Sony is still making MP3 players: they are for audiophiles and their latest model costs $3,700

The iPod may be dead, but MP3 players haven’t. There are several brands that continue to manufacture models intended for the audiophile fieldand Sony is one of them.

This is demonstrated by the new Sony NW-WM1ZM2 a little descriptive name, a high-end MP3 player that is aimed at very demanding users willing to pay its price: costs $3,700.

This is not an MP3 player for the common man

This device has a digital amplifier with S-Master HX with “tuned” capacitors, plus a Kimber Kable adapter that allows you to connect the amp to the headphone jack, and a 99.99% pure gold-plated oxygen-free copper chassis.

That, they say at Sony, contributes to a exceptional audio quality and “clear and expansive” sound. Even the solder points make use of gold, which theoretically improves sound localization and widens the soundstage.

The list of features doesn’t end there, of course. The attention to detail is maximum, and we have a good number of elements that contribute to the final result. A “DSD Remaster Engine” For example, it allows PCM audio to be resampled to the 11.2 MHz DSD format and that data stream has more similarities to what would be obtained from an analog source.

The interface benefits from a 5-inch screen that for the first time it has 720p resolution the resolution of these screens is not a priority, and we have wired and wireless Hi-Res Audio support.

Format support is also very broad.and of course it goes far beyond the traditional lossy MP3s that gave name to less ambitious players.

The Sony NW-WM1ZM2 on the left, the “affordable” NW-WM1AM2 on the right.

This model has 256 GB of expandable capacity, Wi-Fi streaming, a USB-C connector and 40 hours of autonomy in 96kHz FLAC file playback mode.

The $3,700 price tag makes it truly exclusive, but if you don’t want to spend that much on an “MP3 player”, don’t worry: the NW-WM1AM2 offers a lot of those features but has an aluminum chassis and only offers 128GB of memory. ability. That second model costs $1,400..

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