[Ursego]

Which portable player which has streaming has the most similar sound to the Sony?

Buy Sony NW-ZX507. I had it before I bought the NW-WM1A. The NW-ZX507 has terrific warm sound - as good as the NW-WM1A with Mr. Walkman's firmware (discussed here) tuned to the warmest signature. Maybe, even better. Its main problem is that it only outputs native DSD on the balanced 4.4 output (not the regular 3.5 output), and I have headphones with a built in analog amplifier and a non-balanced cable (I couldn't find a replacement for those even after testing many headphones up to $2000). The NW-WM1A also outputs native DSD only on the 4.4 jack, but the mentioned firmware fixes that, so I returned the NW-ZX507 and bough NW-WM1A (I don't use streaming - I prefer to have my collection on a disk, preferably in DSD).

 

[rsbrsvp]

Yes, it is android, and it isn’t $8,000. The gold is probably 3.4-3.7K and black is 1.4K or so

Got it. I'll wait for it. Hope it is not long...

 

[rsbrsvp]

Found it on ebay: Pre-Order SONY NW-WM1ZM2 WALKMAN Signature Series WM1 256GB Android 11 Gold.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1720605156...cL6TJJZqHEbgXoFH8qCSbxQn6QsETAScaAo0-EALw_wcB

So this should sound at least as good as the MK1 but with streaming?

 

[Whitigir]

Found it on ebay: Pre-Order SONY NW-WM1ZM2 WALKMAN Signature Series WM1 256GB Android 11 Gold.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1720605156...cL6TJJZqHEbgXoFH8qCSbxQn6QsETAScaAo0-EALw_wcB

So this should sound at least as good as the MK1 but with streaming?

That is not the right pricing for it , that is scalper price

 

[rsbrsvp]

Yeah- I found it cheaper..

 

[Ghisy]

Hey,

Does anyone know how the WM1A compares to the Cowon Plenue R2? I'm especially interested in battery life and EQ: I need to be able to save different EQs for my IEMs/headphones (at least 10 EQs).

Thanks!