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RE: My friend has one; I'm still saving my pennies.

Posted by AbeCollins on September 10, 2014 at 09:19:15:
The lower-end Sony HAP-S1 has the same Digital Sound Enhancement Engine (DSEE) technology as the HAP-1ZES and I thought the setup sounded wonderful. I can only imagine that the flagship HAP-1ZES sounds even better. I have no issues with the sound of the Sony players. They're great.

I didn't have that many "dupes", not enough to significantly impact the upload time.

The reason I had some "duplicates" is because I keep more than one version of certain albums. So they weren't technically duplicates. Some albums were ripped from CD, some were Hi-Res rips from my vinyl or downloads from HDtracks, and others were DSD downloads. It was not easy to identify the version I wanted to play on the Sony so I thought I would find and delete the lower res ones. I found this very tedious to near impossible from the Sony.

I can easily organize, identify and differentiate the versions on my Mac music server but not on the Sony. If I were to do it again, I would remove (or move) the lower resolution files from the Mac before initiating the bulk transfer to the Sony because managing the library on the Sony after the fact is a chore.