I love the tobacco back, but not that crazy over the front though. Was hoping they'd leave a cut out at the back showing the gold plated walkman logo as they did with the ZX1 case
I agree. But the case looks so beautiful. I hope the buttons are easy to use through the case. But for the price, especially compared to the one Sony sells, is good and I'm willing to take a chance.
I love the tobacco back, but not that crazy over the front though. Was hoping they'd leave a cut out at the back showing the gold plated walkman logo as they did with the ZX1 case
Consider me mightily surprised. Maybe that has something to do with the LDAC technology that the ZX1 is not endowed with. Have you tried to switch headphones?
The differences between the iPhone 6 and the NW-ZX2 were noticeable. We didn’t notice this before but when compared with the NW-ZX2, the music from the iPhone seemed to have an unnatural and unclean sheen.
Comparing the NW-ZX2 with the RM999 NMW-A17 was a little harder. The differences were more subtle and weren’t easily heard by the untrained ear in a blind test. It was a different story for certain audiophiles. They said the NW-ZX2 exhibited a better grip on the music and it was clearer and more transparent. The strings on Mozart symphonies had more breathing space while the reverb on Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean was more distinct.
However, perhaps a more expensive set of headphones could have brought out the details. The Sony MDR-1A costs RM999 but there are headsets that are priced at thousands of ringgit, like the Sennheiser HD800 or the Grado PS1000, if you really want to break the bank.
When we hooked up the NW-ZX2 through a separate system consisting of an Audiolab 8000A amplifier and a set of Mission M70 bookshelf speakers, the difference between the NW-ZX2 and the NW-A17 were significant.
The soundstage just opened up with the NW-ZX2. It was as if the sonic veil had been lifted – the backing vocals became clearer and more distinct, for instance. For the uninitiated, a soundstage is a virtual, imagined stage where you can pick out individual instruments.
Here's a comparison of the ZX2 with the IPhone6 and it's sibling, the A17. Does anyone here who owns the A17 and the ZX2 think that the differences are merely subtle?
I compared my ZX1 with the A17 last month at an electronics store and my impressions were that the differences are anything but subtle. The fact that this is not the first time I hear that casts a slight pall over my impressions. Would like to hear some other opinions.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to receiving my ZX2 tomorrow. The excitement is almost palpable.
It's the wifi that sucks juice - straight and simple. Try off line mode in tidal and airplane mode enabled on the zx2 and see how many hours you get ....
I have completed multiple test over the past 2 weeks. I downloaded the music to the device and then put it in Airplane mode and disabled every app that I possibly could. Then I tested the battery life. On average I was getting about 12 hours playing Tidal Offline, no WiFi. Playing streaming music was the main reason I purchased the Sony NW-ZX2, but I have no issue downloading and playing Offline. I also tried the stock music player and I had a little longer life, about 17 hours on average in Airplane mode. I just let the music play without Turing on any other apps or without messing with the screen. I just checked the life every 4 hours or so until it became really low.
I don't need 40 hours of battery life, but I would love to have over 20 with a mix of wifi and offline.
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