Combined with the specifications of NW-WM1Z and the lightweight body of NW-ZX100, SONY NW-ZX300 has attracted the attention of Hi-Res high-resolution audio listeners since its official launch. The NW-ZX300 is made of ground aluminum to create a housing that resists electronic noise. It has a built-in new S-Master HX full digital amplifier using high-quality solder, and supports 4.4mm balanced output and native DSD playback (11.2MHz) like the WM1 series. And 384kHz/ 32bit LPCM music format playback, in addition to support LDAC / DSD (2.8 / 5.6M) technology, and the new USB DAC function, BCW65ALT1 But the most important thing is that the NW-ZX300 body weight is only 157g , only more than the previous launch The NW-ZX100 adds 12g to the weight.

The ZX300 has a 3.1-inch touch display screen with a matte coating. The full-color display screen provides 800 X 480 WVGA resolution. The back has a non-slip skin covering and an NFC sensing area.

You can see the standard 3.5mm gold-plated audio jack on the upper side of the fuselage, the 4.4mm balanced output jack on the left, and the Walkman jack and pendant hole at the bottom of the fuselage.

The main fuselage buttons are located on the right side, including the power button, volume adjustment, playback function buttons, and the Hold lock pusher. On the lower left side of the fuselage, you can see the microSD memory card slot for expansion, which can support up to 256GB capacity.

In the setting options, there are settings, selecting items to be displayed, resetting the order of displayed items, and viewing instructions. In the basic setting options, you can see options such as playback, output, and player settings.

There are also sound settings, bluetooth, NFC, USB DAC settings and device settings menus below. In the sound settings menu, if you select direct source, you cannot perform equalizer/tone control, DSEE HX, DC phase linearity If you want to play with different sound effects, you can turn off the direct source function, and there is a high-quality sound guide option below to watch.

In the playback settings, it can be adjusted for random or repeat playback mode, and there are also playback range settings, sleep timer function and performer list display, and the ability to display lyrics.

In the output setting menu, there are AVLS volume limit function, high gain output and L/R balance adjustment for headphone output, Auto and DoP options for DSD USB output, and DSD playback settings at the bottom, you can choose to select Filter/Gain function, in addition to play DSD native format, the original factory is turned on by default.

In the player settings, you can turn on the operation sound (but I don’t think it is necessary), and there is also a HOLD switch below to disable the touch panel function on and off, the screen off timer, USB connection settings, automatic shutdown Power, battery maintenance, time setting, language setting and reset/format functions.

For the Bluetooth 4.2 wireless connection function, you can choose LDAC sound quality priority, or LDAC connection priority, aptX HD, aptX, SBC sound quality priority or SBC connection priority in terms of wireless playback quality. , As for the ZX300, it has a built-in 64GB memory, and the current firmware version is 1.10. The firmware update for MAC / Windows is provided on the official website.

First of all, I want to share with you my experience of using the ZX300. The listening part will be shared with you at the end of the article. Switching to the touch display screen is very helpful for the intuition and convenience of operation. The operation buttons on the right do not need to open the screen. The screen can be played, and it has button designs of different sizes and shapes. It can be operated as long as it is simply memorized, and there is not much adaptation problem. The overall operability is quite good.

In the battery life part, let’s talk about the full charging time of ZX300 is about 5.5 hours, which is actually a long period of time, but Xiaobian connected SONY XBA-Z5 wired headphones, played HR 44.1kHz 16bit music format, and turned the volume The size is set to a value of 60, and the continuous playback time is about 18 hours and 32 minutes. In fact, the overall endurance performance is quite good. Since I don’t have any headphones that support balanced output, I have not conducted relevant endurance tests.

At the end of the article, of course, I want to share with you the listening experience of the ZX300. The editor uses SONY XBA-Z5 wired headphones, the music file format is Hi-Res 44.1kHz 16bit, and the volume is set at 60. . The purity of the sound quality is really excellent. The ZX300's sense of hearing belongs to the front of the human voice, but the boundary with the background sound is not very obvious. It is skillfully integrated with the human voice, which can easily achieve a good sense of space. In the two female vocal songs of Susan Wong [The Way We Were] and Xu Jingchun's [The Moon Girl on the Zenith], you can fully feel the warmth and delicacy of the female voice. The details of life are performed very well, and the warm tones are durable. Friends who like to listen to vocal music, if you have the opportunity, you can try it.