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Product category: Digital Sources (CD/DVD/Streamer...)
Portable Digital Audio Players
16.02.2018
The Absolute Sound:
Product of the Year Awards:
Portable Digital Audio Players
Astell & Kern KANN
SONY NM-WM1Z
Earned our Product of the Year title for 2017
Reviewer Steven Stone concluded that the KANN
can be used successfully with a wide number of products.
In this regard, it is an ideal choice for someone who already
owns a plethora of cans.
He also concluded that sonically the KANN is fully capable of
being, in Astell&Kern’s words, that “one player to rule them
all.”
The KANN plays everything, handles every headphone
in Steven Stone’s large stable, sounds fabulous with each,
and is a joy to use.
What more can you ask from a TAS Product of the Year winner?
SONY NM-WM1Z
Sony has been creating cost-no-object “flagship” components
since early in its history.
The Sony NW-WM1Z portable player represents Sony’s
latest top-echelon portable audio device.
While not for everyone, the NW-WM1Z embodies several unique
technical accomplishments that make it special and noteworthy.
The NW-WM1Z, while compact, cannot be considered lightweight
at 455 grams.
The reason for its weight is its chassis, which is carved from
a single ingot of oxygen-free copper, then coated in 99.7%
gold inside and out.
If reviewer Steven Stone’s only arbiter of overall value were
sound quality, he would have to rate the NW-WM1Z
the best portable player he’s heard.
If you factor in portability, flexibility, and options
for inputs and outputs, the NW-WM1Z has some limitations.
But if sound quality is what you care about most, the NW-WM1Z
is the one for you.
Product of the Year Awards:
Portable Digital Audio Players
Astell & Kern KANN
SONY NM-WM1Z
Earned our Product of the Year title for 2017
Reviewer Steven Stone concluded that the KANN
can be used successfully with a wide number of products.
In this regard, it is an ideal choice for someone who already
owns a plethora of cans.
He also concluded that sonically the KANN is fully capable of
being, in Astell&Kern’s words, that “one player to rule them
all.”
The KANN plays everything, handles every headphone
in Steven Stone’s large stable, sounds fabulous with each,
and is a joy to use.
What more can you ask from a TAS Product of the Year winner?
SONY NM-WM1Z
Sony has been creating cost-no-object “flagship” components
since early in its history.
The Sony NW-WM1Z portable player represents Sony’s
latest top-echelon portable audio device.
While not for everyone, the NW-WM1Z embodies several unique
technical accomplishments that make it special and noteworthy.
The NW-WM1Z, while compact, cannot be considered lightweight
at 455 grams.
The reason for its weight is its chassis, which is carved from
a single ingot of oxygen-free copper, then coated in 99.7%
gold inside and out.
If reviewer Steven Stone’s only arbiter of overall value were
sound quality, he would have to rate the NW-WM1Z
the best portable player he’s heard.
If you factor in portability, flexibility, and options
for inputs and outputs, the NW-WM1Z has some limitations.
But if sound quality is what you care about most, the NW-WM1Z
is the one for you.
