Sony made a $5,900 gold-plated Walkman MP3 player

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A property render of the $5,900 gold-plated sony walkman connected a plain grey inheritance due to the fact that determination was nary mode we would ever beryllium allowed to really interaction 1 of these things.

Sony has announced a trio of caller Walkman portable media players that commencement astatine an already absurd $1,899.99 for the NW-ZX900 and ascent each the mode up to $5,899 for the gold-plated NW-WM1ZM3. Sandwiched successful betwixt is the $2,999.99 Walkman NW-WM1AM3, which is astir identical to the WM1ZM3, conscionable minus the gaudy golden shell.

All 3 devices are aimed squarely astatine the audiophile market, if the terms tag didn't marque that clear. All 3 diagnostic Sony's DSD (Direct Stream Digital) Remastering Engine, which upsamples modular PCM audio to an 11.2MHz DSD stream, which it claims delivers a much analog-like sound. They besides each diagnostic gold-plating connected …

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