--- title: Sony Walkman NWZ-A15 date: 2015-04-01 12:56:22 permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2015/04/01/sony-walkman-nwz-a15/ author: Lester Chan categories: - Endorsement - Music tags: - Sony - Walkman --- The [Sony Walkman NWZ-A15](http://www.sony.com.sg/product/nwz-a15) is the world’s smallest and lightest Hi-Res Audio digital music player. It was launched in Singapore in October 2014 and is currently retailing for **S$299**. With the Sony Walkman NWZ-A15, Sony aims to reproduce music just as artists truly intended, by using Sony’s acoustic engineering technologies. The Sony NWZ-A15 is equipped with three Sony audio technologies. The ClearAudio+, Digital Sound Enhancement Engine (DSEE HX) and S-Master HX digital amplifier. These three technologies allow you to hear every breath, every drum beat, and every note in detail. - ClearAudio+ is a Sony unique technology that helps to provide realistic sound stage in your headphones, booming bass lines and consistent volume across tracks. - The DSEE HX restores high range sound lost when files are compressed to MP3. With this audio enhancement, MP3 playback is richer and more natural-sounding. - The S-Master HX digital amplifier allows for superb accuracy, clear separation of signals, and balanced sound reproduction using a digital-to-digital process. This sharpens and enriches dialogues, music and ambient sound. The Sony NWZ-A15 has a built-in storage capacity of 16GB and expandable via microSDXC memory card. It has built-in Bluetooth 2.1 to allow you to stream music to wireless speakers or headphones and Near Field Communication (NFC) to allow you to pair with those wireless speakers or headphones easily. **Specifications** - Internal: 16GB - External Memory: microSD slot (not supplied) - Bluetooth: Bluetooth Ver 2.1+EDR1 A2DP / AVRCP / OPP - NFC Yes - FM Tuner: 76.0～108.0MHz - Display: 2.2″ QVGA (240 x 320 Pixels) TFT color display with white LCD-backlight - Power Source: Built-in Li-ion Rechargeable Battery / USB power through the USB connector of the player - Battery Life: MP3 – 50 hours (\*MP3 128kbps, when Bluetooth OFF), Hi-Res Audio – 30 hours (\*FLAC 192kHz/24bit, when Bluetooth OFF) - Recharge Time: 4 hours - Maximum Dimensions: 43.6 x 109 x 8.7mm (W x H x D) - Weight: 66g - Sound Effects: S-Master HX / DSEE HX / Clear Audio+ / Clear Bass / Equalizer / VPT(surround) / Dynamic Normalizer - Compatible Formats (Music): FLAC / Apple Lossless(ALAC) / MP3 / AAC / HE-AAC / WMA / Linear PCM(WAV) - Compatible Formats (AIFF Movie): MPEG-4 / AVC(H.264/AVC) / Windows Media Video 9 Uploading music to the Sony NWZ-A15 is just basically drag and drop using Windows Explorer on Windows or Finder on the Mac when it is connected to the computer. One disadvantage of the Sony NWZ-A15 is the use of a proprietary port and that requires a proprietary cable to charge it. I wish they would stick to micro USB instead. [![Sony NWZ-A15 - Box Front](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8609/16870848181_2e0a169569_c.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Box Front")](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8609/16870848181_a3be0b76b8_o.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Box Front") [![Sony NWZ-A15 - Box Back](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7601/16249489944_b5898e81bc_c.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Box Back")](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7601/16249489944_5865d66224_o.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Box Back") [![Sony NWZ-A15 - Box](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8576/16870848951_78b3424e25_c.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Box")](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8576/16870848951_2b7eb87c2a_o.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Box") [![Sony NWZ-A15 - Box Contents](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7615/16664544927_1a8d94b3eb_c.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Box Contents")](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7615/16664544927_84dcfb90ec_o.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Box Contents") [![Sony NWZ-A15 - Proprietary Port](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7625/16249490404_5b4042a46d_c.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Proprietary Port")](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7625/16249490404_4221dde9fe_o.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Proprietary Port") [![Sony NWZ-A15 - Proprietary Port](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8681/16251877743_afdbd29f7a_c.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Proprietary Port")](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8681/16251877743_79cf23bcf1_o.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Proprietary Port") [![Sony NWZ-A15 - Front](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8724/16684453530_02b6a4fcf4_c.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Front")](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8724/16684453530_740eece819_o.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Front") [![Sony NWZ-A15 - Back](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8611/16251877033_cd13c92075_c.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Back")](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8611/16251877033_996d48efb8_o.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Back") [![Sony NWZ-A15 - Right](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7285/16871855525_df22b6a9dc_c.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Right")](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7285/16871855525_539372e6aa_o.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Right") [![Sony NWZ-A15 - Left](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8714/16664545607_6d2aee699b_c.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Left")](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8714/16664545607_cf014470eb_o.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Left") [![Sony NWZ-A15 - Bottom](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8667/16845982426_4d84507030_c.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Bottom")](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8667/16845982426_4132827f1c_o.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Bottom") [![Sony NWZ-A15 - Top](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8720/16249490124_e659fe3aab_c.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Top")](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8720/16249490124_615464b83a_o.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Top") [![Sony NWZ-A15](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8657/16684232238_6cf5f19afb_c.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15")](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8657/16684232238_d79ed9d418_o.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15") [![Sony NWZ-A15 - With Proprietary Cable](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8728/16684232778_bf48c70486_c.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - With Proprietary Cable")](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8728/16684232778_53627374c4_o.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - With Proprietary Cable") [![Sony NWZ-A15 - With Proprietary Cable](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8636/16870687672_666811b0c2_c.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - With Proprietary Cable")](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8636/16870687672_053a7c4b0c_o.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - With Proprietary Cable") [![Sony NWZ-A15 - Holding](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8569/16664545277_51b8e42d00_c.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Holding")](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8569/16664545277_0a994995db_o.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Holding") [![Sony NWZ-A15 - Switched On](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7630/16684454230_e836fdd4ab_c.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Switched On")](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7630/16684454230_0e82d1f732_o.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Switched On") [![Sony NWZ-A15 - Playing](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8743/16684453420_da68602497_c.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Playing")](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8743/16684453420_cea0581689_o.jpg "Sony NWZ-A15 - Playing") Disclaimer: I was given the Sony Walkman NWZ-A15.