Hands-On: Sony’s All-in-One WA1 Audio Streamer

Back in January Sony give us a look at theirWA1 music streamer — a compact boombox that hooks up to your Wi - Fi internet and permit you stream medicine from your PC . The musician , which comes in bloodless and contraband , also pour medicine from the net and can nobble up to just about any audio equipment you have ( it ’s got aux - in , optical out , and RCA connections ) .

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Here ’s the catch . It costs $ 350 , which is a flock of dough to branch over for a waft . So we called one in to see if the WA1 is worth your cash . allow ’s start superficially : feel - wise the WA1 is a victor .

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It ’s got a nice voluptuous design , it ’s portable ( it ’s relatively abstemious and comes with a 4 - hour battery ) , and it has a fancy mirror top that doubles as a touch - sensitive display when turned on . The downside to the mirrored show is that it picks up fingerprints like mad . Yeah , it ’s gimmicky , but Sony pulls it off nicely . public presentation - wise , however , there ’s nothing to rationalise the high monetary value tag . Here ’s what I mean .

For starters , the unit is PC - only and need that you install Sony ’s software before you get started , so it ’s not as plug - and - play as I would ’ve liked it to be . The good news is that once you get everything installed and configure ( about a 5 - 10 arcminute cognitive process ) the WA1 is uncomplicated to use . The player has 4 basic functions . To switch between them just stumble the right push button : PC , WWW Radio , Aux , and Memory ( the player has 128 megabyte of construct - in computer storage ) . Once the top executive is on , you get canonical controls like volume , back , turn , fwd , and so forth .

Unfortunately , the WA1 engage you into stations on Live 365 . So if you ’re buying this solely for World Wide Web wireless , do n’t , and make indisputable you at least get laid what ’s up withonline radioif you do . effectual - saucy , the unit could habituate an extra punch or two of bass . Even when swarm from our PC the sound was full , but not $ 350 kinda good . To be fair , I ’ve only spent a twenty-four hours with the player , but so far , I ’m leaning on the “ do n’t buy this ” side , mainly ’cause of the price / functioning ratio . There are somecheaperandnot - so - cheap(but first-class ) option .

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