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| Sony HAPZ1 For prospective buyers and owners Uomoragno, your concern about difficulties with wav files is well founded. I am having a time with wav files getting them transferred properly, and it isn't just the artwork. Too bad, because they sound beautiful. More detail on that later. The us... | |
| Where is All the DSD? I think we all understand that music companies and retailers are in business to make money. It is hard to say where this hi rez thing is headed. In some ways, the high prices and poor selection of music closely parallels the early days of CD. On t... | |
| Ever notice most audio magazine cover are white? Photon, you are saying this isn't a vast, white wing conspiracy? | |
| Sony HAPZ1 For prospective buyers and owners Jafant, I also am eager to get this done. I must say, I haven't really heard any significant change in audio quality after the first 10 hours or so, but I would like to get a few more hours on the HAPZ1 before getting serious about an a/b with the... | |
| Sony HAPZ1 For prospective buyers and owners TMSorosk, There is no way to directly connect a CD player to the HAPZ1. However, if you already have all of your CDs on your iMac, and if you have a home network established, it will be very simple to download your music to the HAPZ1 either wirele... | |
| Sony HAPZ1 For prospective buyers and owners Day 6. Limited listening time but settled on wav as the preferred file type. I had limited time for critical listening. Family stuff, it's Easter, don't you know. I did get an opportunity to do a critical comparison to an ALAC and a wav file of th... | |
| Speakers with good timing If you see a pair of Coincident Triumph extreme Mk IIs come up for sale, snatch them up. I've heard speakers at 10 x the price that can't match them. They are time aligned and are fast, articulate, superbly coherent, and all this with great timbra... | |
| Sony HAPZ1 For prospective buyers and owners Tim, I had a similar hesitation. I have an existing library of about 1200-1500 cds. I thought, "this is not going to be a viable option without a digital in." Unfortunately, a digital in is not an option because of the design. The stock unit does ... | |
| Sony HAPZ1 For prospective buyers and owners Day 5 Preliminary, totally non-scientific evaluation of file types and quick A/B with Sony ModWright 5400.I began with listening to the free download from Hyperion of the recent Takacs quartet recording of the adagio from the Brahms G major quinte... | |
| Sony HAPZ1 For prospective buyers and owners Day 4 No issues. Found I like the DSEE function with internet radio. Really just enjoyed use of and listening to the HAPZ1 I loaded some more music onto the hard drive. I also evaluated the DSEE function with the internet radio. This function is i... | |
| Where is All the DSD? Goose, you nailed it. | |
| Sony HAPZ1 For prospective buyers and owners Day 3- I’m going to love the internet radio function. Sampled a couple of the high quality stations and found them to be very good quality. I’ve got the music transfer thing figured out. No frustrations or calls to sony tech support today. Today I... | |
| Sony HAPZ1 For prospective buyers and owners Lowrider, I am going to call for the ModWright upgrade at the end of april, when the introductory price discount expires. I'm in no hurry. I want to spend some time with this getting it burned in and assessing the pre-mod sound quality. I was goin... | |
| the magic of power cords Dog, I think you catch my drift. however, diminishing returns applies, and each has to determine for himself where to draw the line. I think the way this thread has turned shows that it is devilishly hard to quantify improvements once a system att... | |
| the magic of power cords On hyway, I do understand the point you are making, and it has some merit. I think our disagreement is more a matter of language than substance. I don't know anyone who went from a from a 0.5K mini to a $30K system in a single upgrade. Permit me ... |