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Several sites have articles about Sony Electronics's forthcoming "Signature Series" of audio equipment. It is to consist of the MDR-Z1R headphones, the TA-ZH1ES headphone amplifier, and two Walkman portable audio players.
The NW-WM1A player will have an aluminium casing and a recommended selling price of $1,200. The NW-WM1Z will have a casing of gold-plated "oxygen-free" (according to the press release) copper and is to sell for $3,200 (according to the press release). They will weigh 267 grams and 454 grams (0.589 pounds and 1.00 pounds). They will be capable of playing Direct Stream Digital and pulse code modulated audio files. They will have touch screens, buttons and dual headphone jacks.
The headphones, at a suggested retail price of $2300, will have balanced cabling, a 4.4 mm connector, a titanium head band, and 120 kHz response.
The amplifier, at $2200, will have balanced and unbalanced outputs.
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(Score: 1) by gumby on Saturday September 03 2016, @04:45AM
Is there any actual technical value in this article?
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday September 03 2016, @04:49AM
It's gold-plated AND oxygen-free!
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(Score: 3, Informative) by sjames on Saturday September 03 2016, @04:58AM
Why should there be? There's none I can see in the product.
(Score: 2) by inertnet on Saturday September 03 2016, @06:28AM
There's no slashvertising here, only soylvertising.
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Saturday September 03 2016, @08:45PM
Hey...the bills need to be paid! So why not?
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Bot on Saturday September 03 2016, @07:10AM
It simply shows that Sony has not changed since the 90s, where it started using the brand recognition to sell overpriced and standard-disrupting stuff. Apple and Samsung, take note. In fact, I learned to appreciate standards thanks to the evil deeds of Sony, rather than from Microsoft.
Disclaimer, my sony boycott because of the rootkit fiasco is still in place (once I get over that, there is always the otherOS fiasco) and may affect judgment.
To be honest, Sony photo/movie camera hybrids are very good, but in this segment they are not really the incumbent, so let us give 'em time to screw up.
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(Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Saturday September 03 2016, @11:50AM
Maybe not technical value as in information about technology, but technically we are all benefiting because it gives us a chance to bash Sony again and that makes us feel better.