Sony HAP-Z1ES Hi-Res Music Player RMAF 2013

Hi Sbayne,

You said:
"At times I prefer the remastered version to the DSD version and other times I do not."

Are these DSD versions pure DSD recording, re-mastered or re-mixed(???)?

May be this will tell why.

Thank you!

To Willieddog, great to hear that!

What hardware/software utilities used to clone the hard disc?

How do you put the composer's name in the "Artist" section and the performers name in the "Album Artist" section?

Tks

Can the Hap install system software to a new inserted HDD? Tks

Williedog, is there a switch power supply before the two analogue and digital transformers? Tks

No outputs variable and controlled from the front knob. You can't connect the Sony to power amp directly,

Tks for the valuable info.

I'm curious and don't have additional HDD, and the info may help others.

Quote from Computer Audio:

"I don't think Z1ES boots from internal hard drive, it boots from some SSD inside.
Because after I install the new drive(indeed new drive, blank, NTFS formatted), booted properly but Z1ES no longer sees it, and I can't format it. I have to do factory reset from the settings, and after that, it formats the disk, and guess what? All sample music is copied to the new drive! So there is a separate storage on board with OS and sample data. The original 1TB drive is only for music and database."