Sony NW-A306 Walkman. Any Good? Setup & First Impressions. RND Diaries#177

Not too shabby. Another ‘Last Time Buyer’ purchase, this time to replace my Fiio M6...

Recommended A306 viewing:
Darko Audio A306 Videos (It's probably important to also watch the 2nd video if you watch the 1st to the end...):

#2. TAKE TWO on Sony's 'NEW WALKMAN' (NW-A306 review follow-up)

Music

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With Thanks

#sony #walkman #a306

[abhishekbhattacharjee]

Nice intro + walkthrough with the mini review! I bought my A306 a couple hours back from a Sony Store. This Sony DAP is a tiny device! I plan on using it with my set of IEMS (Moondrop/KZ/Sony XB55AP/Marshall Mode EQ +). Preliminary observations - the device looks well built, sounds nice with my wired earphones across a wide range of varying music genres and file types. Loving it! Highly recommend it!

[LaurenGlenn]

Everyone has their preferences but for me, PowerAmp works great. Plays back in full hi-res as long as you turn off DVC and ReplayGain.... basically any type of audio processing.

Also a great way to consider putting files on the device is using an app like OneSync or DropSync, etc. They have variants for Google Drive and others too. You can store all your files on your PC/Mac and it will sync to the micro SD card bidirectionally. Point whatever music player you use to that folder on the SD card and when you make changes on your device or PC/Mac, you'll all remain in sync and have a backup.

First MP3 player I bought that let you do this via the cloud and I'm loving that. It took a couple of days to bring over my whole library but it was worth it to me.

[rickmesta]

just got my a306, this was super helpful, thank you very much.

[ThibautMahringer]

I can definitely agree on the battery life. It never reaches what's claimed by Sony

[dennis_doom]

My m6 only worked for 1 year. I missed the feature of play store and it was slow. One day it just didn't turn on. I am waiting for this walkman to give it a try

[Gallery]

Nice review and nice walk-through of the setup.

[davetheconqueror]

Thank you so much for the info Ive been having trouble with the setup and It took me hours until I found your video much respect mate

[jamie_votes]

I literally laughed out loud at the "English light" comment. I've never heard American English called that before.

[superdananderson]

Poweramp is my go-to. It will read ALOT more than the 15K song limit on the Sony player installed.

[fredbloggs]

I was fortunate enough to buy this model.
I was atttracted by the screen saver, but disabled it very quickly as it became an irritant.
I like the form factor, and it takes the battery load off my phone.
I mostly use it to cast music to a Wiim Pro/integrated amp combo.
Battery life is nowhere near any manufacturer claims, thanks mostly to the bloatware.
Does anyone know what the capacity of the battery is?

[paulinhatrem]

I have a PSVita and one of these Sony's Walkman. I don't know why, but both Sony's device have the same problem. At the top of the screen, the panel starts to detaching the screen from some level of plastic or sort of. It's like a stick when is getting loose, but is the screen itself. Pretty annoying, but I hope it doesn't ruin my display.

[stevejt]

When you added your own music files, are they stored in artist and chronological order (rather than album alphabetical order) ?

[a.b.shadow]

can you listen or stream music through the USB c port?

[rodneyhowell]

Deezer is my choice Music app as well and works great with the Sony NW A306.

[rdutta]

Could you please throw light on how this player performs when used with wireless earbuds because I prefer to use earbuds? Does it enhances sound quality with wireless earbuds in comparision to listening through any android phone ? Thanks.

[jefferlopez]

Hi
I have a SD card with 400 gb of music how scan my music into this device??
I don't find any solution

[ferdinando]

Hello, could you make a comparison between the A306 and the Fiio M6... I have the M6 ​​and I want to change it for the A306, your opinion would help me. thank you.

[oscarafonso]

I just ordered mine. Do you recommend any specific type/brand of sd card? Thank you

[harrisedgar]

The battery life cycle weas very useful..!! Thank you. (where did you find that info?)

[mahekr]

Is there a low volume output issue with this device? Which IEMs do you recommend using with it?