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The new Sony Walkman is...$1200!That's not a joke. (and it's also running Android Jelly Bean) O_o

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All signs pointed to a new Sony Walkman (literally) at CES 2015, and the signs didn't lie. The new Walkman ZX2 is real, and it's designed exclusively with high-end audiophiles in mind — as Sony puts it themselves, this is "the fruit of continuous refinement in high audio quality technologies."
 
A lot of people like the design of the ZX1, Sony's previous flagship Walkman. I wasn't one of them. But I love the new ZX2. I love the texture of its matte black casing. I love the playback buttons carved into its curved side — in the little time I've had to hold the device, my fingers curled right onto the play, pause, and rewind. It's heavier than you'd initially expect, in a good way. It's solid. The distinctive gold-toned headphone jack juts wider than the frame and adjacent to the microSD slot (if you need more than the 128GB of built-in storage).
 
To be sure, the ZX2 isn't an all-in-one device. It's running years-old Android — 4.2 Jelly Bean, to be exact, which first debuted in November 2012. And while you can download and play apps from Google Play, this isn't meant to match wits with today's smartphones. Everything around the device is meant for an optimal audio experience. Specs-wise, the new Walkman supports DSD, WAV, AIFF, FLAC, Apple Lossless, and more. It supports Bluetooth for wireless streaming and NFC for one-touch connection to speakers and headphones.
 
All this high fidelity comes at a price. While the recent Walkman A17 comes in at around $300, the ZX2 will launch in the Spring for over $1,119.99. The Walkman ZX2 is singularly focused on being a premium high-end audio experience — a surprisingly crowded category this year. Daft Punk sounded pretty good through Sony's own headphones, but I'm not about to pretend I can vouch for the audio fidelity here — a CES show floor is probably top five worse way to concentrate on any single, coherent sound.

 

 

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What the hell is Sony smoking? It's super ugly , bulky , laggy , running on old hardware and software and it costs damn $1200???What the hell...it has 128GB of storage but considering this is meant for very high-end sound codecs, it's gonna fill up really quickly.

 

They are definitely hoping some Sony, or more specifically Walkman, fanboy will buy this. I have no idea why anyone would ever want to get this unless...well, I can't find any good reason.

 

No wonder they're losing so much money, lol.

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Probably made by the playstation's Sony deparment.

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It looks really nice

 

but ... no, I will not be buying one....ever

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Please for the love of god paste in plain text so I can read it on night theme.

Why the hell doesn't automatic color work?

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Halp... I'm drooling...

 

(I'll be buying the updated B series for my birthday tho...)

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Why the hell doesn't automatic color work?

The grey on grey is killing me. You must paste as plain text for it to work, I think.

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The grey on grey is killing me. You must paste as plain text for it to work, I think.

Fixed now?

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Lol is what joke

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Dope.

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I understand that there is a market for highend audio devices, but I dont think this is the way to reach those people.

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I believe this is a great product. The interface seems WAY better than any other high end DAP. If the sound quality is good then i believe it's going to be a successful product .

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Am I reading

 

"Hi-Res audio"?

They have a page about it on their website, they mean lossless audio and higher bitrate (sort of): http://www.sony.nl/electronics/hoge-resolutie-audio (its in dutch but if you look at the diagrams its understandable i think)

Marketting BS ahoy!

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I would buy it, if it wasn't so expensive. I vote for them making another android-based player like the iPod touch but nowhere near as expensive. 

 

And have it run KitKat, and have a simple dual core and 2GB of RAM.

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They have a page about it on their website, they mean lossless audio and higher bitrate (sort of): http://www.sony.nl/electronics/hoge-resolutie-audio (its in dutch but if you look at the diagrams its understandable i think)

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I believe this is a great product. The interface seems WAY better than any other high end DAP. If the sound quality is good then i believe it's going to be a successful product .

But the price. I'd buy it if it were $750 in a heartbeat, if I had $750. The price... just... the price... painful.

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For that price tag? Hell no. Also, hi-res audio? What? :huh:

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99.99% of people won't notice the difference between this and a phone with decent audio. So tell me, how do they expect this to be a success? And you don't even need to buy the garden variety overpriced 700+$ phones they insist on selling today, nokia 5800s (just for example) sound great and can be bought for peanuts.

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I can sum it up in 1 picture ;)

 

 

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But the price. I'd buy it if it were $750 in a heartbeat, if I had $750. The price... just... the price... painful.

I do agree with you but if you look at some other products like this one, you'll realise that sony doens't ask THAT much. 

I wouldn't buy a DAP that costs more than my headphones anyway, but at least sony made something that seems nice and practical instead of something "just" ultra high end.

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I do agree with you but if you look at some other products like this one, you'll realise that sony doens't ask THAT much. 

I wouldn't buy a DAP that costs more than my headphones anyway, but at least sony made something that seems nice and practical instead of something "just" ultra high end.

Yeah, I guess you're right. 

But I'd rather have a car. xD

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