Leviticus
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I must listen to the A15...
I saw one in Currys the other day for £159 and I will say it made me a little reticent that I paid nearly six times that for the ZX2...
With all the best will in the world, I hope the A15 sounds really bad...
Some time ago I played around with an A15 demo unit and compared it to my ZX1 before I jumped on the ZX2 bandwagon. I read many comments here on head-fi saying that the ZX1 is only marginally better than the A15. Even more perplexing, some comparisons between the A15 and the ZX2 concluded that the price gap isn’t justified in light of the fact that there are not enough audible improvements. After a few seconds with the A15 I was relieved to hear that all this talk was utter nonsense. I felt underwhelmed by the sonic performance of the A15 after comparing it to my ZX1. The lack of bass, soundstage and the overall impression that the sound was too flat all contributed to my first impressions. Even the equalizer couldn’t offset its shortcomings. I admit that I didn’t spend a lot of time with the A15, partly because I didn’t think it was that great. In my humble opinion the A-series cannot keep up with the ZX models. The ZX-series still reigns supreme when it comes to sound quality, as it should. Later this year Sony will announce and maybe launch the new A20 Walkman. I’m looking forward to what Sony has to offer us next.