Interesting news/reviews/deals from the portable audio market
Grado Labs has started shipping the GS1000: The new flagship of their headphone line, introduced at the International Head-Fi Convention in New York, where it gathered some rave reviews. Bass, mids, highs; it seems it does all equally well and the new cushion design is supposed to be very comfortable. Is this ideal pair of [...]
Sony Japan announced a price reduction last week for its A1000, A1200 and A3000 Network Walkman (NW) series. According to ATRAC Life:
WALKMAN A1000 Series
NW-A1000 (6GB)—22,800 yen (2,000 yen price reduction)
NW-A1000/B [Limited Ed] (6GB)—20,800 yen (2,000 yen price reduction)
NW-A1000/N [Limited Ed] (6GB)—20,800 yen (2,000 yen price reduction)
WALKMAN A1200 Series
NW-A1200/B [Limited Ed] (8GB)—24,000 yen (2,000 yen price [...]
Sony NW-A1000/1200/3000 get WMA support: via a freshly-released firmware upgrade. Protected WMAs are still unsupported though. Read our review of the NW-A1000/A3000 here.