An Engineered Evolution In Portable Sound
Experience your music as the artist intended, wherever you go, with the astonishing sound quality of the NW-ZX700 Series, which inherits the philosophy of the Signature Walkman®. With enhanced battery life, a larger 5" (diag.) display, easy downloading and streaming functions, it is also portable and stylish for the most demanding music.
High-End Components
Made using high-end parts that you'd expect to see in a top range sound system, the NW-ZX700 Series is the next phase in the evolution of extraordinary sound.
Sound Processing
Unique sound processing technology gives you more ways to enjoy more different types of music than ever before.
Longer Battery Life
With a long 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.
Premium Design
The milled aluminium frame and clear 5.0" screen give the NW-ZX700 Series an elegant feel, while remaining small enough to be completely portable.
Wi-Fi® Compatible for Direct Download and Streaming
Supported by Android™ and compatible with Wi-Fi®, the NW-ZX700 Series offers you even more ways to listen to your music. Enjoy your favorite streaming and music apps right on your Walkman ® or connect to a PC to access your music collection.
Upgraded Components for An Enhanced Sound
We've upgraded many of the internal components so that the NW-ZX700 Series now has components you'd expect from the highest-grade player, to give it a dramatic evolution in sound quality.
Large Solid High Polymer Capacitor
Adopted as battery assist for the amplifier block, the 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 contributes to clear, powerful and accurate bass sound, as well as clear vocals.
FT CAP3 (High Polymer Capacitor)
Custom-made for Sony and tuned by Sony engineers, FT CAP3 is adopted for all bypass capacitors in the audio block power supply. Drawing on know-how cultivated in high-end home audio development, they help to improve sound expression and create a smoother sound, with a wider sound space, more transparency, and tighter bass.
Large Coil for Balanced Output
To supply the optimum balanced output signal from the digital amp, a larger, 8mm coil is used as the L-C filter. By incorporating flat conductive wire, we've achieved lower distortion and lower resistance, which creates an improved sound resolution across all frequencies.
OFC (Oxygen-Free Copper) Milled Block
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 a clearer sound that appears to rise up from silence.
Faithful Sound Reproduction
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 high quality sound lead-free solder.
Optimized Circuit Board Layout
By dividing the Audio block (highlighted in red) and the Power/Digital block (in blue), the circuit board layout has been optimised to ensure sound quality is unaffected by digital interference.
Balanced Connection
The NW-ZX700 Series series features a balanced single plug, designed for the 04.4mm balanced connection cable. This separates left and right sound signals, while minimizing signal transmission loss and resulting sound deterioration.
DSD Remastering Engine
PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) audio is resampled into an 11.2MHz DSD (Direct Stream Digital) ultra-high-frequency 1-bit audio stream. The single-bit stream delivered to the DAC has a character far closer to that of analogue, giving you even more ways to enjoy your music.
DSEE Ultimate
Using Edge-AI (Artificial Intelligence), DSEE Ultimate™ (Digital Sound Enhancement Engine) upscales compressed digital music files in real time. And the evolving algorithm now delivers even greater benefits for CD-quality (16 bit 44.1/48kHz) lossless codec audio. Restoring acoustic subtleties and dynamic range, it provides a richer, more complete listening experience.
Vinyl Processor
Give the warmth and character of vinyl back to your digital tracks. Enjoy subtle reproduction of the low-frequency resonance, tone-arm resistance and surface noise to deliver an authentic listening experience.
DC Phase Linearizer
DC Phase Linearizer works to effectively replicate a wide variety of sonic signatures. It applies digital-signal processing to match the phase characteristics of various types of analog amplifier to deliver a purer, more analog-like sound. Choose from six phase character settings.
So Immersive. So Real.
Immerse yourself in sound all around you. As real as if you were there at a live concert or with the artist recording in a studio. With 360 Reality Audio, music has never been so immersive and so real. The NW-ZX700 Series lets you enjoy 360 Reality Audio.
