Sony NW-A306 Walkman Digital Audio Player Launched in India: All the Details

Sony NW-A306 Walkman Digital Audio Player has been released in India priced at Rs. 25,990. Sony’s new premium digital audio player features a 3.6-inch HD TFT color display (1280 x 720 pixels) and a 3.5mm stereo audio jack for wired connections with headphones and earphones. The audio player also offers Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity with support for Bluetooth 5 and the extended Bluetooth codec LDAC, which is compatible with many wireless headphones and earphones. The digital audio player is also equipped with features such as Edge-AI (Artificial Intelligence), DSEE Ultimate (Digital Sound Enhancement Engine) and 360 Reality Audio and runs on the Android 12 operating system.

Sony NW-A306 walkman price in India, availability

The Sony NW-A306 Walkman costs Rs. 25,990 in India and comes in a single variant with 32GB of internal storage. The company has announced that the player will be available for purchase headphone zoneas well as Sony Central stores, large electronics stores and e-commerce portals across the country.

Sony NW-A306 Walkman specifications

The newly launched Sony NW-A306 Walkman digital audio player features a 3.6-inch HD TFT color display (1280 x 720 pixels) and a customizable home screen, as well as primary wired connectivity via a 3.5mm stereo audio jack for broad compatibility with wired headphones and earphones. It features Edge AI, updated Digital Sound Enhancement Engine Ultimate, MQA certification, Bluetooth 5 with LDAC codec support, 360 Reality Audio and more. In addition to the Bluetooth codec LDAC, the Bluetooth codecs Qualcomm aptX HD, Qualcomm aptX, AAC and SBC are also supported. The Sony NW-A306 runs on Android 12 and also has Wi-Fi connectivity.

The Sony NW-A306 Walkman is said to offer a battery life of up to 36 hours with 128kbps MP3 files, up to 32 hours with FLAC Hi-Res Audio playback and up to 26 hours when streaming music directly to the device. The NW-A306 features a USB Type-C port for charging and data transfer. The storage capacity of the device is 32 GB of built-in memory, which can be expanded with a microSD card.

In addition, the Sony NW-A306 Walkman features a DSD remastering engine that resamples PCM audio to 11.2MHz Direct Stream Digital. The new audio device’s S-Master HX digital amplifier technology is compatible with the native DSD format and is said to reduce distortion and noise. The Sony NW-A306 Walkman’s file format support includes the most popular formats up to 32bit/384kHz including FLAC, Wav, Apple Lossless, DSD, AIFF and APE. Tracks in MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) format are also supported on the digital audio player.