SONY NW-WM1Z / WM1A

[ttt123]

Looks like the blackgates are the king caps then .
Romi audio said those things are not for sale any more and they are from the 1990's!

From mid 2000's, as BG production was stopped in 2006
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Gate_(capacitor)

 

[Vitaly2017]

From mid 2000's, as BG production was stopped in 2006
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Gate_(capacitor)

wow this is so exclusive !

Romi Audio said the sound will be like an Vinyl Lp , wm1z by nature is very close to that I guess by feelings as I never heard a vinyl in my life. It is quiet indeed a good sound characteristic in my opinion.

 

[RobertP]

Both moder can do battery swap if you ask for it!

In my mod I also asked to change the battery wires as @Whitigir did )

Only thing is romi audio highly recommends hes sensation occ pure silver cable with hes mod.

As he claims with hes tests the pure silver is the cable that offers the best conductivity and that makes the sound to perform with higher fidelity.

I talked to him about the pw1960 and he said that he finds the sensation cable better then pw1960.
But said if I really want then he can install the pw1960 instead.

Silver wires in general are not warm sound like copper. Hopefully the High will not be too aggressive. Maybe those caps packed tons of bass and plenty of warmth so it compensate each other well. In this case pw1960 wires might not give you the right synergy.

Anyway, I put some aluminum stickers on top of inductors and chips. They seem to reduce background noise a bit. Also still messing around with wire materials and gauge size for S-Master and battery. My poor 1Z got taken apart like 6 times already.

 

[Vitaly2017]

Silver wires in general are not warm sound like copper. Hopefully the High will not be too aggressive. Maybe those caps packed tons of bass and plenty of warmth so it compensate each other well. In this case pw1960 wires might not give you the right synergy.

Anyway, I put some aluminum stickers on top of inductors and chips. They seem to reduce background noise a bit. Also still messing around with wire materials and gauge size for S-Master and battery. My poor 1Z got taken apart like 6 times already.

Well I asked romi audio and he said hes mod dont get best results with pw1960 and hes sensation cable do.

The end result is a sound like a vinyls Lp disk.

I will ask him again about it...

 

[Vitaly2017]

Yea spoke with Romi audio and he confirmed that real pure pure OCC silver is not bright if the alloy is 100% pure and clean then it doesnt introduce those unwanted treble peaks....


If anyone is interested I got my sony zx507 on....
Check my signature for the direct link!

 

[mwhals]

Yea spoke with Romi audio and he confirmed that real pure pure OCC silver is not bright if the alloy is 100% pure and clean then it doesnt introduce those unwanted treble peaks....


If anyone is interested I got my sony zx507 on....
Check my signature for the direct link!

Didn’t you just recently purchase the ZX507? What do you not like about it?

 

[Vitaly2017]

Didn’t you just recently purchase the ZX507? What do you not like about it?

1 major problem no bit perfect streaming apps. Its all downsampled to 48.1 khz 16bit.
If I use tidal then its a no go!
For spotify its fine....

The rest zx507 is really good.
Soc is slow if have multiple streaming apps open but its not huge deal breaker as the not bit perfect problem.

Even when using usb audio out and bluetooth dac that to is downsampled to a fixed 94/24 for me its huge issue.

Only sony app is bit perfect in all directions

 

[Redcarmoose]

Noble Audio Kaiser 10 Encore IEM Universal (Sony Clear Silicone Hybrid Tips)(HanSound Audio ZENTOO 4 wire OCC litz copper cable terminated 4.4mm)

Sony NW-WM1A Digital Audio Player (Japanese Tourist Edition)

 

[audionewbi]

I did some digging around, trying to understand the FW mod. I thought I got it until I didn't. Well if I was to take a guess, all the FW mod is doing is giving a different DSP instruction. But than DMP-Z1 doesnt have an FPGA.

 

[RobertP]

1 major problem no bit perfect streaming apps. Its all downsampled to 48.1 khz 16bit.
If I use tidal then its a no go!
For spotify its fine....

The rest zx507 is really good.
Soc is slow if have multiple streaming apps open but its not huge deal breaker as the not bit perfect problem.

Even when using usb audio out and bluetooth dac that to is downsampled to a fixed 94/24 for me its huge issue.

Only sony app is bit perfect in all directions

So the USB Audio Player Pro app doesn't work on zx507?

 

[hamhamhamsta]

Nows a good time to get Alo 16 Gold iem cable at 50% discount on Alo warehouse deals

 

[Vitaly2017]

So the USB Audio Player Pro app doesn't work on zx507?

I haven't tried it...
But on zx507 thread someone did test it and it seems its not helping

 

[hamhamhamsta]

Yea spoke with Romi audio and he confirmed that real pure pure OCC silver is not bright if the alloy is 100% pure and clean then it doesnt introduce those unwanted treble peaks....


If anyone is interested I got my sony zx507 on....
Check my signature for the direct link!

You know whats the worst part about upgrading your Sony WM1? It's not even the cost.

It's the anticipation of how it will sounds and worse, the waiting part; living without having your 1Z to use in meantime...

 

[Vitaly2017]

You know whats the worst part about upgrading your Sony WM1? It's not even the cost.

It's the anticipation of how it will sounds and worse, the waiting part; living without having your 1Z to use in meantime...

Then buy a second 1z and have 2 lol

Why waiting is in issue?
And there is no guarantee on anything in life. It you eather like it or not. Its same as when you buy 1z on Amazon or ebay or in a store, its not guaranteed you will like it...

As Romi Audio said it will sound analogue vinyl, more dynamics higher resolution more air.

I cant confirm that I havent heard it yet

 

[lumdicks]

Then buy a second 1z and have 2 lol

Why waiting is in issue?
And there is no guarantee on anything in life. It you eather like it or not. Its same as when you buy 1z on Amazon or ebay or in a store, its not guaranteed you will like it...

As Romi Audio said it will sound analogue vinyl, more dynamics higher resolution more air.

I cant confirm that I havent heard it yet

With my wonderful experience with my Romi modded Blackgate 1A, I think it worths the wait.

Playing Eric Clapton Unplugged with my Z1R, the resolution and soundstage is unbelievable. I have listened to this album over hundred times with portable gears and my home HiFi system of Naim, the sound from the modded 1A is just out of heaven.