The Sony team has also successfully ported almost all the functionalities of its touch-enabled Walkman to the Sony W.Music Player on the Android Platform this assures users of existing Sony DAPs a familiar UI when using the NW-ZX507. So if you are one who streams music or prefers to use third-party Android applications over what’s available on Sony’s proprietary Linux platform, this would be a great reason why you should consider an upgrade to the NW-ZX507 from the NW-ZX300. More details at Sony updates NW-ZX500 series and NW-A100 to support High-Resolution streaming playback. Update (): Sony has today released the firmware update which addresses the 48 kHz/16-bit bottleneck and allows both music streaming and music playback apps to output at a resolution of 192 kHz/32-bit on the NW-ZX507. Update (2 April 2020): The Sony team has just shared with me that a new firmware is currently in beta, this firmware release will address the 48kHz/16-bit bottleneck and allow both music streaming and music playback apps to output at a resolution of 192kHz/24-bit on the NW-ZX507. Do note that currently, due to limitations of the 1.8GHz quad-core SoC, the output from 3rd party apps with a resolution higher than 48kHz/16-bit will be downscaled for playback at 48kHz/16-bit. One could even enjoy their music collection, which is resident on their NAS via WiFi. Switching away from Sony’s proprietary Linux platform, the implementation of Android 9.0 coupled with WiFi allows one to enjoy music via third-party audio media player apps such as USB Audio Player Pro and Onkyo HF Player as well as stream music via music streaming apps such as Spotify and Tidal. The return to Android is perhaps the most exciting change offered by the NW-ZX507. I have to admit the NW-ZX507 is the most comfortable DAP to hold in the market today. Physically, the new rounded edge bottom design enhances the ergonomics and the overall feel of the device. The Sony NW-ZX507 is a mid-tier DAP that builds onto the success of the NW-ZX300 effectively filling the gap between the A-series and the WM-series.
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