[Chefano]

I really love my ZX2, most of the time its paired with my 846.
Does anybody know how they compare against ZX2? 

 

[hydesg]

anyone using it with the andromeda?

 

[Reignfire]

Has anyone tried to compare the SQ of Questyle QP1R vs Sony NW-WM1A? Which one is superior?

 

[boomtube]

Has anyone tried to compare the SQ of Questyle QP1R vs Sony NW-WM1A? Which one is superior?

+1 I'm curious about this also.

 

[Steven R. Rochli]

i have done the comparo and the Questyle is more on the accuracy side whereas the Sony is more musical. Just updated the NW-WM1Z to the new firmware 1.02 released today, so we'll see what's going on once things settle. My full review link from RMAF was posted here earlier, though Google also tags it.
 
BTW: Did a direct comparo to my ZX2 within the review. Want to get more hours on the WM1Z before doing a final full review versus the hands-on one from RMAF.

 

[Whitigir]

i have done the comparo and the Questyle is more on the accuracy side whereas the Sony is more musical. Just updated the NW-WM1Z to the new firmware 1.02 released today, so we'll see what's going on once things settle. My full review link from RMAF was posted here earlier, though Google also tags it.

BTW: Did a direct comparo to my ZX2 within the review. Want to get more hours on the WM1Z before doing a final full review versus the hands-on one from RMAF.

Well, I don't know about other people, but to me, being accurate is easy in music and audio. For example, a singer can practice to be precise and accurate....but could he/she express the soul of the lyrics and the track itself ? These are two very different scenarios where as being "soulful and expressive" is considered better and unique in this instance

 

[bmoura]

Has anyone tried to compare the SQ of Questyle QP1R vs Sony NW-WM1A? Which one is superior?

A key difference between the Questyle DAPs and the two Walkman models is that the 1A and 1Z from Sony have Native DSD 256 playback via the balanced inputs while the Questyle tops out at Native DSD 128. 

 

[Steven R. Rochli]

Well, I don't know about other people, but to me, being accurate is easy in music and audio. For example, a singer can practice to be precise and accurate....but could he/she express the soul of the lyrics and the track itself ? These are two very different scenarios where as being "soulful and expressive" is considered better and unique in this instance

 
Very true. Within the recording studio you can easily add effects, yet it is hard to add 'emotion' (or talent, though even that's up for debate).
 
Now comes the uploading of ~60GB of music files to the internal memory (for starters). Tom Petty is right, the waiting is the hardest part
 

 

[gerelmx1986]

 

Well, I don't know about other people, but to me, being accurate is easy in music and audio. For example, a singer can practice to be precise and accurate....but could he/she express the soul of the lyrics and the track itself ? These are two very different scenarios where as being "soulful and expressive" is considered better and unique in this instance

I do agree i was nauseated with a mozart recital last year... the pianist played wa too robotic and unexpressive

 

[johnston21]

Just updated the NW-WM1Z to the new firmware 1.02 released today

Curious to know why others are not mentioning the update...

 

[Whitigir]

Curious to know why others are not mentioning the update...

I actually upgraded it and thanks to Steve for pointing that out . It was fairly easy, just download, plugged in and execute the files.

 

[gerelmx1986]

lets see with which FW my A comes with, it is recommended that I instal FW 1.01 and then 1.02 or go straight to 1.02 and skip 1.01

 

[davidmolliere]

Well, I don't know about other people, but to me, being accurate is easy in music and audio. For example, a singer can practice to be precise and accurate....but could he/she express the soul of the lyrics and the track itself ? These are two very different scenarios where as being "soulful and expressive" is considered better and unique in this instance

 
Well everyone will have different goals and preferences, but it's definitely what I am looking for and I don't regret jumping on the WM1A. I don't know what the consensus is as I haven't read as much on the A as the Z and not all the 44 pages of the thread but it does strike me as pretty engaging & soulful and it's right out of the box day fresh first impression, apparently the Z is even more euphonic (but way out of my price range). 

 

[Steven R. Rochli]

...apparently the Z is even more euphonic (but way out of my price range). 

 
Yes, Sony likes a bit of "euphoric" sound. This may be why many love 'pure DSD' as it seems to add in the type of sound signature. FYI i compared my master 24/192 of a live concert to the same master in DSD and the DSD has that sound signature whereas my master does not. Both signals were fed off the same mix board output and the sound engineer was one of Sony's finest guys. So we're talking top-level stuff
 
PS: Have been a bit skeptical of MQA, as they repeatedly refuse to give us guys the encoder to do an indy comparo. That's why i've held off saying much about it.

 

[TSAVJason]

Sony! The creator of Personal Portable Audio is back with a vengeance! Available to ship next week!