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RE: Thanks! Also curious about.....
Posted by AbeCollins on September 9, 2014 at 14:09:18:
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!