It is pretty amazing.
I have to admit though, that when I listen to the HAP-Z1ES here, it is NOT exactly stock!
Thanks,
Dan
I think the feature of this "Digital File Player" that has piqued my interest the most is the "DSD Remastering"
engine. I really don't have any complaints about the DFP that I currently use (Auraliti PK100 >Metrum Hex NOS DAC) . It really makes Redbook digital perform way above any expectation I may have had for it. I did'nt
particularly care for Hi Rez PCM downloads, it seemed that there was a characteristic upper frequency response I just could'nt get beyond. I did'nt have the Hex DAC that long when I gave up on Hi Rez downloads.
In the meantime this DAC has continued to "bloom". I still prefer the response of DSD. Supposedly my DFP
will play DSD , but the Hex will not ((& the Hex wiped the floor of my stock Oppo 95 playing the CD rips of the
same SACDs played back through the Oppo; the Oppo is now my dedicated Blu Ray player)
So ,now with this Sony player I will have the ability to listen to my rips (which I honestly feel are very "respectable" to "exceptional" dependent on the source material) in a "closer" to DSD representation.
What's not to like about that. I listen to acoustic music of one type or another almost exclusively. PCM
has come a long way,but it still needs a "re-design" to do some things better. DSD is a better fit for
longtime Analog listeners.
So it looks like my Metrum Hex (& a few other items) will be going. I think PCM needs a NOS DAC to sound it's
best. There may be other factors at work though at getting closer to the sound of analog (which DSD does better). I really don't "kowtow" to "native" rate PCM files regardless of any rate. Some rates give some improvements, but as David Robinson says "It's still PCM"