@sbank No idea whether the Sony HAP-Z1ES can handle ripped SACDs. But it handles DSD downloads pretty well. Who needs to mess with physical disks at this point, short of archiving? I've already put my CDs onto the Sony internal drive, and I ain't going back to physical media for digital (vinyl's another story).
The Sony app, which works very well, shows the file resolution in the track listings. The highest resolution it handles, as far as I know, is DSD 5.6Mhz, as with the recent Bill Evans "Some Other Time" album, currently playing on the Sony. I'm hoping that firmware updates from the inscrutable Sony world will continue to keep this player at least mid-fi relevant.
The Sony app, which works very well, shows the file resolution in the track listings. The highest resolution it handles, as far as I know, is DSD 5.6Mhz, as with the recent Bill Evans "Some Other Time" album, currently playing on the Sony. I'm hoping that firmware updates from the inscrutable Sony world will continue to keep this player at least mid-fi relevant.