It is stated in the instructions manual that the DAP should be able to work with 20.000 files guaranteed.
Sony NW-A50 Series
Mine works fine with ~30k tracks.
nc8000
Headphoneus Supremus
The A45 on stock fw could only handle about 30.000 tracks. What the A55 on stock fw can handle I don’t know as I’ve only ever used it on MrWalkman WalkmanOne fw and that handles over 50.000 tracks. I’m charging my A55 at the moment and will then put one of my 1,5TB cards in it with nearly 60.000 tracks and see what happens
nc8000
Headphoneus Supremus
This is what my A55 with WalkmanOne modded fw makes of my 1,5TB exFAT formatted card so exactly the same as on my ZX300 and 1Z
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sirensynapse
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Hi, I hope it's not inappropriate to jump in here with a noob question, but there are too many pages to search here.
I just wonder if anyone can say if the a55 is much better than the a45 in audio quality. I would just get the a55 but they are rare and the only two in germany is a full 100+ euros more than the relatively plentiful a45s.
I am coming from a sansa sport which I never minded at all, with beyerdynamic a51i phones, but thought I'd try something nicer.
The player is just for tunes for biking, gardening and riding trains. Not looking for audio orgasms. My home stereo is there for the that.
I just wonder if anyone can say if the a55 is much better than the a45 in audio quality. I would just get the a55 but they are rare and the only two in germany is a full 100+ euros more than the relatively plentiful a45s.
I am coming from a sansa sport which I never minded at all, with beyerdynamic a51i phones, but thought I'd try something nicer.
The player is just for tunes for biking, gardening and riding trains. Not looking for audio orgasms. My home stereo is there for the that.
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Hi, I hope it's not inappropriate to jump in here with a noob question, but there are too many pages to search here.
I just wonder if anyone can say if the a55 is much better than the a45 in audio quality. I would just get the a55 but they are rare and the only two in germany is a full 100+ euros more than the relatively plentiful a45s.
I am coming from a sansa sport which I never minded at all, with beyerdynamic a51i phones, but thought I'd try something nicer.
The player is just for tunes for biking, gardening and riding trains. Not looking for audio orgasms. My home stereo is there for the that.
ICYMI FYI you can do an actual thread search here using the search bar above the page number selector at the top of the page (at least on desktop website), or selecting "this thread" in the navigation menu search box.
FWIW, I can't say much about audio quality as I have only used a demo unit of A45, but I believe they are similar (and have more or less identical hardware?). Although A55 does have a few additional features (most notably, bluetooth receiver mode), and, presumably, a newer battery.
NB- if buying a EU-region device you may find the NWDestTool from Rockbox useful as it allows switching to a non-volume-capped region (and the player is not very powerful to begin with).
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MrWalkman
Headphoneus Supremus
A45 also gets BT Receiver with the Walkman One update, but loses FM Radio.
My faithful A55 started failing, the hold slider turns on intermittently nonstop and has been a issue that sincerely makes the device annoying to use, I don't know how could have happen, i treated my Walkman like my most precious treasure, tried putting it in rice, cleaning the slider, discharging it, reinstalling the firmware, even sliding HOLD on and off quickly several times, but even leaving the device alone will turn HOLD on and off no matter what.
I know this may come as a hard request, but is there anyway in current firmware or future update to disable the hold feature permanently so it doesn't turn on?
I wanted to attempt opening it but there's no service manual available anywhere on the net =(
I know this may come as a hard request, but is there anyway in current firmware or future update to disable the hold feature permanently so it doesn't turn on?
I wanted to attempt opening it but there's no service manual available anywhere on the net =(
On my A45 I’m sure there’s a setting where the Hold button only affects the physical buttons but allows the screen to be used regardless
ColdsnapBry
500+ Head-Fier
Can anyone report on the signal strength of the FM Radio? I use FM Radio a lot, but so many of my devices just go to complete static when I put them in my pocket.
It work very good
I have a question, where can I find the oem battery for the nw-a55?
Have you tried contacting your local SONY branch or authorised service?
+1 Sony sells it
Hinomotocho
Headphoneus Supremus
How is the Bluetooth range on the A55? I use a 1Z and ZX300 at home and purchased a Japanese A306 for work. This is my first android dap, which I thought might open up some potential to try new music with apps like Bandcamp etc, but the low specs give it some lag (even trimming the bloatware), there are extra steps to play music compared to a Sony OS, it has really, really weak Bluetooth which is my main use at work, and the wifi struggles to connect to the extender and maintain a decent connection. I know it's a small device and wasn't expecting the performance of my higher end phone but didn't realise it would be like this. I'll more than likely sell it and will consider at rusty old Sony OS A55. I prefer USB-C, but I have spare cables and an old adapter to keep at work and in the car should I have to charge it.
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