Replace HDD in Sony HAP Z1ES with an SSD

Just checked back in on this thread.  Thanks so much streborx2---this is exactly the info I was looking for.

Many, many thanks, Streborx2.  Got the job done with your helpful instructions, but I forgot to take photos as I did the 'operation.'  The HAP-Z1 works flawlessly, and I didn't even lose the sample music that came installed on the HDD (making me wonder: there must be some internal memory somewhere that can hold firmware + some music!). Anyway, I'm beginning the LONG project of ripping about 1300 CDs into FLAC files using DB Poweramp version 16.  So far, album art and cataloging have gone great; it's preselected settings make sense for classical music collectors, of which I am one.  So, multiple recordings of the same symphony, or collections spanning several discs, are no problem with default settings.  whew!

(ouch with grammar mistake: that should be "ITS preselected settings..."

What is the “Modwright upgrade”. How much does it cost?  Is it worth it?  I will replace my hd this weekend. If I put in 3 TB u guys say the Sony will only recognize 2 tb?  The “Modwright upgrade” has nothing to do with expanding this right?

 

Ten thousand CD’s????  Wow!  I want to buy an airplane ticket, bring a few hard drives and a case of McCallum. Wow!  As long as it isn’t the Beatles or Neil Young I am up to hear anything lol

I ordered a 2 TB internal EVO. I had a 6 TB external kicking around. When the Skny formatted it there was 1.4 TB available