"the sounds depends on music encoding quality and the earphones used AND the source"

yes it is

either they never really heard one, or they are just too ignorant to recognize the truth.

by the player of course

the freebies are really attractive

Yeah, you get a cleaning cloth as a freebie.....

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Added on May 4, 2009, 12:04 amby these companies which one are you talking about and who is the king of mp3 player?? cant quite understand wat ur saying here

This post has been edited by Sieg: May 4 2009, 12:04 AM

x2

Unless your HD-Display is an OLED display, even a FULL HD LCD is still no match for the OLED's contrast, color reproduction and viewing angle

This post has been edited by Sieg: May 7 2009, 11:45 AM

I'll let you know what you'll get with the Jap version.

Japanese version have only Jap for the interface language so it might be a bit troublesome if you cant read japanese, and the FM radio wont be fully utilize, the jap version you can only tune from 70something, 76MHz i think, to 90MHz, so for those channel beyond 90Mhz you wont be able to tune in. Jap version hav an extra OneSeg TV viewing feature which is useless in Malaysia oh and the worst part, no freebies when you purchase from Japan.

mm, dun think so, I think you can get it as long as the freebies it's still available. Not limited to pre order I think.

But hey, at least they got freebies, whether it's for pre order only or not. Purchasing from japan gives you nothing! The only free service they provide in sonystyle japan is a free laser engraving of 20 words on the left side of your x series walkman

Not sure about europe version, US version removed the OneSeg and added a slacker radio which also only works in their country.

About warranty, I have no idea about that. Even if we send it back to japan for warranty it would be silly to do that, all the walkmans are manufactured in Malaysia! Including the x series of course, why send to someplace far away when we have the factory in our own country

Me thinks sonystyle malaysia should accept any repair of walkman bought from overseas

Juz my RM0.02

This post has been edited by Sieg: May 20 2009, 11:35 AM

alot of stuff from sony are all made in malaysia the whole walkman lineup included

lol okok bro, I'll answer your question about the SQ here.

You're right, the burn in does make a big difference. I did another simple listening test yesterday. The detail level is GREATLY improved. I can clearly hear alot of subtle details I never noticed in the S616. The bass is also alot more prominent, the mid bass especially, although personally I prefer a more deeper tight bass presentation. The bass is very well-textured too. Vocal is kinda laidback, something I'm not really happy with, the background instrument are more pronounced. Separation vastly improved from the S616 albeit still not up to par with the Pico + SA5000 nature of dissecting the music Soundstage is kinda 3D-like sounding, hard to describe, never experience this type of soundstage before But enjoyable nevertheless.
Maybe this is the so-called Dolby-like sound from another review I read before. High's are cleaner and more sparkling, definitely better than the S616's high which I think is bit underwhelming, but still I hope for more in the treble part

EDIT: toughnut, I tested the hissing at a quiet place, and there is a very faint hissing noise that is constant on all volume level, I plug and unplug the CK100 to hear the difference. But still the hissing doesnt bother me AT ALL since you need a very quiet place to really hear it.

This post has been edited by Sieg: May 28 2009, 11:35 AM

True, typing in the URL is really a PITA! Not only the typing system is a bit awkward, entering www.google.com gives you an error, you need to type in the full http://www.google.com in order to have it working;even when you switch the typing mode to URL!

I hope they fix this in their next firmware

30/30 what is your PFE's impedance rating?? 12 is the maximum i can withstand with my ck100.

Oh and I found that the X1000 seriously need burn in to sound good, from your description I can tell the unit you tested werent burn in for more than 60 hours. The dark sound is the most obvious point I dislike when I got it. But right now at near 75 hours the sound opens up beautifully, the sound is more toward neutral now. From what I heard right now I can feel that it's still not fully burn in. Maybe another 100~200 hour until they are fully burned-in

1.no
2.no
3.no
4.yes, it does it quite good, fast streaming
5.no
6.web browsing not very good, no zoom in for photo viewing.

You will only get a USB data transfer cable which also serves as a charger. You can only charge the player with your computer.

From what I know it does not charge any faster than a computer, the wall wart USB charger is just for convenience

The hissing is slightly more noticeable in the X series compared to my S616F using CK100, but either way you can only hear the hissing while your surrounding is really quiet, even then still you have to plug in and out the headphone to really notice the existence of the hissing. So it's almost impossible to notice it during playback, unless your music is really damn quiet

You're using headphones right? They usually wont suffer from hissing problem as they are not as sensitive as IEMs

Try using the bundled sony earbud, you should notice a very slight hint of hissing. And AFAIK, of all other lineup, your S series performs the best when in comes to hissing problem, it has the lowest amount of hiss.

Maybe the production factory in Malaysia is struggling with catching up with the production of the X series. Cause from what I know this walkman is quite a hit in Japan. For the first few weeks it's constantly sold out It might have something to do with the delay in SonyStyle.