Sony made a $5,900 gold-plated Walkman MP3 player

Sony made a $5,900 gold-plated Walkman MP3 player.

索尼推出了一款售价 5900 美元的镀金 Walkman MP3 播放器。

A $6,000 media player slathered in gold is the perfect gift for the millionaire audiophile in your life.

一款涂满黄金、售价 6000 美元的媒体播放器，是你生活中百万富翁发烧友的完美礼物。

Sony has announced a trio of new Walkman portable media players that start at an already absurd $1,899.99 for the NW-ZX900 and climb all the way up to $5,899 for the gold-plated NW-WM1ZM3. Sandwiched in between is the $2,999.99 Walkman NW-WM1AM3, which is nearly identical to the WM1ZM3, just minus the gaudy gold shell.

索尼宣布推出三款全新的 Walkman 便携式媒体播放器，其中 NW-ZX900 的起售价已高达 1899.99 美元，而镀金版的 NW-WM1ZM3 售价更是攀升至 5899 美元。介于两者之间的是售价 2999.99 美元的 Walkman NW-WM1AM3，它与 WM1ZM3 几乎完全相同，只是少了那层浮夸的金色外壳。

All three devices are aimed squarely at the audiophile market, if the price tag didn’t make that clear. All three feature Sony’s DSD (Direct Stream Digital) Remastering Engine, which upsamples standard PCM audio to an 11.2MHz DSD stream, which it claims delivers a more analog-like sound. They also all feature gold-plating on the rear chassis that’s meant to reduce interference and lower noise.

如果价格标签还不够明显的话，这三款设备显然都是针对发烧友市场推出的。这三款产品均配备了索尼的 DSD（直接数字流）重制引擎，可将标准 PCM 音频上采样至 11.2MHz 的 DSD 流，索尼声称这能带来更接近模拟音质的效果。此外，它们都在后机壳上采用了镀金工艺，旨在减少干扰并降低噪音。

The higher-end Walkman NW-WM1ZM3 and NW-WM1AM3 add hand-soldered oxygen-free copper (OFC) wiring and upgraded power circuitry to lower noise even further. A milled OFC block isolates the digital circuits from the analog ones to limit potential interference. What sets the WM1ZM3 apart is that the entire chassis is made of OFC and then gold-plated.

高端的 Walkman NW-WM1ZM3 和 NW-WM1AM3 增加了手工焊接的无氧铜（OFC）布线和升级的电源电路，以进一步降低噪音。一个铣削的无氧铜块将数字电路与模拟电路隔离开来，以限制潜在的干扰。WM1ZM3 的独特之处在于其整个机壳均由无氧铜制成，并进行了镀金处理。

This is not the first time Sony has gone all out on a gold media player. In fact, you can pick up the previous model — the NW-WM1ZM2 — on sale now for just $2,599.99. A veritable steal. Though, an old iPod bought off eBay is still probably the better bargain.

这并不是索尼第一次在黄金媒体播放器上不惜工本。事实上，你现在可以以 2599.99 美元的价格买到上一代机型 NW-WM1ZM2。这简直是“白菜价”。不过，从 eBay 上买个旧 iPod 可能还是更划算的选择。