Sony’s CRAZY EXPENSIVE Walkman WM1AM2! Is it WORTH the insane price!?

I recently sold a bunch of my dusty COVID era painted Warhammer Armies, and bought something potentially dumber with the money. What does $1300 (2.5 Warhammer armies) get you in Sony's Walkman lineup?

[deanecalcagni]

This is a much safer midlife crisis than a motorcycle.

[kwicksandz]

you appeared in my reccomendations a few months ago with the hi vision video but this is right up my alley. subbed as soon as i saw your schiit gear and cd collection. you are a man of culture

[guxt]

People pay a lot for a phone. Why can't we buy a marvelous music device like this one?

[Erik-kjkp]

WOW great video, was entertained for the whole 10 minutes. thought you had like at least 100k, and then i see u got 1, 2k wow great quality video keep it up .

[RetroPlus]

10:02 "I just really enjoy spending" You got that right 💀

[GhostRyder]

Where is the best way to legally download high quality audio for things like this Walkman? Thanks!

[sensoryexpanse]

Also to add, Tidal Max and YT Music is what I run on this and it has all and every music I listen to covered. I did the OS optimizations listed on Head-fi and NP Audio, I friggin love this DAP, S Master is a treat, compared to all the other totl daps I have tried. There's also a cool DDHifi accessory for this dap, idk if its snake oil yet but will take the plunge.

[bibsama]

great vid but i gotta know the song from 8:05 😭

[thomasa.]

Totally feel your enthusiasm about that case. Wish I had this for my NWA306.

[mshoneyy]

I think this looks perfect for long flights. So it has apps like Spotify on it too? Thinking this could be nice for audiobooks too

[HughJanus]

Great video man. Been real conflicted on getting one of these and you definitely helped me out. Also, what's the song at the end of the video? I'm gonna be embarrassed if it's just stock music but I was vibing hard with it

[waitingforrender]

please share the link or where you buy this crazy expensive case. jeje i want one

[ronaldcabrejo]

I love that walkman, the sound is amazing. VERY NICE

[mr.timebombman]

I had an all metal Sansui that was almost as thin as the cassette. It was the best "walkman" I've ever had.

[davidmthekidd]

Is this the American version? Not volume cap?

[joseluishernandezseptien]

Thank you for sharing your experience in this nice format! :) I have one NW-WM1AM2 too, I love it for what it is. I wish it were water proof at the asking price but that’s about it. The tone color is the best I have heard and the Sony DSP, whether it is accurate or not, it is enjoyable to listen to for sure.

[nooneinpart]

Great video, although the NW-A306 seems far more up my alley (in terms of price) lmao

What I'm really wishing for is something like an updated NW-A25. It doesn't run Android so Google services isn't constantly doing maintenance in the background draining battery, the proprietary OS that it does have seems to be very stable and responsive, it has an FM radio in case I feel like doing a bit of exploring (when I have every single radio station or song available from the internet I lose this sense of magic I get from using an actual radio, also most stations stream at like 64kbps HE-AAC), and it can even play video so I can squint my way through a concert film or music video at 240p (the audio can go up to 288kbps/channel AAC so it should still sound really good if it's encoded from a lossless source). I'll probably hunt one down on eBay one of these days, just wish a new USB-C version would randomly pop into existence.

[tuomas]

You think this is expensive? Try the 3800€ NW-WM1ZM2

[sunderark]

I think it's crazy that you paid as much for the case that goes around the device as I did a TPS-L2 haha.

[sunderark]

We have a bunch of the same aesthetics. Eames chairs, Model M, Gilmore Girl autumn backdrops.