New Sony Walkman music players feature good looks, Android 12

Re:New Sony Walkman music players feature good looks, Androi... by SomeoneOnTheWeb on Monday January 16, 2023 @03:01AM (#34398101)

The very main reason is to have a higher quality audio output. Instead of having a shitty jack a device like this will have a very good DAC & amp, sometimes even a bi-DAC and bi-amp, and also a lot more power to handle bigger headphones.

Globally if you just have a basic pair of headphones / earphones you're better off having a USB-C <=> Jack adapter or a simple bluetooth receiver, but for cases where you want to have a really higher quality source then these will do incredibly well.

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Re:New Sony Walkman music players feature good looks, Androi... by Joeri on Monday January 16, 2023 @03:56AM (#34398483)

For really high quality audio you pretty much need high impedance headphones, and I don’t think these walkmen support those. I’m not convinced the new walkman sounds better than an iphone, but I’d be interested in a blind comparison test.

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Re:New Sony Walkman music players feature good looks, Androi... by antihero on Monday January 16, 2023 @04:20AM (#34398610)

Pray tell why high impedance makes sound better quality? From what I gather studio headphones have higher impedance due to sharing a signal between lots of people, not for quality reasons.

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Re:New Sony Walkman music players feature good looks, Androi... by numpad0 on Monday January 16, 2023 @05:11AM (#34398973)

I don't know how to read specs for these, but this NW-ZX707 model supports up to 50mW/ch for 3.5mm stereo and 230mW/ch @ 16 ohms for balanced output - yes it has both 3.5mm unbalanced and 4.4mm balanced TRRS on the device.

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Re:New Sony Walkman music players feature good looks, Androi... by fillest on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @08:57AM (#34412379)

Nah, check Fostex TH-900 (25 ohm), for example

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