TripBitShooter
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i am wondering if this is gonna be better than the NWZ-F886, or something like the iBasso DX50.
just gave the demo at star house Hong Kong. Was using a Fidue A83 with 7N occ 8 wire cable.
Initial impression: the sound is clear n neutral (not bright nor warm just neutral), a bit of floor noise not as bad as hidizs ap100. Menu is smooth on a filled 32g sd card. Initial sd card scanning takes a few minutes.
UI gripes:
-Have to mount the sd card in menu in order to view it
-Cannot display some Asian languages or words
-Can format sd on the device and the option is place right next to the mounting and dismounting of sd card
-Cannot view folders on sd card, have to find songs via album, artist, genre but no the folders I stored my music in
By the way, when the A17 is paired with pha-3, sounds like a dream, the sound is many times better, much warmer, richer, resolving, more body.
My wish from my previous post is just to make noted that such a problem exists and that Sony fixes it before my preordered a15 arrives.
Not sure if this had been posted:
http://www.whathifi.com/sony/nwz-a15/review
Just a note, the place where I sampled the a17 was not that quiet.
The noise level is similar to the old f880 series Walkman but the dynamic range/resolution is better. Even with the super sensitive Fidue a83 with cable swap ~11 ohms it required around half of total volume to bring to reach the 80dB range.
Yes it uses micro sd but I usually write sd for short since most players us micro sd now.
After putting my sd into the a17, it actually created a few folders for pictures (dcim), video, etc.
Yes castleofargh I tried both methods and No, the micro sd icon described will show an error saying no files exist but I can then find all my files via album, artists, etc. btw my sd card is very full with only 1-2 mb to spare, not sure if this was the matter for a17
Seems to not come with case and at the moment, no dedicated pouch, case, nor sleeve for it.
The buttons of the a17 feels alright with reasonable dampening, and everything feels solid except the "hold" sliding switch which seemed a tad flimsy. Feels pretty good in hand and not slippery at all
Just a note, the place where I sampled the a17 was not that quiet.
The noise level is similar to the old f880 series Walkman but the dynamic range/resolution is better. Even with the super sensitive Fidue a83 with cable swap ~11 ohms it required around half of total volume to bring to reach the 80dB range.
Yes it uses micro sd but I usually write sd for short since most players us micro sd now.
After putting my sd into the a17, it actually created a few folders for pictures (dcim), video, etc.
Yes castleofargh I tried both methods and No, the micro sd icon described will show an error saying no files exist but I can then find all my files via album, artists, etc. btw my sd card is very full with only 1-2 mb to spare, not sure if this was the matter for a17
Seems to not come with case and at the moment, no dedicated pouch, case, nor sleeve for it.
The buttons of the a17 feels alright with reasonable dampening, and everything feels solid except the "hold" sliding switch which seemed a tad flimsy. Feels pretty good in hand and not slippery at all
Maybe you need to fill the card using MediaGo. I found that just filling the F886 with copy and paste corrupted most of my album art. But on using MediaGo to import the files corrected most album art to be visible.
Btw. Did you try gapless??
i am wondering if this is gonna be better than the NWZ-F886, or something like the iBasso DX50.
I'd be interested to know this also... I'm looking to purchase my first DAP capable of 24/192, at the moment I don't have a dedicated DAP at all, I use my HTC One (M7) with the AIMP player to play FLAC files but would like a dedicated source with a better DAC and headphone amp. Since the announcement of the A10/15/17 my shortlist has grown and after reading through this thread and discovering the F886 for the first time it has grown again! Right now I'm tossing up between the cheaper albeit bulkier X1 purely for the fact that it is $100 and is available now, one of these new Sony A series players because of the slim form factor and the addition of Bluetooth which is perfect for the gym combined with some Bluetooth in ears, the 32gb F886 which is selling for a little under the price of the 16gb A15, or the Pono player which other than some glowing reviews from listeners on the official Pono page I don't really have much to go off, I do like it's design and if it sounds like everyone interviewed says it sounds like then I'm sold although it is also the most expensive out of the lot at $399... Hmmm... decisions decisions...
I am in exactly the same situation. I have decided to buy a Fiio X1 just because it's so cheap and I think it will act as a good introduction to DAP players. If I find I like having a DAP that can play FLAC etc. files, later this year, I will consider upgrading to either the Sony A10 or the Pono. Both of the latter two devices seem to have great potential, for different reasons, but I'd like to see some objective opinions on both before deciding which one is right for me.