It may be 35 years since Sony first launched the classic Walkman but the company wants to reignite the love for music with its latest NWZ-ZX1.
Sony popularized the idea of portable music players nearly four decades ago with its Walkman. The electronic giant wants music lovers to relive that moment with its resurrected Walkman, the Sony NWZ-ZX1, with unmatched quality. The new entry in Sony's electronics lineup is a high-end music player for those who value quality over quantity.
Sony obviously ditched the ancient cassettes in favor of digital music. But the Sony NWZ-ZX1 is bulky and hefty compared to the sleek iPods popular now. The player was originally launched in Japan in December of last year and has been selling extremely well, Wall Street Journal reports. The product also entered the European market and some parts of Asia but the US availability is unknown.
Specs-wise, the Sony NWZ-ZX1 is a high-end portable music player in the market. It is securely packed inside a bulky aluminum body and plays ultra-high quality music files. Users will not have to worry about the storage as Sony ZX1 packs spacious 128 GB on board, which relaxes file compression that sacrifices sound quality. The Japanese tech giant claims the support for 24-bit, 192kHz Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) audio files can provide better sound quality than CDs. The high-resolution audio files can carry more than three times data than CDs.
The ZX1 sports a 4-inch TFT color display with a screen resolution of 854 x 480 pixels. Like the iPod, Sony's ZX1 stores photos and supports various video formats. It also boasts a 5-band equalizer, dynamic normalizer, Clear Bass and Clear Stereo and comes with quality headphones for best audio, according toSony's product description page. The player also comes with a rechargeable battery and a USB cable. The battery takes about 3 hours to fully charge and offers 32 hours of usage.
With the premium features, Sony has a pretty expensive price tag attached to the ZX1. The player costs $700, which is about $400 more than 64GB Apple iPod.
