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In Reply to: RE: Price difference? posted by AbeCollins on September 09, 2014 at 11:04:23
navman
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My understanding is that the Marantz is a Network Audio Player with no HDD of its own. I'm curious to know where your music files are located for your testing? Were they on a NAS, computer drive within a PC/Mac on the network, external USB HDD?
Does the Marantz recognize the iTunes music library hierarchy, meta data, and album art?
I had the Sony HAP-S1 which is the 'mid-fi' little brother to the HAP-Z1ES. With the HAP-S1 built-in integrated amp, I thought it sounded very good. I would have kept it but I disliked having to load my music to it's HDD via Ethernet. Once loaded, managing the content from the Sony app or front panel was a contortionist exercise, IMHO. I believe the HAP-Z1ES is managed in the same way.
I'm wondering if I'm a better candidate for the Marantz.
Can you comment on some of my questions above? Thanks!
I haven't used the Marantz with a NAS. Its weakness is that it doesn't recognize AIFF files (and most of my collection is. I don't think I have the patience to convert them all to FLAC.I run the Mac Mini connected to the Marantz by USB cable. Audirvana is the engine running the data rather than iTunes itself.
As i play with the Sony i find that controlling it with my iPhone quite a decent experience. With my Mac Mini setup i usually access another computer to pick what I want to listen to.
navman
Edits: 09/09/14
Ah, so you are using the Marantz as a DAC via USB.
As i play with the Sony i find that controlling it with my iPhone quite a decent experience
I found this to be true when I had the Sony HAP-S1. Basic control for navigating the library via iPhone or iPad was good. However, managing the Library was another matter. It felt constrained, tedious, and in some cases impossible.
I had some issues with duplicates and album art not matching the album. Several 2-disc albums would appear with the correct art for the 1st disc and totally random picture for the 2nd disc. I also had several artists all showing up with Tom Petty album art, and a couple other similar examples. There was no easy way that I was aware of to fix these issues on the Sony.
The album art on the Mac Mini was fine. I think it was a database related issue within the Sony, and possibly Gracenote. I even tried resetting everything to factory default with no content then reloaded the Library again. Same problem.
Otherwise, I loved the sound of the Sony. I just wish they would fix some of the bugs in their software. This was back in June 2014.
If these issues have been fixed, I might try the higher-end HAP-Z1ES. The Marantz is a no go for me after learning from you that it does not support AIFF. Thanks.
No doubt that other companies are starting to come online w/ these types of products. Marantz & Sony are the beginning...
One Inmate did it, but didn't say What it did.
The Marantz is most probably Fantastic!
JA compared the Marantz to the MSB Diamond DAC which is high praise indeed!I was just thinking.......... the Sony has a FPGA DAC so theoretically its sound could improve with firmware upgrades.
navman
Edits: 09/09/14
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