With the popularization of HiFi technology, many smart phones on the market have begun to use HiFi chips as their selling points, which has gradually led to the high-end of the MP3 market. Many MP3 bricks with a price of more than 1000 yuan and less than 10000 yuan have been launched, including some well-known high-end brands. That being said, the model I brought to you today Sony BRIC NW-WM1Z It is not an MP3 player with a price below 10000 yuan. Its official price is 22999 yuan. It is an imperial Walkman device launched by Sony in the second half of 2016. Seeing here, someone must ask, "Is it made of gold at such a high price?"? Yes, there is gold in it
Appearance
Sony NW-WM1Z is called the gold brick because it uses a lot of gold-plated OFC (99.96% pure oxygen free copper) inside and outside the fuselage. It is true that it is not only externally gilded, but also mechanically gilded in OFC chassis and OFC fuselage. For such a design, Sony official said that gold plating can reduce resistance and prevent oxidation, bring clear sound, achieve transparent high sound range and powerful bass. The back of Sony NW-WM1Z is a black skin. Black and gold are always good partners. The combination of the two is more intoxicating than the glittering design.
Due to the solid materials and thick OFC board of Sony NW-WM1Z, its overall weight is 455g, which is quite powerful in the hand. Its appearance is as conspicuous as the price. As the most important "Song" logo of Sony products Only the low-key logo appears on the forehead of the machine. The low-key logo complements the publicized golden body, and it is easy for users to get lost in an indescribable religious atmosphere.
Since the whole Sony NW-WM1Z is long and heavy, in theory, its grip will be poor, but in fact it is not. Sony has made an arc sliding surface on the left and right ends of the head of Sony NW-WM1Z. When holding, we will naturally use our thumb/forefinger to hold the two arcs. This design has two advantages. One is that the pressure of the two fingers reduces the burden on the palm, and the other is that it is similar to the grip comfort.
In terms of interface keys, the right side of Sony NW-WM1Z is the power key, volume key, song change key and play/pause key; The left side is the HOLD key (lock the touch screen); The top is a 4.4mm balance port and 3.5mm headphone interface; The bottom is the lanyard, data/charging interface, Micro SD card slot (256GB internal storage space).
Function interface
Since Sony NW-WM1Z is a non Android MP3 player, its overall functional interface is relatively simple, most of which are functional modules that classify tracks by album, performer, style, release year, etc. The low bar of Sony NW-WM1Z has four virtual keys with permanent key positions. Their functions from left to right are to return, return to the track being played, return to the main menu interface, and enter settings.
Setting interface
Slide the touch screen on the current track playing interface to call up four functional interfaces: tone control, dynamic volume equalizer, DSEE HX, and DC phase linearizer. In tone control, we directly adjust the low, medium and high tones; DSEE HX includes five types: standard, female voice, male voice, percussion instrument and string; It is classified into type A in DC phase linearizer: Low、STANDARD、HIGH， Type B: Low, STANDARD and HIGH; The dynamic volume equalizer can reduce the volume difference between songs after it is turned on. In addition, the playback interface can also call out analog level meter and spectrum analysis modes.
Actual sense of hearing
Since I only have headphones/earplugs with 3.5mm interface, this time we will just talk about the performance of Sony NW-WM1Z with 3.5mm interface. Sony NW-WM1Z gives the author a feeling of being in the Mongolian prairie. All the details can be seen. The sound field is very wide. The low-frequency has a strong cohesive force. The mid frequency is dense like an endless prairie, and the high-frequency like a prairie extends to the endless edge.
Low frequency: adequate sense of volume, not comparable to the previous NW series, the attenuation of volume has no obvious sense of paragraph, and the performance of bass instruments has a good elastic taste; The performance of bass is not miscellaneous, but rather scattered. However, not all tracks can show this.
Mid frequency: rich details, male voice is not thick, female voice is not sharp; The mid frequency voice is dense, but the expressive force is not too prominent, and there is no obvious vocal protrusion; There is some lingering charm in the performance of female voice, but it is not strong and understatement, but this makes the female voice of NW-WM1Z give a clear and simple feeling, so it is not suitable for the voice of middle-aged and elderly women.
High frequency: bright and stretching, partially dyed, hairless (depending on the song style), few overtones; It may be that the performance of the mid frequency is not outstanding, so you may think that the low frequency and high frequency parts are relatively competitive. Personally, NW-WM1Z's strength lies in the natural and smooth combination of low frequency and high frequency. Due to its strong analysis, the overall separation of musical instruments and voices is very high, so here we say "combination" rather than "hybrid", Note the difference between the two.
summary
At the beginning of the article, the author emphasized the high price of Sony NW-WM1Z, an MP3 player of 20000 yuan, which I believe is unacceptable to many Singers, let alone ordinary users. This price determines that Sony NW-WM1Z is not a mass market product. The occasions you can see it are more in exhibitions and Sony's official flagship stores. Sony NW-WM1Z's positioning is more like a Sony brand than an MP3 player.
The author is not here to question the purchasing power of the barbecue friends, but when your budget reaches the price of 20000, you will find that you have a lot of choices, which are not limited to various earphones, consoles With the combination of MP3 players, you may even want to spend this budget on earphones and even speakers, because it seems that such consumption is more in line with the behavior of a barber, but that is, this seemingly "logical and reasonable" choice will make you miss the top voice of Sony, like 99.9% of people.
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