Sony NW-WM1ZM2

[What Hi-Fi?]

Sony’s NW-WM1ZM2 music player is superbly engineered but also surprisingly flawed.

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[podknocker]

£3299 and it's not amazing. I think the days of Sony leading the way with portable music players, have gone.

 

[JR75]

For 3700 US dollars I would expect an excellent DAP - in Every way. The slow software and the low power output would put me off - although possibly the U.S version is not hobbled by the Euro loudness standards. You should have included the headphone impedance of the cans you tried, and if they are high, tried a pair that were still good, but had lower impedance. I would have liked to see the results. After being very disappointed with the A&K Kann Max (which I returned), it is sad to hear Sony is lacking in its high-end DAPs.

 

[vinman666]

The volume limitation has been an issue for the last few iterations of Sony Hi-Res player. I've got the the NW-ZX300 which pre-dated the move to Android and ran a version of Linux. It could be hacked to the Australia region, retaining the English interface but removing the limit. It's a shame as once updated it sounds amazing through the balanced output.

 

[Gray]

£3299 and it's not amazing. I think the days of Sony leading the way with portable music players, have gone.

1300 quid more than I paid for my (perfectly respectable) car - this thing needs to be 'unbelievably perfect', never mind 'surprisingly flawed' 🤨