How would you change Sony's OLED Walkman?
By Darren Murph 
posted July 11th 2009 12:42AM
posted July 11th 2009 12:42AM
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I wouldn't change anything on my Sony Walkman, not even a single thing..
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT
I'd call it iWalk
I walk too :)
turn it into an iPod.
These first 5 comments are fail.
I agree. Including yours. Not this one though. Nope. No siree Bob.
I'd ditch the Ace Young and put on Neil Young.
:-)
-Pie
just asking as you love it so much, does it have un-amplified output? (or possibility tu turn off built in amp and push signal out in its clear form from DAC like iPod?)
as I own few headphone amps so I am currious if it got this abbility. If not, how can we even talk about music quality... I bet you never heard quality music in your life.
So if his Sony doesn't have "un-amplified output" he never heard "quality music" in his life.
Though I'm currious, what ties the specs of an MP3 player to the performers' abbility?
@giuliop: if you have nothing to add then better not be troll here..
listnening to an AAC via headphone out and listening to a loseless format which this player doesn't support (but not wav! as they lacks tags so it is not bearable to form a library from them) via say some of Ray Samuels Audio super-compact amplifiers (have you heard of Shadow?) is not even the same game, ligue or better say, not even the same sport...
so once again, you all can bash iPods, but they are heck of a capable audio players...which this Sony obviusly isn't, so that was my first point, why so much buzz around average mp3 player?
btw, audiophile would never buy this player (they all own iRivers if I recall correctly because of theirs digital out) that's why the sentence "never heard of quality music"
There's a lot of things that sony could have done to make it better, here is what i like and what i don't like.
Pros.
OLED screen.
Amazing sound quality
Cons.
Web browser sucks.
No Multitouch.
Sound cancelation is useless if you wanna use third party headphones.
No accelerometer.
Price tag.
UI makes the device feel like a cheap Sansa player.
Software needs a entire over haul if you ask me.
If you're just getting it cause it has a OLED screen, the Zune HD looks like a better deal, if you don't care about OLED get a iPod Touch.
@cowgaR how dare you call someone a troll when he asked you a straight forward question about your comment? you don't like what he said so you attack him?
guess what? you're a bag of douche juice. you're a troll because from your comments i can tell you have a passing knowledge of audio quality, yet you state that audiophiles use iRiver products and you don't have one. it's obvious that you haven't used the new walkman so how can you claim anything about it? you bitch about people bashing iPods when none of the previous comments said anything bad about iPods.
also, i'm sure you can't beat me in a fist fight and your penis is much smaller than mine.
Thanks Rob.
"also, i'm sure you can't beat me in a fist fight and your penis is much smaller than mine"
I think I'm going to add this as part of my signature in my company's email, this is just brilliant. You made my day !!
I find it really strange the claim that you can bypass ipods amplifier. You would need relays to accomplish that and there's no way the added some into ipod. Also modern DA converters allready have a builtin amplifier so you cant completely bypass amplifiers.
What i think this bypass is, is a program bypass. They drop the headphones equalisation from the mp3 decoding and set the amplifier to max 1 volt peak to peak amplification.
"I find it really strange the claim that you can bypass ipods amplifier. You would need relays to accomplish that and there's no way the added some into ipod. Also modern DA converters allready have a builtin amplifier so you cant completely bypass amplifiers.
What i think this bypass is, is a program bypass. They drop the headphones equalisation from the mp3 decoding and set the amplifier to max 1 volt peak to peak amplification.
You're right Newone, there is no "DAC bypass" or digital out from the dock connector on the iPod. It's logical to assume it's digital but it's not, it's just an analog line out. And it's strange that this myth persists. If you wander the high end audio rooms at CES you'll discover a couple of companies who will charge you a fortune to upgrade your iPod giving it a true digital out that bypasses the internal DAC.
What about iTunes ?? no iTunes Sync --- hahahah too bad - you rebels in the dark 1981 !! submit to Apple or live in peril hahahaha
How lame is that honestly
Yes...these first 5 comments would mean that yours is included, AndrewNoNumbers.
I think the only thing I really care about is the web browser-if they gave it a really great browser I'd probably buy it over the touch for the audio quality and OLED screen. I do like the fact that Sony has decided to bundle good earphones with it, since that's honestly heads and shoulders over the craptastic default Apple buds. I find it really obnoxious that Apple still bothers to bundle that garbage since anybody serious about listening to music and who's already spending $400 on an mp3 player shouldn't be using what's basically a $1 earbud.
Maybe if Sony also gave the choice of getting just the mp3 player without the earphones for like $40 cheaper that would be nice-so you could still get the earphones at a big discount as a bundle with the mp3 player but at least people who already own good headphones don't feel like they're being forced to buy another pair.
Either way though I'm just glad Sony finally stepped up and made an mp3 player that's not a pile of crap...it's been a long time.
oO I wanna be a troll too!
If your idea of quality music is heard through a portable music player of some sort then I suggest you go to a bowl of some sort...If you live in the LA area....there's the Hollywood Bowl
I would lower the price.
This.
Amen. Drop it $50-100, and I'm buying one instantly. AND recommending them to EVERYONE. Though I'm already recommending them to everyone...
I don't own one. I have been wanting it SO BADLY for about 6 months now. (Watching it before release) But I can't afford it right now. Definitely going to get one soon, because unlike with the iPod/etc. from Apple, audio quality is #1 for me, on an MP3 player. So...I choose non-Apple products. (No offense to those who use Apple stuff...I just think they're inferior to other comparatively priced products, as in this case)
Don't worry, it will. Price drop in September, clearance soon after. Thing is, knowing what's ahead, would people still want to buy this, or would they arther save the money and simply buy the next Android based walkman?
Right on, lower the price, by taking the lovely screen out, and replacing it with a cheap and nasty TFT, perhaps fit a cheaper DAC, that means it does not sound so good, and perhaps have some DRM in there and lock it to Itunes.
You just created a iPod....
Jesus there are some idiots here that still don't get it, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR IN LIFE..
If it's cheaper, it's because it's usually crap. Xbox, cheap crap, iPod, cheap crap, Skoda, cheap crap, Amstrad, cheap crap.
Stop being a pikey/trailertrash and spend a few $$ for more a change and enjoy quality.
@trew:
Cowon S9.
hey Trew... ever seen what the official price tag on the Samsung P3 is?
damn right. and add flac support while you're at it.
They'll drop the price when when they introduce the 64 GB model. And they'll probably add flac support then as well.
Put in a decent browser.
The Netview browser if it's the latest one is not that bad, however, you could run Opera Mini on any SE phone, and SE has links for Opera as a 'software' application that can be downloaded. I even have a GMAIL app on my SE.....
My question is if you can use opera on the walkman. This would make the device a lot more enticing.
add tegra
Yeah really. Haha. Once Tegra comes out everyone will want one in their PMP.
Customable UI and dynamic playlist
What the Fuch is an App Store??
have u been hiding under a rock for almost 3 years, or are you using primitive internet technology from a saferoom. whenyou thought that the word was gunna end at the year 2000
Durka Durka?
LOL. I love this guy's response.
I am not sure myself. It is this thing that has to do with Apple. Never seen it or used it as I have no Apple stuff. I think it lets you pay for small little programs that only do one or two things but not just anyone is allowed to write these apps. Apparently you have to please Apple in some way (maybe sexually?) to get it listed.
It's a store for buying apps, durka!
It's a place to buy a variety of fart noises for your device.
I would lower the price. It is not worth $400+. I played with one at the Ks Denki and there is nothing about this device that makes it worth the price.
Find a way to slap an HDD into that bad boy. What's up with Apple cornering the market on storage space?
zune 120?
Uh...
32GB X Series Walkman - $399
32GB iPod Touch - $399
Am I missing something?
And in about 2 months it'll be
64GB iPod Touch - $399
Putting a spinning platter into a small and thin highly portable device that will be used on the go most of the time... yeah, that's a good idea...
Apple did have a 180GB HDD in an iPod but nobody was buying it because it had to much space.