Hands-on: Sony’s new NW-ZX2 Walkman is for audiophiles only

Remember the Walkman? Well, while it’s never quite recaptured the recognition it had during the CD heyday, Sony still hasn’t given up on the venerable music player. Recently, the company has been aiming its Walkman line at audiophiles, and at its CES conference today, the company announced a new flagship model, the Android-based NW-ZX2. The model is a followup to last year’s ZX1, and is able to play music files up to 192 KHz/24 bits, as well as high quality codecs such as FLAC and DSD. For your lower quality music files, the new Walkman includes a ‘digital amplifier’ technology called S-Master to reduce…
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