peterlim8 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 My system costs 45 times more than the Hap, and my next digital upgrade would be ten years later. Sorry to say that different way of sacd ripping sounds differently. Link to comment
peterlim8 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 ...I replaced internal hard drive to 2TB slim Seagate... Have you ever try to power up the Hap without the internal HDD? If the OS is able to load without the internal HDD, practically we can insert a new HDD, and format and reset it using the given tools. I can't try anything drastic now because mine comes with no years warranty, an imported set. Link to comment
Kal Rubinson Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 And this is very sad, isn't it, Kal?I see that even the FIR filters inside Z1ES are done in the analog domain. If the format was more popular they would have invented something for DSD processing until now, I am sure. Certainly but studio professionals have been dealing with this same issue for years and the hardware/firmware they use is streets ahead of what we mere mortals can access. The problems are more technical than economic, I believe. Kal Rubinson Senior Contributing Editor, Stereophile Link to comment
noiseless Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 My system costs 45 times more than the Hap.... Peterlim8, are you saying you are a Z1ES user now? How do you find it, please? Link to comment
Kal Rubinson Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 newbie here...what do you mean by EQ on DSD?maybe my uda-1 does? in the specs it mentions snr is 100db when eq is off, so would that infer that it has eq capability, and what exactly are you referring to... The EQ there is for use with a particular pair of Sony speakers and is most probably inserted in the analog domain. Surround? I doubt if there is any surround mode on this unit, so it is probably a typo. Kal Rubinson Senior Contributing Editor, Stereophile Link to comment
noiseless Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Have you ever try to power up the Hap without the internal HDD? If the OS is able to load without the internal HDD, practically we can insert a new HDD, and format and reset it using the given tools. ...or may be you can boot the OS from a small CF card in a SATA adapter and leave all the music on the external drive? Or can you connect a second internal drive? Link to comment
peterlim8 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I'm very happy with it. However, I knew somebody sold it within few weeks. Link to comment
noiseless Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 However, I knew somebody sold it within few weeks. Any ideas why? Softer sound? I don't mind darker mid-hi presentation but am afraid to not lose the bass slam and attack! Link to comment
peterlim8 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Don't know why? However the sellers have been participated in the discussions with positive feedback of the Hap. You may want to google, us audio mart... No, the Sony sounds masculinity on my system. Anyway, I've paid attention to the details started from the incoming power supply, LIVE is LIVE, NEUTRAL is NEUTRAL, all the the way to the equipment. And my amps control the speakers utterly well, even an Ipod also sounded good on my system. Link to comment
peterlim8 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 ...or may be you can boot the OS from a small CF card in a SATA adapter and leave all the music on the external drive? Or can you connect a second internal drive? I've thought of plug in a unformatted 4 TB HDD to the Hap, and let the Hap software do the rest. I prefer everything in ONE. Link to comment
ljames Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 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. Link to comment
Skeptic Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 There's probably just something like 1-4GB of Flash in there which the "operating system" is stored on. It's good news that you can simply replace the internal drive and it will format it for you - especially if it's formatted so that it can use the full capacity and not simply a 1TB partition on whichever size disk you put in there. Link to comment
noiseless Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 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. This is good info to know - thank you! So even the internal drive fails one still will be able to start the unit and listen from the ext. drive - clever decision! Link to comment
peterlim8 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Tks ljames, it's really a piece of good news! Link to comment
haujobb Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 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. Replacing the 1TB internal HDD won't offer any advantage as I read in an article the Sony database is only capable to manage 15000 entries. Hope this is just an example for bad hifi journalism. Link to comment
noiseless Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Replacing the 1TB internal HDD won't offer any advantage as I read in an article the Sony database is only capable to manage 15000 entries. Hope this is just an example for bad hifi journalism. Hm, this is really a limitation but might be fixed in future firmware upgrades? Could you point to this article, please? Thanks! Link to comment
peterlim8 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Replacing the 1TB internal HDD won't offer any advantage as I read in an article the Sony database is only capable to manage 15000 entries. Hope this is just an example for bad hifi journalism. 15000 entries = 15000 albums or songs? Link to comment
k6davis Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 15000 entries = 15000 albums or songs? Can't be. Right? Roon Server: Core i7-3770S, WS2012 + AO => HQP Server: Core, i7-9700K, HQPlayer OS => NAA: Celeron NUC, HQP NAA => ISO Regen with UltraCap LPS 1.2 => Mapleshade USB Cable => Lampizator L4 DSD-Only Balanced DAC Preamp => Blue Jeans Belden Balanced Cables => Mivera PurePower SE Amp => Magnepan 3.7i Link to comment
ljames Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Yes, unfortunately it's likely true. CPU may not be powerful enough inside Z1ES. I was told by Sony support, it supports 40,000 tracks. So what I am doing now, I just copy over full album image flacs, I listen to lots of classical music, so this isn't a big deal, it will hold 20+ thousands of albums as disk image. For pop music, 40,000 tracks is about 2-3000 albums maybe, not enough. Link to comment
peterlim8 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 ...it supports 40,000 tracks... Good enough for me! My collections are mostly classical or jazz music. Just have to figure out how much disk space do I need, 4TB at most. Link to comment
noiseless Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 So what I am doing now, I just copy over full album image flacs.... If I import the .ISO + .CUE sheet files will the Sony read the .CUE file and split the .ISO on tracks with different names during playback? Link to comment
peterlim8 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 If I import the .ISO + .CUE sheet files will the Sony read the .CUE file and split the .ISO on tracks with different names during playback? You have to convert the ISO to either DSF or DFF before you upload it to the Sony. Read #1853 http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f11-software/sacd-ripping-using-your-ps3-part-2-a-7495/index75.html You can get the tools there. Link to comment
noiseless Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 You have to convert the ISO to either DSF or DFF before you upload it to the Sony. Thanks, but I am asking for my ordinary CDs most of which I ripped as .iso+.cue files. Do I need to re-rip them just to be able to upload them in Sony??? Link to comment
peterlim8 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Thanks, but I am asking for my ordinary CDs most of which I ripped as .iso+.cue files. Do I need to re-rip them just to be able to upload them in Sony??? Sony doesn't accept ISO format. Link to comment
noiseless Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Sony doesn't accept ISO format. Thanks, good to know for this restriction too :-( ...I just copy over full album image flacs... ljames, what image file do you use, please? Link to comment
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