My thoughts on the new NW-S700F/S600 players

[Matty]

Just a quick note off the top of my head about these new players. They're basically what Sony's been striving for for a few years now. I have had MD (HI-MD and NetMD) players in the past and while I did like them for their recording and titling functions, I found the players to be persnickety and the transfer times kind of slow. Having the potential for many former MD-only functions on a flash player is amazing. I also think that this may be the player to finaly make Sony relevant again to the non Sony (iPod) users. It's high end, with proprietary accessories which are clearly aimed squarely at the iPod users. SonicStage, as well has gone through serious refinement and if they could do something like add Mac support (don't have one, just want to see that) then they could have a very dangerous product on their hands. I really loved my MZ-RH810 and I also love my NW-A608, and this seems to be a combination of the functionalities and I really like it and want one bad. If they can follow it up with a new HDD based player they'll be providing a very realistic alternative to iPods.

Edited October 13, 2006 by Matty

[DSP]

congratulations with your purchase!

great device isn't it?

have fun and enjoy it!!!!

greetz

[thefanboy]

DSP, stuge,

thanks.

sure, it is a great device.

the 'walkman demo' preloaded in the player proves the device. really a demo piece of music.

as DSP said, VPT studio is excellent. I have not listened to anything like this before.

[giki]

Hey Fanboy,put the clearbass upto max and set those earphones in properly and it will blow your brains off!!

Trust me you gonna love this.

Hey DSP,if you love megabass,you gonna die for clearbass.

MEGA/CLEARBASS FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thefanboy]

true, clearbass max boosts the bass well. thanx giki

[DSP]

@ giki:

as you might know, I allready own an NW-S703. But yeah, you´re right! clearbass is awsome. as I´ve sad: I think it´s even better than mega bass.

mega bass ould sound muddy or muffled sometimes. clearbass is (as the name states) clear and vivid. the bass is absolotely beautifull and sounds very natural too.

it feels like there´s a base drum in your head.

greetz

[giki]

Hi DSP,well as far as i know,sony designs and builds most of its stuff by itself.

CRTs,LCD panels,audio hardware,MD and HI-MD and so on were all designed by Sony for its products and made by Sony too.

Regarding DAPs checkout Virtual Media Engine on sony DAPs which is one of the reason they sound good and last long.I reckon that the fact that they design and build thier own chips is the reason they sound better than other players irrespective of what some apple fanboys say that they have the same chips and shit and sound similar.They probably forgot that putting together something involves engineering and quality too.Not all DAPs are same.

Afetrall the best way to do anything is to do it yourself.(and not buy off the shelf from sigmatel)

[DSP]

I was bored todaay, so I was playing with my NW-S703 for a while...

and i discovered it plys MP3 @ 48000 Hz. I tested it right away, and it works.

I think my NW-A1200 doesn´t play 48000 Hz, but not shure.

I use 48000 Hz files often, so I really like it that they are supported now. ATRAC3 @ 48000 Hz would be awsome.

But you can´t adjust that right? is atrac3 strd in 44.1 Khz? I think so.

well sony, up to 98000 Hz and 24 Bit support!!. Add a HD digital AMP and some more output power to that (25 Mw per channel) and it´s even better that it allready is!

but now, I´m dreaming again...

I think I´ll have to stick to MD for 24 Bit support.

greetz

Edited January 2, 2007 by DSP

[giki]

Well DSP if it has 96khz sampling with 24 bit that wpou;d be DVD quality.

An HD Digital Amp sounds tasty as is the power hike though in reality even 15 would be ok.

now even i have started dreaming!!!!!!

[DSP]

hi giki,

oww yeah, that´s right..it was 96000 Hz...srry

15 Mw will do, but if I look to those iaudio DAP´s wich all have something like 30-35 Mw output per channel, I think that, in my dream, I´d like 30 Mw over 15 Mw.

but yes, since I´m an audio fanatic my perfect DAP would have 24 Bit support, 96 KHz, HD digital AMP, 30 Mw per channel, VPT, 10 bands EQ and perhaps dolby headphone and some other stuff...

but like I said, guess that´s something for my sweet dreams.

greetz

btw, giki, ..... sweet dreams!

Edited January 2, 2007 by DSP

[giki]

Make me the next CEO of Sony Corp and thats the first thing i am gonna do.

[DSP]

he guys,

I purchased the NW-S703FB a week before x-mas.

I was so stupid to delete the demo files that came on it.

could any-one send me these files please? I would really appreciate it!

PM me or just react here.........

greetz

[Guest Stuge]

Today I also got the NW-S703F(Gold).

@DSP:I'm not sure,but i think files are copy protected .

[DSP]

can´t you just get the .OMA files form the player via windows explorer and wrap them in a zip file?

this is how I once sent some files over to a friend of mine.

thx, appreciate you try.

in case you figure something out, here´s my email: ricosabel@gmail.com

greetz

Edited January 5, 2007 by DSP

[Guest Stuge]

Definately,I can do that .

Rest we can discuss via PM .

[DSP]

OK thx!!!!

I´ve just PM-ed you.

greetz