Sony SA-Z1 Signature Series Hi-Res Near Field Powered Speaker System (Black)

Price: $999.00 - $3,999.99
(as of Aug 28, 2025 13:07:17 UTC – Details)

Product description

The pinnacle of near field listening

The SA-Z1 is meticulously crafted to sit on your desk and provide you with a reference listening experience, whatever your choice of music. Play music from your laptop or PC, hook up your Walkman or Xperia, or use with a dedicated digital music player.

Aluminum body

Featuring body parts using two different alloys of aluminum, the SA-Z1 effectively minimizes noise distortion caused by resonance from the enclosure.

Horizontally opposed woofers, ‘Tsuzumi’ layout

Inspired by a traditional Japanese ‘Tsuzumi’ drum, dual woofers are placed back-to-back. This layout hugely cuts unwanted vibration – the vibration from each woofer cancels out the vibration from the other. By reducing the enclosure resonance so significantly, SA-Z1 delivers supreme resolution and a precise sound image.

More linearity and purity

The woofer offers supreme linearity with very low distortion. The zinc die-cast basket holds the motor system firmly so that it can suppress vibrations from piston motion. Powerful neodymium magnets preserve the linearity and the copper sleeve reduces distortion.

Supported sound formats

Support up to PCM 32 bit/768 kHz and DSD 22.4 MHz.

SA-Z1 Hi-Res Near Field Powered Speaker System Signature Series

It has been engineered to deliver a truly exceptional listening experience. By combining a coaxial driver units layout with time-alignment architecture, SA-Z1 overcomes the trade-off between frequency response and phase coherence – so you can explore a whole new world of sound.

Precise driver time-alignment with custom FPGA architecture

Horizontally opposed woofers and side ducts for wide and deep sound stage

New balanced dome tweeter unit

The balanced dome structure suppresses break-up mode-which disturbs high frequency response-so that it can reproduce 100 kHz to release the full potential of High-Resolution Audio. The voice coil drives at a point where the weight of the diaphragm and air load balance – which is why the structure is called ‘balanced.’

Interface

Analog-In connections include RCA, stereo mini and balanced XLR. Digital inputs include USB-B, optical and micro-USB for Walkman.

Sony expertise in precision-engineered powered speakers

The SA-Z1 brings together Sony’s legendary audio expertise, with first-of-its-kind custom componentry and benchmark audio technologies. Thanks to a trio of accumulated acoustic, electronic and signal processing technology, SA-Z1 recreates music with exceptional presence and coherence.