[Whitigir]

more like 75% of single ended i think

That is what I get from WM1Z Balanced. Most of the time DSD will drain it down to 12 hours or so but with FLAC I got about 17-20 hours...unless I check into the sound processing stuff such as D.C. Phase linearization ....eq....etc...then it goes down to around 12 hours or so...but most of the time, I would rate that depends on the usage that I throw at it....12-20 hours....and I don't have those MP3 stuff

 

[Bepli]

That is what I get from WM1Z Balanced. Most of the time DSD will drain it down to 12 hours or so but with FLAC I got about 17-20 hours...unless I check into the sound processing stuff such as D.C. Phase linearization ....eq....etc...then it goes down to around 12 hours or so...but most of the time, I would rate that depends on the usage that I throw at it....12-20 hours....and I don't have those MP3 stuff

I manly have my stuff in flac buy some tracks are not released in wav/flac quality one example would be Diplo - Set Me Free, I would pay way more than normal for a legit flac from this track

 

[Blommen]

And this is what breaks it a little bit for me as I am an eq user and I see no reason not to use BAL if you buy a Sony dap, as it is better, so if battery life is approx 12 hours that is only a little bit better than most.

 

[Whitigir]

And this is what breaks it a little bit for me as I am an eq user and I see no reason not to use BAL if you buy a Sony dap, as it is better, so if battery life is approx 12 hours that is only a little bit better than most.

Dont forget that WM1Z is powerful and that I drive it out of Utopia either . Most of the other stuff nowadays go max to 7.5 hour or so...Balanced and Eq and so on...that the WM1Z almost doubled...little ? I don't think so. However, feel free to enjoy 7.5 hours max, if you prefer it

 

[PCheung]

12 hours is a little bit better than most?

My AK240 and Onkyo DP-X1 never work more than 4 hours in BAL fyr.

 

[Blommen]

Dont forget that WM1Z is powerful and that I drive it out of Utopia either . Most of the other stuff nowadays go max to 7.5 hour or so...Balanced and Eq and so on...that the WM1Z almost doubled...little ? I don't think so. However, feel free to enjoy 7.5 hours max, if you prefer it

That's great but I was thinking about this player though.

No doubt the WM1Z is great but I can't stop thinking that I could build a better system for the money if it doesn't have to be portable. That said, it depends on what you value most, portability, sq, battery etc.

 

[imparanoic]

It would be interesting to see how long battery life with balanced output on nw-zx300

 

[imparanoic]

The manuel says MP3 8128kbps) 30 hours , AAC (256kbps) 27 hours, FLAC 192/24 23 hours, DSD2.8 19hours

Seems like the nw-zx100 has double the battery life compare to nw-zx300, 65 hours mp3, 50 hours flac

 

[Panda62]

I wonder if we would see two colors of it. One silver (ZX100) and black(ZX2). We have but only a few more hours to go.

 

[kms108]

You mean they are officially announcing it soon.

 

[tenedosian]

So we have the final specs of the long-awaited child :

- 64gb memory + micro sd
- USB DAC
- Balanced out
- 11.2MHz DSD native playback1, 384kHz/32bit PCM and MQA support
- Bluetooth, aptX and LDAC
- $699 MSRP available at the end of October

Looks like the electronic design is a hybrid between ZX100 and WM1A.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sony-electronics-announces-nw-zx300-walkman-300512156.html

 

[Bepli]

So we have the final specs of the long-awaited child :

- 64gb memory + micro sd
- USB DAC
- Balanced out
- 11.2MHz DSD native playback1, 384kHz/32bit PCM and MQA support
- Bluetooth, aptX and LDAC
- $699 MSRP available at the end of October

Looks like the electronic design is a hybrid between ZX100 and WM1A.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sony-electronics-announces-nw-zx300-walkman-300512156.html

Well we knew that already... whats actual news is that the balanced output is 200mW per channel

 

[Partlys4int]

The price is too high. On-board capacity drops to 64 gb, battery life drops and the design is clearly based upon the two year old design of the ZX100. The price should have been 599$ max.

I cannot buy this with any rational consideration, not with that price.

 

[Bepli]

The price is too high. On-board capacity drops to 64 gb, battery life drops and the design is clearly based upon the two year old design of the ZX100. The price should have been 599$ max.

I cannot buy this with any rational consideration, not with that price.

I dont think so, it adds alot of new features. MQA, aptx HD, 200mW per Channel in balanced. I think the price is alright for msrp. It wont release that soon but before Christmas and if you buy it around Christmas time it will be about 100$ cheaper

 

[Partlys4int]

I dont think so, it adds alot of new features. MQA, aptx HD, 200mW per Channel in balanced. I think the price is alright for msrp. It wont release that soon but before Christmas and if you buy it around Christmas time it will be about 100$ cheaper

I hope you're right.