Disclaimer- my X9 is broken slightly so this review is not totally fair haha Sony SRS-X9 IRL Review (In Real Life)- Wow its been anothe long stretch since my last post….like back in 2016! So this X9 is a unit that’s been sitting on my shelf for some time. I was really into the thick of…
Category: Miscellaneous Audio
Sony SRS-ZX1 2.0 Speaker IRL Review
Sony SRS-ZX1 2.0 Speaker IRL Review– Released in early 2008, I was not aware of this speaker at all until a few years down the road when I read about it on eBay. I wasn’t quite into speakers at the time, and wasn’t certainly as big of a fanatic about Sony as I am now…
VAIO Pocket 40 GB DAP IRL Review
VAIO Pocket 40GB DAP IRL Review- The VAIO Pocket (pocket from now on) is a digital audio player/photo viewer that was released in 2004 just a few months after Sony’s Walkman division released its own NW-HD1 Network Walkman to compete with the iPod (might have been 3rd generation at the time I think). It was an…
Sony Walkman X IRL Review (X1060)
Sony Walkman X (X1060) IRL Review- The Walkman X (X from hereon) was released in 2009 as Sony’s first major foray into the touchscreen DAP market basically owned by the iPod Touch. It was designed to be the pinnacle flagship of Sony’s DAPs and bring the Walkman name back into the fight that it had largely…
Samsung DA-E750 Wireless Audio Sound Dock IRL Review
Samsung DA-E750 Wireless Audio Sound Dock IRL (In Real Life) Review- The e750 (short from now on) was a premium wireless audio dock that could stream over bluetooth APT-X, Apple Airplay, direct Apple 30 pin, and Android MicroUSB and 3.5mm analog. It was one of those products that I would walk by in the store and…
IRL Review: Logitech Z553 2.1 Computer Speakers
IRL Review Logitech Z553 2.1 Computer Speakers– The Z553 speakers were a set I bought solely because of aesthetics. I absolutely could not stop looking at their design- the weird towering cylindrical subwoofer, the sideways binoculars speakers and the hockey puck remote controller just jumped out to me. Added on a really good price match…
Review- Sony Walkman E-Series and Active Speaker System
Review- Sony NWZ-E464 Walkman and RDP-NWT16 Active Speaker System- What a mouthful! I think this really is just called the Sony E-class Walkman. Marketed as the budget/economical class digital audio player, the e-class never got my attention. I wasn’t interested in the entry level DAPs because they were generally unremarkable. I think I have owned…
Throwback Review – Sony D-EJ01 15th Anniversary CD Walkman
In Grade 10 I purchased the Sony D-EJ915 CD Walkman and it blew my mind with how slim the CD player was, and how cool the remote control was. I thought I was holding the king of CD players until I ran into a buddy with a fluorescent orange remote that showed song titles and…
Review Sony BTX-500 Bluetooth Speaker
Review- Sony BTX500 Bluetooth Speaker – The Sony BTX-500 was their flagship portable bluetooth speaker system when BT portable speakers were becoming a hot item back in 2013. I’ve had the speaker since its release back in 2013 summer and following is my IRL (in real life) review from my own experiences. I first encountered the…
Review- Sony Walkman NWZ-1060
Review Sony Walkman NWZ-1060- I first got a hold of the Walkman Z (its moniker) unintentionally because of my VAIO S15 Purchase in 2012. Originally awaiting their back to school promo and hoping they would offer a PS Vita for free (the previous year had offered a PSP for free and America was getting the PS…
Retro Review Sony Walkman NW-HD5 and NW-A3000 Review/Overview
Holy flashback Batman. Retro IRL review of the Sony NW-HD5 and the NW-A3000. Not a full review of the NW-A3000 because it doesn’t work and I only own it out of nostalgia and luck. The NW-HD5 Walkman dates back to 2007 when the iPod was all the rage (particularly the iPod Nano which had just come out) and…
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