[bigmoneytee]

I live in the United States. I am looking to buy a Sony NW WM1Z, Japanese edition. I wondered if there are any issues with having a Japanese version of the NW WM1Z, or should I wait to buy a United States Edition?

 

[nc8000]

I live in the United States. I am looking to buy a Sony NW WM1Z, Japanese edition. I wondered if there are any issues with having a Japanese version of the NW WM1Z, or should I wait to buy a United States Edition?

Main issue would probably be warranty and at any rate there should be no difference between a Japanese and a US unit and using the rockbox tool or MrWalkman fw you can change anything into anything. Main problem will probably be finding a unit after the new M2 has launched

 

[Quadfather]

I turned my NW-WM1Z off. I have had to reboot it several times to remove blip during play off the microSD card.


****Update****

I cleaned the Micro SD slot using DeOxit cleaner/conditioner. I applied it with a horse bristle craft brush and removed excess with dry, unused horse bristle craft brushes. This way, there is no chance of damaging or bending the contacts. I cleaned the micro SD contacts with DeOxit and a Q-tip. I dried with a dry Q-tip. Everything seems to play smoothly now. One blip...reboot...gone. Still better. Went back in with a different dry brush. All seems fine now. I also cleaned the balanced output socket with a dry cloth. It may have been that.

 

[gLer]

My hat off to @MrWalkman for the 'Much Higher Gain' FW tweak. It's changed my perception of the WM1Z, from a DAP that I absolutely loved but felt just about provided enough power, to one that's even better now with more power (voltage?) than my previous Hiby RS6 and R8 DAPs (690mW/1.2W output) by comparison. I'm now driving both IER-Z1R and MDR-Z1R at a much lower volume setting than I did with the Hiby DAPs without any SQ penalty (if anything I feel SQ has actually improved), and any need/desire for an external amp has dissipated. If you own an OG 1A/1Z, you owe yourself to at least give it a try - and it's so easy to enable/disable at will. The only downside is that it doesn't support DSP or DSD/MQA files, which is where an external amp might still be useful for playing back these files or using DSP with harder-to-drive headphones.

 

[gerelmx1986]

My hat off to @MrWalkman for the 'Much Higher Gain' FW tweak. It's changed my perception of the WM1Z, from a DAP that I absolutely loved but felt just about provided enough power, to one that's even better now with more power (voltage?) than my previous Hiby RS6 and R8 DAPs (690mW/1.2W output) by comparison. I'm now driving both IER-Z1R and MDR-Z1R at a much lower volume setting than I did with the Hiby DAPs without any SQ penalty (if anything I feel SQ has actually improved), and any need/desire for an external amp has dissipated. If you own an OG 1A/1Z, you owe yourself to at least give it a try - and it's so easy to enable/disable at will. The only downside is that it doesn't support DSP or DSD/MQA files, which is where an external amp might still be useful for playing back these files or using DSP with harder-to-drive headphones.

How much volume? When i tewted the Meze liric i was hitting 100 om H-gain for stock sony FW 3.02

 

[nc8000]

How much volume? When i tewted the Meze liric i was hitting 100 om H-gain for stock sony FW 3.02

Aparently a lot more but it’s not yet available

 

[gerelmx1986]

Whike the Meze liric sounded very clean and clear... like @gLer says... no DD , no fun

 

[bigmoneytee]

Main issue would probably be warranty and at any rate there should be no difference between a Japanese and a US unit and using the rockbox tool or MrWalkman fw you can change anything into anything. Main problem will probably be finding a unit after the new M2 has launched

What about charging it? Do I need electricity

 

[nc8000]

What about charging it? Do I need electricity

Yes you need electricity to charge the player

 

[MrWalkman]

What about charging it? Do I need electricity

Yes you need electricity to charge the player

Indeed, they initially had plans on using a technology that relies on the electromagnetic interference all around us to charge the player.

As the electromagnetic interference would all be harvested by the charging circuit, the sound quality would be better, as there would be less interference getting to the rest of the components. Too bad it didn't work out in the end, so they went on with classic electricity.

 

[Quadfather]

I'm getting a few more blips today only on music on the SD card so I have a feeling I'm going to have to reformat it and put music back in due to some bad sector or something.

 

[Bigbeat]

Hello, has there been any matte tempered glass screen protector like there has been one for NW-ZX300?

 

[gerelmx1986]

I'm getting a few more blips today only on music on the SD card so I have a feeling I'm going to have to reformat it and put music back in due to some bad sector or something.

I got glitches too usually reseating the card or worst case retransfer of music files.

On my DMP-Z1 until now i haven't heard any glitch until mow

 

[gerelmx1986]

I'm getting a few more blips today only on music on the SD card so I have a feeling I'm going to have to reformat it and put music back in due to some bad sector or something.

But format the card on the DAP

 

[Queen6]

I'm getting a few more blips today only on music on the SD card so I have a feeling I'm going to have to reformat it and put music back in due to some bad sector or something.

Try the official tool

https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/

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