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This definetly convinced me in buying this MP3, wasn't really sure but seeing this review and all the features in action really made me decide. Thanks a lot, keep up the good work!

Super helpful, thanks for the review! Especially with the mention of Fiio, have been trying to decide between the two.

The best review of an audio player I have ever seen! Thank you very much!!

Nice! Just picked up one of these for $120 in a local sale. It's very good, much smoother and faster than anything Fiio make, better battery life, nice screen, seemingly bug free (a welcome change from the Chinese "audiophile" stuff, and is generally a quality unit. Highly recommended.

@keithrichards9034

6 жыл бұрын

What about the 45 hour battery? more like 4-5 hours >,< LOL I'm sending mine back. Lie is too big for me.

@akgrimr5002

6 жыл бұрын

Can we edit the album cover ..i mean if we transfer the song to mp3 can we get edit the album of the song?

@Reolzomic

6 жыл бұрын

Keith Richards For me is working 45h+

@Reolzomic

6 жыл бұрын

ahmad afiq yeah

@keithrichards9034

6 жыл бұрын

You little troll, you goblin you

awesome review man~!

You have some great albums on there!

I too bought this semi-blind. I agree completely with review, good audio, nice interface but WHY the cable. It's bound to be the first thing I lose or break. It's a shame it has no wifi, which would make uploading files (particularly podcasts) much easier. However, I'm happy with my purchase. Nice video.

had this for about half a year now, use it every day. Been very pleased with it build quality is pretty good which was what I was looking for. Its also nice to operate and no complaints about audio quality from me, I did end up unlocking the volume limit it comes with in the EU was easy enough to do. In use it really feels like one solid device from how its build to how it operates to how it 'feels', gets back that oldschool sony quality feel. The cable is somewhat annoying since you cant just plug anything you have lying around in, the cable and its proprietary plug itself though isnt bad in itself and seems sturdy. I don't mind it though its one of those sony quirks and I kinda like those quirks they have. A line in option to have it double as a field recorder would have been nice.

@felipeapostol2790

6 жыл бұрын

Hi. Im getting this one soon. Can you please share how to remove/disable the volume limit (eu)? Or maybe post a link or direction on how to get the software/app for this hack. Thanks!

@palexstarks5553

5 жыл бұрын

Had mine for 6 months now, loving it . Use it everyday , battery life is very good

I previously had a FiiO X5 2nd gen, and although the sound quality was ok, I couldn't get on with the UI or the poor battery life. I've been changing files to flac via Media Go and am enjoying the improvement in sound quality. I use a variety of Bowers and Wilkins headphones and prefer to link them via cable. A good test of the unit was to load up some Frank Zappa albums, and see if it could bring out the extra detail in some of the instrumental tracks, The Black Page being one of them. The player is also good for other kinds of music. I've got folk rock, kraut rock, fusion and prog on it, and it handles them all well. A great little player, but it would be wise to invest in a decent case. I use a Tuff-Luv one for mine.

@joshuasim8019

6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Cutts soooo... What are the results from your Sony & fiio comparison..? ☺️

@reeefg8519

6 жыл бұрын

Someone replies. if this player sounds the same as a smartphone with Sony phones. There is some difference in quality or it is pure publicity.

Great choice of music, man!

@MKMTG

3 жыл бұрын

🤘🏻

Thank you so much for the walk through! I understand Walkmans have always been personal music players, however, would this device allow me to play music through my car audio system via either Bluetooth or aux input?

Nice review.

Good review man! Been waiting for someone to review the this a35, Have you tried the cowon plenue d? If yes could you tell me how do they compare? Thanks!

Great review. Have you seen the NW-A45? Curious to know your thoughts on it. I don't mind the proprietary cord since Apple products have their own proprietary cord. No biggie. Also what is the ABC? And how or why would you use it? What are your thoughts now that you have had it for a while?

Finally they come back out with a touchscreen enabled DAP I can afford :D I have the nwz-a865, which is much thinner, but doesn`t have SD card slot, and mine has a dead battery after many years of use. I will be getting this for sure..

@afrog2666

7 жыл бұрын

It has a walkman port, like the others, so I can get a digital line out to my DAC as well :D That`s the good part about their proprietary connection ;)

@jamesbelkin9204

6 жыл бұрын

Jan Christian Frodahl. Can u explain more about the the Walkman port. I have a portable headphone amp does that mean I can run digi line out to my amp?

Apple also use a proprietary cable and no-one moans about it.. At least Sony uses the *same* cable across *all* it's audio devices. Ideal for people who own Sony Walkman Docks.

@Solitaire001

6 жыл бұрын

I agree about the cable, I've been buying Walkman players for about a decade going back to their first MP3 Walkman and (with one exception that used a MicroUSB connector) they have used the same proprietary cable for all their players to this date. To me, it would be much more of an issue with they changed their cords on a regular basis.

@mastervaderm16

5 жыл бұрын

A lil late but you can find lightning cables literally anywhere

Good, honest review. I'm looking to purchasing this soon because I want a DAP that has Bluetooth. I have been using a Fiio X3 2nd Generation since 2015. Have you tried BT out on this device? I don't care too much about the proprietary cable; it doesn't bother me too much. Sound, the UI, and portability trump those by far. The battery life is up to 40 hours, which is crazy. My Fiio gives me 10 hours, which can be very frustrating. Thanks! By the way, you have impeccable taste in music! I just had to say that.

@Reolzomic

6 жыл бұрын

Pat the equalizer does not work with bluetooth

Can it change sound effects via bluetooth? Is there any hidden bluetooth setting?

Thanks man am gonna buy this.... I'm all done and over with apple and its high end price... They used to be you get what you pay for product but now it's been too overrated...

Can you queue up songs and change order of songs in shuffle like in mobile phone music players?

Nice review. Thankfully Sony have retired Media GO and replaced it with Sony Music Center which is much faster when it comes to transferring large amounts of music.

@CrazyWerewolf444

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, but it still needs to improve the conveniences that Media Go had. I am still using the old version of Media Go until SMC updates and improves.

Just a question, how's the bass quality of this device. I didn't find any info anywhere. I'm coming from a nwz a815. Can you please help? many thanks in advance

Will it do multi speed playback for audio books or podcasts? Thanks

Hi! would this device can drive well a high impedance headphone?

Nothing can beat the sound and battery life of Cowon

Thanks for the review. However, proprietary cable is a deal breaker.

Hi bro, I have one question for you, how many hours does the battery last?, in sony website is specificated around 50 hours but this may be just marketing you know..

@MKMTG

6 жыл бұрын

+alejandro lizardi Depends on file type being played. Standby battery life is poor, so I recommend turning it off completely in between listening. I think I get about 20-30 hours with FLAC.

@alejandrolizardi2428

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your answer, I subscribe to your channel, thank you very much!

Can some one compare this with the Fiio mark 3 2nd or 3rd generation, in terms of sound quality and UI

Any reason to get this over just using Spotify? Think I’d struggle to find any music

does it make a difference if you play an mp3 file on this compared to your mobile devices?

need suggestion fiio x1 2nd gen vs sony a35 walkman.which one is better in terms of sound quality?

Hey does this have VPT Arena mode? Thanks

The fact that you listen to metal is what makes this video the best. rock on! \m/

Which dap has the best sound quality between Fiio X3 3rd e this Sony A35?

I need a small dap and was just about sold on the Shanling M1. I have a couple of inexpensive Sony players (

Can I use my headphone which is made for iOS here? I mean will all the button controls of it work?

Oh Colony is probably the best In Flames album :)

Can you drag and drop MP3s into your playlist using Windows Files explorer. Can you create Playlist on your PC them copy them to this device? thks

The volume is capped on EU models. Sent it back to Sony 3 times but to no avail. GUI is very small indeed.

@robertwaterson9785

5 жыл бұрын

which models are not capped?? i bought one from japan and the volume was good but it couldn't change language. so i bought another form the UK and the volume is lower... its not too low but with some music it is ): also everytime i turn it off and later on again the volume level is at 050, with the one from japan it would stay at the volume i left it on... kind of annoying ):

You can make playlists on foobar iirc

is it possible to connect this to my musical fidelity m3 ? thank you very much

Could someone tell me how to use a bookmark list in this walkman.? I know how to add a song to bookmark list but no idea how to find bookmarked songs :(

Do you use the clearaudio+ ?

should i get this or ipod classic 160gb 7th gen?

I am thinking of buying one but does it play albums like The Dark Side Of the Moon or Tubular Bells 2 without any gaps?

@chilly6470

6 жыл бұрын

Yes it does play gapless in mp3 at least..... So great for live albums

I have two doubts about this player: - What are the format files supported? - Does it have gapless play mode? It would be nice to play gapless albums there

Oh the fucking thumbnail got me into this xD. GO ALICE IN CHAINS! \m/

Is the red part of the body (aside from the top/bottom/buttons) made of metal/aluminum?

@daftmoonz9395

7 жыл бұрын

I've got one I can't tell what its made of it's got a thick paint job. it's heavy for it's size very solid feel to it.

Does it have a equalizer system?

Does it have a section for podcasts?

How is the volume output in sennheiser598se

When I transfer ALAC files from iTunes to the I get “Unknown artist” and "Unknown album" on certain files, while others are ok and work perfectly. The files also have 01 in front of the name. Anyone else have this problem?

@Mesatallic

4 жыл бұрын

Ended up using Tag Editor by Amvidia

I have a question you may be able to answer if you've played with the thing very much. Does it have the ability to shuffle a whole genre of music. You see I bought one of the cheaper walkman mp3 players and other than it's far too cheap quality for the prices the biggest thing that gets me is you cannot put a whole genre on shuffle. Which depending on the genre I do a lot. So after I return that underwhelming MP3 player would this fulfill that missing option I seem to love so much.

@MKMTG

6 жыл бұрын

I’ve just tested this out and yes, you can. Go to genre, play a track, use the toolbox icon at the bottom. It will then shuffle between all the songs in that genre.

@killgora1

6 жыл бұрын

Sweet. Thanks.

Hi how to connect fm in this I bought this

Does it have a difference in sound quality compared to other sony audio players such as NW-A25, ZX2.

@albertocabezas282

4 жыл бұрын

I own an older model, the A-17. Without any sound enhancement I can assure that there's no measurable difference in quality between the two models.

Esse player funciona com streaming, tipo tidal ou Spotify?

So you can upgrade to 200 gbs on this device? Just with a micro SD card? Any issues with performance that comes with such a large upgrade?

@meemkopf5941

6 жыл бұрын

Barnaby Rumbler According to their website, the A35 can handle up to 2TB of storage, so 200 gbs is almost nothing compared to that. So basically, performance shouldn't be affected by adding a microsd which is 200 gbs.

Pink is my favourite

I was thinking about buying one but where would you get your music from

@albertogonzalez01

3 жыл бұрын

Pirate Bay babyy

i just bought a used one from japan. can you make a video showing how to change language?

how is it with volume level??

When you play music do you turn off the screen or is it on?

@WondersChannel

6 жыл бұрын

You can turn it off with a quick power button press or else it will just turn itself off after a minute or so - I think you can adjust the time the screen stays on for. Thought I'd help you out as this video maker couldn't be arsed to ^.^

Is it able to play ogg?

Can this accept a 256gb SD card?

Hi the walkman have some noise cancellation modes?

@Plush.Hunter

6 жыл бұрын

Depends. There's a version of this player that comes with headphones which do have noise cancellation. If you only buy the player itself, then no.

Sony 😍

Ordinary story from colony album, nice one man

Thicc

I want to really give this a go. I know it's probably 4 trillion times better than my simple apply iPod touch 6 gen.

@MKMTG

6 жыл бұрын

+Edward Francois Syncing music is definitely better. Right now I'm trying to add music to an iPod shuffle and I'm having a nightmare with it. Just bear in mind that music purchased from iTunes won't play on this Sony player.

@bklynbasquiat8100

6 жыл бұрын

TechTechTV ok what about music on your computer period. Does it need a specific program in order to sync with this Sony device?

@MKMTG

6 жыл бұрын

+Edward Francois Nope. Drag and drop, like you're copying music to a memory stick. The Sony reads the files metadata and organises it for you. If you sync with the MediaGo app you get to use other features like the SenseMe auto-playlists, but it's not necessary.

@bklynbasquiat8100

6 жыл бұрын

TechTechTV lol last but not least does it obtain album covers automatically itself? If so then I am sold on it :)

@MKMTG

6 жыл бұрын

+Edward Francois Only if the album art is embedded into the audio file already. (If the artwork is showing up in iTunes on your computer or whatever software you're using, it most likely is already).

Little bit confused about the comment you made about Fiio. Which Fiio player did you compare it with? I compared the Fiio X7 with Sony NW-WM1Z and NW-WM1A . I found Fiio X7 to be better.

@evshrug

6 жыл бұрын

FiiO X7 mk l or mk ll? Which amp module? Aside from sheer volume, can you express how you found the FiiO to sound better? How would you compare the interface experience? Is the balanced out on the X7 a fake electronic “cheat” like the X5 mk lll or does it truely have an amp for each channel? The X7 is far more expensive than the A35, but even so I wish it would win, because it supports WiFi streaming. The FiiO X3 mk ll drove me crazy from bad interface, so much so that I sold it and am just using my phone & attachments till I find a good enough replacement player.

@darthmaulx

6 жыл бұрын

I had mk I for over an year , I then replaced it with a mk II. Personally I like the sound to be neutral. I like to hear the recording as it supposed to without any colouration. To me it doesn't really matter what the internals are of a player, all I care about is how it sounds. MK 1 had a few problems with the software, especially with SD cards .. they had to be formatted to FAT32. But the player sound really good. I think it's the best player I heard apart from "astell & kern sp1000" which I though sounded a bit better. MK II is ok, it doesn't have the software issues, Although MK II suppose to sound better I didn't see that. Hope you have some good IEMs? After trying out so many I finally found the best ever "Shure KSE1500" , It just blew everying out of the water. The only thing I thought better than the KSE1500 are the Stax SR-009, and it was paired up with with one of the top AMPs when I listned to them. I know they aren’t IEMs but no IEM can match the KSEs. Coming back to the Sony player ,they also had a few software issues.. it wouldn’t have really bothered me if the player sounded better then the Fiio X7 , specially being more than double the price.. Funny thing was NW-WM1Z didn't sound any better than NW-WM1A.

@evshrug

6 жыл бұрын

darthmaulx, thanks for the reply. I had an (expensive) experiment with customs which didn’t really work out, so right now my main IEMs are Sennheiser IE 80 S. Hopefully the IE 800 S someday. I had read that the FiiO X5 mk lll sounded better SE than through the balanced output, and I was hoping the X7 mk ll wasn’t afflicted by the same. I want to like the X7, looks great on paper, but ironically just a day ago I had a car emergency which totally changed my budget since my last post, had to borrow from the “fun” budget.

@darthmaulx

6 жыл бұрын

I currently have my old IE80 and I have owned the IE800 in the past. For the money IE80 sounds good with a nice soundstage. IE800 are really good . it hands down beats some of the more expensive IEMs. but I couldn't get over the slight sibilance saying that some people like that sparkle on the drum symbols. I hope they have corrected that in S series. I haven't tried the balanced output of X7 II. KSE1500 doesn't support balanced input. But it doesn't really matter because nothing I heard could match the clarity of this pair. If you are on a budget and you don’t need a balanced out and you don't mind living with few software issues I highly recommend to go for a second-hand X7. Another player I liked was the pioneer xdp-100r.. not a high spec but sounds really good and the best sound for money player.

@StefanConstantinDumitrache

6 жыл бұрын

Stay in the same price range, bro. The question would be how this Sony compares with the X3 II, for example. Even the X5 III is double the price.

Can songs be deleted from the device?

screen quality should be lower to dump the prize a bit, its a MP3 player afterall. its no worth the prize tag as is

Wonder how does this compares to the NW-A45

@zexonraider8058

6 жыл бұрын

Ray Shade yeah is it better or worse

@reeefg8519

6 жыл бұрын

Someone replies. if this player sounds the same as a smartphone with Sony phones. There is some difference in quality or it is pure publicity.

@ronnietjikoeri9965

6 жыл бұрын

i need to know too lol i got a sony z4 at the moment and im looking for a mp3 player with a better amp/dac

@Synthematix

6 жыл бұрын

its a player designed for audio and audio only so it will sound much better, bute note, you can get audio players that have line in recording for cheaper

@TanyaOwens

6 жыл бұрын

The big difference is that it allows a variety of formats of High Res audio which is better than CD quality.

Can i connect fiio q3 to this Walkman?

inputs?? does it have 3.5mm input??

Which is better? NW-A35 or NW-A45?

@reeefg8519

6 жыл бұрын

Someone replies. if this player sounds the same as a smartphone sony Z5 with HI RES. There is some difference in quality or it is pure publicity.

a cable I need to take with me, where..? I already use 3 types of usb`s, AND lightning, a WM port cable isn`t really the end of the world..

Can it drive 50ohm headphones easily?

@mubinloqman8247

6 жыл бұрын

sarthak sekhar What headphone specifically? You can't really judge a headphone efficiency only by impedance.

Does anyone know how to create a playlist????

videos can be watch in the walkman??

@MKMTG

6 жыл бұрын

No, just audio.

Aye Megadeth

Can you use spotify with this?

@MKMTG

6 жыл бұрын

No. This does not support Android operating systems like some of the other Sony players do, therefore third-party apps like Spotify aren’t supported.

Does it have Bluetooth?

What's the difference between a40 and a35

@robertturnip7850

6 жыл бұрын

I think the A35 is the older model

Anyone have this and try bluetooth? I can't get my to connect with anything.

@MKMTG

6 жыл бұрын

Never had any problems using Bluetooth with this.

I miss the zune

Where is the clock?

@nghiatrang

6 жыл бұрын

no clock is display on A30 nor A40 series

Does it supports bluetooth

@MKMTG

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

Would you recomend this to me over the Fiio X3 or X1? I'd tried this but not the Fiios.

@StefanConstantinDumitrache

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe over the X1, but don't rule out anything higher from Fiio.. If you can put up some more money, jump at the X5 III, which has Android, so it brings in versatility and the commodity of the touchscreen. Bulkier than Sony's, but a great device nonetheless.

@konadbenz3383

6 жыл бұрын

Gold Piece fiio x3 no bluetooth!!!

Someone replies. if this player sounds the same as a smartphone with Sony phones. There is some difference in quality or it is pure publicity.

@reeefg8519

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for answering

@$149.00 I'll work on picking one up.

Shitty cable is the game breaker for me

@afrog2666

7 жыл бұрын

That cable is great actually, you can get line out from it, pure digital line out, to a dac. and it`s way cheaper that Crapples cables and it sounds magnificent, so..

@xslr

6 жыл бұрын

It's not that bad though. I've been using the X series walkman for 6 years now and the proprietary connector and cable are still going.

@koolstup

6 жыл бұрын

This isn't an issue. The cable/connector is tougher than the old iPod dock connector, and 3rd party replacements are easy to find

@StefanConstantinDumitrache

6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! It is a shame this has become one of the biggest gripes we have with gadgets in 2017.

]v[EGADET]-[ \,,/ I have the Sony nwz-a15, and I'm considering getting this. Thanks for the review!

You don't want a FiiO. Their firmware are very buggy and they never finish updating. They just stop and leave the issues unsolved.

@konadbenz3383

6 жыл бұрын

Matthew Davies yep fiio x 1 crap fiio q 1 crap fiio 5 audiofly-copie crap fiio x 1 II crap

@arthurwatts1680

6 жыл бұрын

@Konad Benz, what was your problem with the Q1 ? It's a DAC/amp, not a DAP - short of buggy Windows USB drivers (a common issue across many DACs), it should have zero issues as it has no UI.

@konadbenz3383

6 жыл бұрын

Arthur Watts thanks for your question I used it with my ifi ican./ fiio 3 II absolutely no result. : it did nothing. so why a q1?

@arthurwatts1680

6 жыл бұрын

To quote from your earlier post: 'fiio q 1 crap' - I assume you mean adding a q1 to the x3 ii -> ican stack 'did nothing' ?? Any decent amplifier should make no significant alteration to the sound, unless we're talking bass boost, so I'm unsure as to why you're criticising a relatively cheap DAC/amp for 'doing nothing' - please advise.

@konadbenz3383

6 жыл бұрын

Arthur Watts I hope I understand you right. /no american/ you are saying, that a cheap dac should/would not have any effect on the sound of for ex. a fiio x3 Ii but a bass-boost -sound hmm. well, I heard no effect at all. so why buy a q1 ? zeos praises the q 1 II as thé 8th wonder of the world I sent it back. as the fiio x1, bad functioning wheel fiio x2 , bad bluetooth f5 : distortions on my laptop, hollow, creepy sound like to learn. but for me no more fiio. greatings

Think it maybe a software bug.

16g ....is that it

@farisfuad1150

3 жыл бұрын

It has an SD card slot.

sound is so subjective*

Is this wifi capable?

Sorry, but don't phones do all this; including Hi Res sound? - My Sony phone seems too

@GrimYak

6 жыл бұрын

Yes and Android Oreo now supports Sony's LDAC bluetooth codec which can stream high res audio via bluetooth

@farisfuad1150

3 жыл бұрын

Hence the hefty price of your phone compared to the price of this device lol