Sony HAP-Z1ES Hi-Res Music Player RMAF 2013


Did anyone get a chance to hear this digital player. Seems similar to the Bryston BDP-2. I am very interested in how the upsampled DSD sounded.
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Empirical Audio
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Steve N.
Empirical Audio