Yeah, those ones exactly. I read the page on it and I’ll be honest it just sounded like a bunch of techno babble
I’ve got a pair and they’re ok. Nothing particularly special about them but their real party trick is being able to flip between EQ presets in the qudelix software. I wouldn’t buy them unless I was also buying a 5k directly from qudelix because of the shipping costs.
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That’s kinda interesting, especially with a dual DD setup, but yeah their published fr seems eh. It’s interesting that they seem kinda forgotten while the 5k is a darling of the community.
They’re interesting but more in the sense of you can buy them and experience a bunch of tuning targets than want to actually listen to them regularly.
They’re a great tech demo in the sense that they show the direction that planars should go since they respond so well to EQ, acceptable stock tuning with a bunch of prebaked EQ presets to hit or get close to various tuning targets.
It’s finally here. The Sony Series.
NW-A300 - NW-A306 360 Reality Audio | Portable Audio Player | Sony Asia Pacific
ZX707 - NW-ZX707 High-resolution Audio | Portable Audio Player | Sony Asia Pacific
I’m curious how the A300 will fair since they’re sticking to the same compact design. They’re also boasting 26 hours of battery life while streaming. Will be quite a technical marvel to achieve that on such a small device.
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wow, this a300 looks puurrfect little device for me if they really achieve 26h on streaming. But my guess the MSRP would be around 500$ in current market, maybe 449$
https://kakakumag.com/av-kaden/?id=19130&lid=kmag_pc_19130_recommend_mid
https://kakakumag.com/av-kaden/?id=19131
I dont know how legit this source is but it also redirects to some preorders, so probably quite legit.
ZX700 would be released at around 800$ in Japan.
A306 would be released at 350$
So not bad at all
Oh. I need a dap, great timing!!
Said no one ever but my wallet is shaking
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Coming from someone who just got their endgame dap🤣
For real though that A300 is mighty tempting. I just can’t convince myself that I need anything more than my qudelix though…
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Europe version will only have 32gb version of the A300 and costs 400 euro
But honestly, I am quite dissapointed that the power output is the same as the previous A105/100…
At only 35mw@16ohm!
https://www.sony.jp/walkman/products/NW-A300_series/spec.html
The ZX700 power is also the same as the previous NW-ZX507 (slightly higher BAL power).
Engineer interview: 専用機だからこその音楽体験を届けたいストリーミングウォークマン「NW-A300シリーズ」 | ソニー
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The only clear reason I can see is to compensate for the long battery life. It’s also the same power output as my A55.
I mean for IEM this should be as usable as A55 was, worse with high impedance buds. But 400 eur are above my treshold definitely now, would wait for 2nd hand market
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What’s with Sony and underpowered daps? Also what does 35mW + 35mW mean?
35mw on each side (L & R).
Yes.
Sure.
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Hmm okay, so does that mean when companies say 80mW @ 32 SE for instance does that mean 80mW + 80mW or 40mW + 40mW?
In most cases it is 80mW per channel. There are some sneaky manufacturers that adds it up, but this is minority
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That’s what I figured. It’s weird that companies convey that info differently
They should mean per channel. But shady ones can mean in total.
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