SONY's new 2012 Walkman Range!!

[OK-Guy]

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Looked at the E series refresh. No SD card. *frown*
 
Guess I'll be going with a Sansa Clip+ Rockboxed.

 
enjoy, truly.

 

[dissembled]

I wonder how the Z and the F players fare when compared to the Clip + / Clip Zip. I can honestly say that the Clips' sound quality to my ears, better that of the X Walkman's.

 

[Dyaems]

clip headphone out vs Z headphone out? IME they sound quite different.

 

[dissembled]

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clip headphone out vs Z headphone out? IME they sound quite different.

Can you elaborate please? Thanks in advance. 

 

[WayTooCrazy]

Clip sounds more congested, less dynamic to me.  I like the Clip and Clip +, but to me... the Z is better.  I really only use the Clip+ that I have for an Ultra-Portable setup.  Otherwise I use the Z for everything else.

 

[slawterjoe]

Where is the mini sc card slot ? 

 

[cn11]

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Where is the mini sc card slot ? 

 
Mini card slot???!! We don't need no stinkin' mini card slot!!  

 

[purk]

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Clip sounds more congested, less dynamic to me.  I like the Clip and Clip +, but to me... the Z is better.  I really only use the Clip+ that I have for an Ultra-Portable setup.  Otherwise I use the Z for everything else.

I second that and i don't even think the Clip + can even match the X let alone the A, and Z walkman.  Just like you, I found the Clip + to be congested and not as clear sounding vs. the Walkmans.  Though for performance to price ratio, nothing will ever match the Sansa Clip lines.

 

[phantompersona]

The only failing of Sony's Walkman MP3 Players is the lack of expandable memory (SD Card Slot) . If they had an sd slot, man.... they would be the best DAP's ever.

 

[purk]

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The only failing of Sony's Walkman MP3 Players is the lack of expandable memory (SD Card Slot) . If they had an sd slot, man.... they would be the best DAP's ever.

Yeah, no doubt.  I wish Sony would wake up one day and add the expansion slot.  Don't hold your breath on that though.

 

[davidhunternyc]

This new Sony Walkman still can't compete with Apple's 160GB iPod memory. So frustrating. I love Apple but they need serious competition. Sony still won't give it to them.

 

[Achmedisdead]

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This new Sony Walkman still can't compete with Apple's 160GB iPod memory. So frustrating. I love Apple but they need serious competition. Sony still won't give it to them.

And if you want more than 32GB here in the USA, you have to import it....

 

[audionewbi]

The F series seem to have native flac support, wooho!

 

[audionewbi]

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The only failing of Sony's Walkman MP3 Players is the lack of expandable memory (SD Card Slot) . If they had an sd slot, man.... they would be the best DAP's ever.

If it supports flac 'nativly' and it is 32 GB I really dont think SD-card slot is a must. Ofcourse expandable slot is great but 32 GB native flac is still great in my book. I rather get that famous walkman sound quality with flac support than a cowon with sd card slot. No offense to the cowon people, they are great but they still a head behind the sony. 

 

[Achmedisdead]

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If it supports flac 'nativly' and it is 32 GB I really dont think SD-card slot is a must. Ofcourse expandable slot is great but 32 GB native flac is still great in my book. I rather get that famous walkman sound quality with flac support than a cowon with sd card slot. No offense to the cowon people, they are great but they still a head behind the sony. 

 
But if you plan to load your DAP with FLAC, then 32GB really isn't that much space....