SONY INTRODUCES AN ALL-NEW DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER IN THEIR WALKMAN® ZX SERIES - THE SPLENDID NW-ZX707

The Sony Walkman® series is renowned for revolutionising the music business in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Sony launched its first cassette-based Walkman in 1979. Sony revolutionised the Portable music market and changed the perception of the way people listen to music. Building on the legacy, Sony is proud to introduce their all-new Digital Audio Player - the NW-ZX707 in their Walkman® series. It is a byproduct of the engineered evolution of portable sound. With the incredible sound quality of the NW-ZX707, which carries on the guiding principles of the Signature Walkman®, you can listen to your music wherever you are just as the artist intended. It is portable and appealing for even the most discerning music lover, with improved battery life, a larger 5-inch display, and simple downloading and streaming functions. Experience music with a touch of audiophile-grade sound with the all-new and glorious NW-ZX707!

FEATURES S-MASTER HX™ HI-RES AUDIO DIGITAL AMPLIFIER AND HIGH-END COMPONENTS FOR PRISTINE AUDIO

Sony has incorporated high-end components in the NW-ZX707 for an enriching listening experience. It features S-Master™ HX digital amp technology, independently developed for Walkman®, is compatible with the Native DSD format and supports Balanced and high power output. It reduces distortion and noise across a wide range of frequencies for rich and full-bodied sound, further enhanced by new high-quality sound lead-free solder. Sony has upgraded the internal components so that the NW-ZX707 now has the performance you’d expect from the highest-grade player to give it a dramatic evolution in sound quality. Adopted as battery assist for the amplifier block, the newly developed large solid high polymer capacitor offers large capacitance and low resistance. Able to instantaneously supply large amounts of power, it can accurately output signals by preventing sudden falls in voltage. This design architecture contributes to clear, accurate bass response and soothing vocals.

FAITHFUL AND SMOOTHER SOUND REPRODUCTION WITH A LARGE SOLID HIGH POLYMER CAPACITOR

The Sony NW-ZX707 hosts an FT CAP3 high polymer capacitor custom-made for Sony and tuned by Sony engineers. All "bypass" capacitors in the audio block power supply use the FT CAP3 design. Drawing on know-how cultivated in high-end home audio development, they help to improve audio expression and create a smoother sound with a "wider" sound space, more transparency, and tighter bass response. A bigger, 8mm coil is employed as the L-C filter to provide the digital amp with the best-balanced output signal possible. By incorporating flat conductive wire, Sony has achieved lower distortion and lower resistance which helps create an improved sound resolution across all frequencies. An OFC (Oxygen-Free Copper) milled block covers the digital block helping both to strengthen digital ground and improve noise shielding from digital block elements such as the application processor and memory devices. The result is an accurate sound that appears to rise from silence.

UNIQUE SOUND PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY WITH DSD REMASTERING ENGINE AND DSEE ULTIMATE

Sony, with their NW-ZX707, has mastered unique sound processing technology to enable Hi-Res music playback. It features a DSD remastering engine that allows PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) audio to be resampled into an 11.2MHz DSD (Direct Stream Digital) ultra-high-frequency 1-bit audio stream. There are now more ways to enjoy your music thanks to the single-bit stream provided by the DAC, which has a character that gives an analogue and organic flavour. The DSEE Ultimate™ (Digital Sound Enhancement Engine) upscales compressed digital audio files in real-time, using Edge-AI (Artificial Intelligence). The evolving algorithm now delivers additional benefits for CD-quality (16-bit 44.1/48kHz) lossless codec audio. Restoring acoustic subtleties and dynamic range provides a richer, more complete listening experience. Take your digital music collection to another level with Hi-Res Audio. By capturing and reproducing digital audio at a higher rate than CD (24-bit/96kHz and beyond), Hi-Res Audio allows you to get closer to the original studio recording. Experience supreme quality with 11.2MHz DSD native using balanced headphones and PCM 384kHz/32-bit support!

DC PHASE LINEARIZER AND VINYL PROCESSOR ADD WARMTH & SMOOTHNESS TO YOUR DIGITAL TRACKS

Give the warmth and character of vinyl back to your digital tracks. Enjoy reproduction of the low-frequency resonance, tone-arm resistance and surface noise to deliver an authentic listening experience. The DC Phase Linearizer from Sony can accurately recreate a wide range of audio signatures. It applies digital-signal processing to match the phase characteristics of various analogue amplifiers to deliver a purer, more analogue-like sound. Choose from six-phase character settings and make your music come alive!

ENJOY HI-RES AUDIO WIRELESSLY WITH BLUETOOTH 5.0 AND 360 REALITY AUDIO

Enjoy Hi-Res Audio quality without wires thanks to LDAC, Sony's premium wireless codec. With 3x the bitrate of standard Bluetooth® technology, you can enjoy a superior listening experience for all your music. Immerse yourself in the audio as if you were at a musical concert or a studio session with the artist. The Sony NW-ZX707 lets you enjoy 360 Reality Audio. With 360 Reality Audio, music has never been so immersive and life-like. Connect wirelessly with Bluetooth, and you are ready to go with support for Bluetooth codecs like LDAC, aptX HD, aptX, AAC and SBC.

PLAYBACK MUSIC FROM YOUR FAVOURITE STREAMING APPS WITH SUPPORT FOR WIFI DOWNLOAD AND MQA

The Sony NW-ZX707 is Wi-Fi® compatible for direct download and streaming. Supported by Android™ and compatible with Wi-Fi®, the NW-ZX707 offers you even more ways to listen to your music. Enjoy your favourite streaming and music apps on your Walkman® NW-ZX707, or connect to a PC to access your music collection. It also has an updated DSEE Ultimate for enhancing streaming music quality; you can enjoy DSEE Ultimate for upscaling your music, whether it is Wi-Fi® streamed or downloaded. Now you can also enjoy DSEE Ultimate with wireless headphones. The Sony NW-ZX707 Walkman® also includes MQA technology, which enables you to play back MQA audio files.

SMOOTH AND RESPONSIVE TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY AND LONGER BATTERY LIFE FOR UNINTERRUPTED LISTENING

Enjoy the large 5.0" (12.7cm) smooth & responsive touchscreen display that gives you more visibility and operability. You can also modify the built-in Walkman® Home Screen to meet your preferences. With longer battery life, you can immerse yourself in more of your music, with up to 25 Hours of 44.1kHz FLAC playback, up to 23 Hours of 96kHz FLAC High-Resolution Audio playback, or up to 22 hours with music apps. A USB Type-C® port, compatible with USB 3.2 Gen1, offers fast music file transfer and charging and easy connectivity with a range of devices. The Sony NW-ZX707 has an integrated 64GB internal memory and an SD card slot, allowing you to take music collections on the go.

DESIGNED TO IMPRESS WITH A MILLED ALUMINIUM FRAME AND THOUGHTFUL HEADPHONE OUTPUTS & HIGH GAIN MODE

The Sony NW-ZX707 has a premium design that elevates the look and feel of this beautiful Digital Audio Player. The milled aluminium frame and clear 5.0-inch screen give the NW-ZX707 an elegant feel while remaining small enough to be completely portable. The Sony NW-ZX707 has a distinctive rear section with large audio parts to enhance sound quality. The eye-catching feature on the NW-ZX707 is the analogue-style volume UI. A great little touch to further improve your enjoyment of listening is the NW-ZX707's volume control interface, which is reminiscent of vintage analogue design. The NW-ZX707 features a cassette tape user interface and screensaver. The cassette tape visual that appears on your Walkman® display varies depending on the codec of the music. The Sony NW-ZX707 also has a high gain mode outputting 50mW+50mW for Single-Ended and 230mW+230mW for Balanced headphone outputs. As for the headphone outputs, the NW-ZX707 offers 4.4mm Balanced and 3.5mm Single-Ended headphone outputs for easy connectivity and compatibility.