 sec bla bla... you have to reset player to its factory defaults right?
Well - I wanted to post this earlier however I decided to do more testing.
Scenario - WM1Z > Sony supplied USB cable> Apple CCK > iPhone XS Max
It seems that the FIRST time trying to use the USB DAC function results in no music being played - both in Tidal and Spotify (I initially thought it was only a Tidal problem)
You need to quit out of the app (Tidal or Spotify) and open it again - Music then plays on the second attempt.
The short of it is that the USB DAC function does not work on the initial attempt - only on the second.
Man the 1Z with the Sony N3 IEMs is a refreshing combination now with FW 3.0. The N3 used to get a little criticism with the bass not being quite as tight as the flagship Z5. Though the N3 has many other things going for it. And it seems the update actually improved the N3 bass across the board.
1) The N3 comes with both Sony Hybrid and Triple Comfort Tips.
2) The N3 is one of the most comfortable IEMs out there.
3) Many love the way the N3 does vocals.
4) We now have some special synergy with FW 3.0 and the 1Z
5) The N3 can be purchased stock with Sony Pentaconn 4.4mm.
Since 1z is less warm, less bassy with the latest update , could anyone who has the sp1000 copper or has heard it before, confirm if there any similarities?.
The USB DAC mode, with macOS (Mojave), results in a whole bunch of duplicated output options appearing in the Audio-Midi Utility (e.g. multiple selections for 2ch, 16-bit, 44.1 kHz, etc.).
If you pick the right one, it plays fine with everything from iTunes to Audirvana+.
Though with Audirvana+, so far, I've had to turn off exclusive mode, large buffers and integer output to get it to work reliably. And if your playlist switches sample rates, there's a better than even chance that the settings Audirvana+ picks for the output will be one of those that doesn't work (and you have to manually pick one that does ... which you can do on the fly).
The USB DAC mode, with macOS (Mojave), results in a whole bunch of duplicated output options appearing in the Audio-Midi Utility (e.g. multiple selections for 2ch, 16-bit, 44.1 kHz, etc.).
If you pick the right one, it plays fine with everything from iTunes to Audirvana+.
Though with Audirvana+, so far, I've had to turn off exclusive mode, large buffers and integer output to get it to work reliably. And if your playlist switches sample rates, there's a better than even chance that the settings Audirvana+ picks for the output will be one of those that doesn't work (and you have to manually pick one that does ... which you can do on the fly).
I saw that too. It's definitely trial and error for system audio, but once you get it to work, system will remember it. I am using JRiver and have had no issues with all the sampling rates up to 196 and switching on the fly per track. I am on about 80 hrs of continuous play of my burn in playlist which contain an even distribution of 44 to 196 sampling rates. I have exclusive mode and integer enabled in JRiver and MacBook Pro 2016 Mojave.
Lol, it's embarrassing but I mostly use my 1z with Bluetooth to stream to it. When I find a track I download it and store it in the player but bt is almost exclusively
The problem is the battery drains far faster and I'm afraid it will shorten the 1z overall life
BT is offering me 85% perceived Sq over local play, im happy enough for that for casual listening/discovery
4 days back on fw 2.0 and not a single crash compared with a crash every 2-3 hours on fw 3.0. I'll stay on 2.0 as I didn't really need any of the 3.0 features
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