Sony Offers More Options to Enjoy High-Resolution Audio on the Move

NW-ZX100
Walkman® with MDR-NW750N headphones

NW-ZX100 Walkman®

By using Sony’s acoustic engineering
technologies, Sony’s expanding range of High-Resolution Audio products aim to
reproduce music just as artists truly intended, beyond CD quality.
The ZX100 Walkman®
stays true to form and delivers not only High-Resolution file formats in
stunning quality, but also enhances your compressed music files such as MP3
using DSEE HX™ technology, which complements the treble of compressed sound
sources and bit rate beyond their original values up to a region that
corresponds to near High-Resolution sound quality.

The ZX100 Walkman® further immerses you into the world of
High-Resolution Audio with the recommended optional
compatible Digital Noise-Cancelling, MDR-NW750N headphones that mutes all distractions. It will just be you and your
music, no matter
where you’re at.

Aimed at achieving a more delicate and
dynamic sound, S-Master HX™ performs full digital processing of the audio
signal to support playback of High-Resolution sound. Headphone driver performance is
improved by reducing noise in the High-Resolution sound range, by eliminating the coupling
condenser for headphone amplifier output, and by utilising a unique design that
incorporates four independent headphone driver power supplies for the positive,
negative, and left/right channels.

Offering you more
options to listen to your tunes, the ZX100 Walkman®
incorporates LDAC™ (low latency codec), a new audio technology from Sony that
allows you to enjoy high quality wireless audio via Bluetooth®. With three
times the data transmitted,
LDAC™ provides an enhanced wireless listening experience.

The design of the
ZX100 Walkman® is aimed at achieving the
highest quality sound. With its sleek, rounded aluminum frame and bass plate
for high rigidity, as well as its high purity lead free solder developed by
Sony for high-end audio products, the ZX100 Walkman®
is able to produce a natural frequency balance. By filling the VIA hole in the
printed circuit board with copper, the ZX100 Walkman®
is able to realise distinct bright and high range vocals, as well as a powerful
and firm bass. This unique design stabilises the power line and lowers the
impedance of the circuit to produce only the best audio quality.

Keeping you and your extensive music
library going is its 45-hour
battery life and large 128GB internal memory. There is also a microSD card slot to expand
the memory, with additional support for micro SDXC cards larger than 64GB.

XBA-300AP Balanced Armature In-Ear Headphones

XBA-300AP In-Ear Headphones

The XBA-300AP is
the first Sony High-Resolution compatible in-ear headphones
in the Balanced Armature unit line up, and features a Triple Balanced Armature
– in addition to a full-range and tweeter, it adapts the symmetric armature and
direct-drive structure to the woofer.

This new
technology includes components that are fabricated to machining accuracy on the
μ (micron) in order to drive the diaphragm faithfully to the input signal,
delivering clear midrange and high-frequency sound. Moreover, its aluminium alloy diaphragm helps achieve weight reduction and high rigidity to
deliver ultra-high frequencies while its brass sound path makes it possible for
crystal clear high-mid notes.

The XBA-300AP also
comes with a double layered housing. The inner housing, also known as “Rigid
Mount Housing”, is composed by magnesium alloy that brings about high rigidity
and high internal losses. The usage of different materials from outer housing
sophisticates high-speed sound with a greater transient and also produces
clearer sound in the mid-high range by inhibiting needless vibration inside the
housing. The headphone’s noise-blocking design further attenuates ambient noise
and sound leakage, offering you only the best in sound quality.

Equipped with a
detachable cable, the XBA-300AP also enables you to enjoy an even better sound
quality with a separate Sony cable, such as those from the MUC-M series. Its
compact size also offers a perfectly comfortable fit, thanks to the efficient
layout of the Balanced Armature driver that contributes to a stable and
comfortable fitting.

Availability

Both the NW-ZX100 Walkman® and XBA-300AP Balanced Armature
In-ear Headphones will be available in Singapore at all Sony
Stores, Sony Centres and selected Sony authorised dealers from mid-October 2015 onwards.