Backing up music files in the hdd audio player to your computer for mac. The hapz1es hdd audio player is the perfect addition to your hifi setup, with a direct stream digital dsd remastering engine that elevates all your music. However i just wanted to share that haps1 will also work with a 2tb internal 2. It an see that there are 31 files to transfer, but it doesnt seem to be able to pick them up, even when both the hap and laptop are wired to the router.
Both the hapz1es and haps1 enable music files stored on a pc or mac to be automatically synced, using the supplied hap music transfer software. Ive checked in the content settings that the file extension is ok i save the discs in apple l. Help guide web manual hap music transfer file size is not. About the hap music transfer preparations transferring. The haps1 supports highresolution audio formats such as dsd, flac, wav and alac, as well as formats like mp3, itunes aac, atrac, and windows wma restoring their quality closer to that of the original. We are pleased to announce our latest mod for the sony hapz1es dsd music server. Sony haps1 upgrading internal hard drive hdd to 2tb. Haps1 is rigorously tested to ensure its wifi signal strength. Create playlists, search stored music and full track control. Feb 12, 2016 i just finished a tutorial with lots of pics on how to upgrade the internal hard drive.
Play and store music and enjoy highdefinition audio through the sound system hap s1. Sony is one of the companies thats currently leading the charge to encourage music lovers to embrace hires music products and content. However i just wanted to share that hap s1 will also work with a 2tb internal 2. The sony haps1 is great audio device, it has a great sound, i beg to sony make a firmware upgrade, including the feature of add usb device read and scan to play music files directly from the usb memory or hard disc without the need to format it, like pcs or other brands players. Whwn i turn the system off i get the message, that the system automaticaly will shut down, when the updating proces is finished. Aug 07, 2015 hi i just got the haps1 today and so far i love it. Bolstered by a largebandwidth 40wpc class ab amplifier and 500gb of harddrive space for hires files, the sony haps1 effortlessly decodes dsd, pcm, and practically every other format under the sun.
Bridging the gap between these two extremes is exactly what the sony hapz1es is all about. Funny thing they released two additional boxes that have more features and cost less. Sony hdd audio player system quick start guide 2 pages. My sony register your product for software updates and lifetime support or sign up for sony newsletter and exclusive offers register on. I hope sony continues to support this unit with firmware updates. New sony hapz1es firmware out today audiogon discussion. The high resolution audio player offers playback of a wide range of formats including, dsd, wav, aiff, flac, alac, mp3, aac, wma, and atrac. Highresolution audio hdd player included components may vary by country or region of purchase. It now does dsd over usb2 and there is a provision to turn it onoff.
The black haps1b from sony is a high resolution music player system designed for home audio and featuring an integrated amplifier, 500gb of storage, and a high performance dac. The sony hap z1es is a hirez media streamer that can upscale your music to 5. The flagship es elevated standard model features a oneterabyte hard disc drive and dsd remastering engine to convert and enhance virtually any music files to dsd 5. This help guide is also available as a pdf, which can be downloaded here. The black hap s1 b from sony is a high resolution music player system designed for home audio and featuring an integrated amplifier, 500gb of storage, and a high performance dac. Apr 25, 2014 to check the haps1s amp, i connected it to the era design 4 now the peachtree d4 speakers on my desktop. Imagine hearing your favourite tracks in unmatched clarity and richness. A white horizontal line appears on the lcd display of my hap z1es or hap s1. For compressed music files sony has developed dsee digital sound enhancement engine technology, which restores upper frequencies and the tail of waveforms that were truncated by. Mar 16, 2016 i know there are a few pages around the net showing how to upgrade the sony hap s1 z1 hdd, and theres even a z1 tutorial showing it running on a 2tb drive. Sony just announced a new line of high resolution digital audio players, which include the hapz1es and haps1 hires hdd music players, along with the uda1 dacamplifier. Im in the process of copying my cds and it is taking time. The hapz1es shows up in finder as a shared device, so you can simply draganddrop the music you want from the mac to the sony player.
Then, with sonys hap music transfer application, you can select the computer directoriesfolders that contain the files you want to send to the hapz1es. Sony haps1 best buy seems to clearing the sony hap s1. Our site is not optimized for your current browser. Please make sure that your hdd audio player is updated before you use it. The haps1 is a playeramp with storage, not a network player as i define the phrase, so a lot of features that youd expect to find in a network player or av receiver are absent. Sony hap z1es highresolution file player page 2 enter the androidios app for the hdd player, downloadable from sony android or the app store ios. I just finished a tutorial with lots of pics on how to upgrade the internal hard drive.
The idea here is that the haps1 is designed to play large, highres music files like wav, flac, or dsd sacd. The haps1 was designed to be a bit more versatile, with an builtin amplifier so you can connect it directly to speakers. Automatic transferring of music from your computer just complete steps 1 to 3 in this manual to transfer your music files over to the unit. Sony hapz1es hard drive upgrade tutorial steve hoffman. Buy sony haps1s 500gb highresolution music player system silver at.
All files are provided under strict licence and reproduction without prior permission or for financial. Sony expects the average hapz1es owner already has a library or even multiple libraries of music. Notice of limited warranty updates for sony electronics inc. Apr 25, 2014 the haps1 is a playeramp with storage, not a network player as i define the phrase, so a lot of features that youd expect to find in a network player or av receiver are absent.
In the case of the hapz1es, it is a local networkaware device that plays digital music files. You can use hap music transfer, an application designed for hdd audio player system, to automatically transfer audio files from your computer to the hdd. This product is designed to transfer audio files from your computer and play them from its own hard drive. I think, the next genaration hi res player should contain this spotify streaming. Sony haps1 black highresolution network music player. Streaming does not provide for the best audiophile experience.
Sony haps1b high resolution music player system black. The transfer software will find the player, it will initiate the transfer and populate a transfer file, but no files ever transfer to the haps hdd. Yes, the sony haps1 is a well built, sharp looking, and wonderful sounding player for hiresolution aiff, alac, flac, and dsf files and other file types but after a week of annoyances hassles i decided to return the sony haps1 for a full refund. All files are provided under strict licence and reproduction without prior permission or for financial gain is strictly prohibited.
That way, you can play them back even when not connected. They can also be controlled via a simpletouse, free hdd audio remote app available for both android and ios tablets and smartphones. May 02, 2014 my solution was to use a blank, 75gb portable drive, which the hapz1es formatted in less than a minute footnote 1. Read what crutchfield customers have to say about the sony haps1 black. It can store as much as 1tb of music on the stock internal hd. Sound quality is amazing yes i know this is also a function of a great set of totem speakers that i bought. Dsee technology upgrades the quality of your compressed music files. The hap z1es hdd audio player is the perfect addition to your hifi setup, with a direct stream digital dsd remastering engine that elevates all your music. Hdd audio remote for ios and android phones and tablets a dedicated app to control your listening experience with the hapz1es. Sony haps1s 500gb highresolution music player system. To paraphrase spock of the uss enterprise at least the spock of the uk comedy song star trekkin by the firm, the sony hapz1es is a network streamer, jim, but not as we know it.
Uploading was quite swift, but it will depend on file size and your networks speed. Sony haps1 highresolution audio player page 2 sound. It has an amplifier for 2x40 w and a hard disk of 500 gb, enabling you to synchronize your music collection on your pc. In addition to dragging files from a win 7 pc and external drive, i connected a cd player to the. Or, you can simply drag and drop files into the players memory with your computer. It cannot stream data from network attached storage. That said, it does work and allow you to select a folder and autoupdate files to the haps1 whenever you add music to said folder. Sony haps1 manual hdd audio player system hifi engine.
If you have additional documentation please consider donating a copy to our free archive. This means you use a utility to copy files to the sony. Its not a usb or spdif equipped dac, so it cannot be used to play files straight from a pc or laptop. I selected the option to have hap music transfer put the files from my music library on the external drive. Designed to function as a repository for all your digital music, the hapz1es supports pretty well all file formats, including lossy codecs like mp3 and aac, uncompressed wav and aiff and lossless flac and alac files at up to 192khz24bit resolution, as well as dsd. Larger lossless flac files have been transferred to the 500gb internal hd. Mar 22, 2015 part 2 of 2 featuring the sony haps1 hires music hdd system. Hap music transfer is an application that transfers music files stored in your computer to the hdd. Sean killebrew spent some time with the hap s1 music player. The hapz1es upsamples all audio files to dsd2 level highresolution. As the suggestion of sony of canadas media relations team, i used mac os x finder to transfer music files manually, instead of the hap music transfer application. It almost sounds too good to be true, but the sony haps1 superbly does everything it promises and then some.
It hooks up via ethernet or wifi to your local network and the internet. New sony hapz1es firmware out today audiogon discussion forum. I know there are a few pages around the net showing how to upgrade the sony hap s1z1 hdd, and theres even a z1 tutorial showing it running on a 2tb drive. When i see that some tracks files are not copied, i simply write the names down, delve into the library on my desktops hd, convert them to flac using the aforementioned program, and tuck them into the correlating artistalbum folder on the hap via wifi. Apr 14, 2014 sony is one of the companies thats currently leading the charge to encourage music lovers to embrace hires music products and content.
The hapz1es is compatible with highres files up to 24bit192khz. With the sony hap music transfer application owners can not only transfer current music files over to the hapz1es, but also periodically and automatically copy over any new music to their hapz1es. Sony haps1 black highresolution network music player and. I bought hapz1es to play highres files, which i do with great pleasure, but its sound quality from files 44,1 16 bit are so good that i have ripped cd disks lossless uncompressed much more than i expected that i would, and listen to them in hap z1es even though i have an excellent cd player. When an original music source is compressed, you lose the high. With this, one gains access to several screens and controls in a graphically pleasing and informative display. Whwnever i add new music to my sony hap s1, or change som of the music tags, tha database starts the updatting process.
Page 1 hdd audio player system haps1 about the hdd audio player system features of the hdd audio player system 1 playable audio file formats 2 how to make and enter selections 3 how to input characters 4 system requirements for computers connected to the hdd audio player 5. Files transfer faster with a wired network connection, so i set the unit up with that for the initial transfer, and now just do the additions over wifi. You can use the free hap music transfer software to automatically copy files to the players hard drive it can even automatically scan for new music in a particular folder on a networked computer. Sony hapz1es highresolution file player page 2 enter the androidios app for the hdd player, downloadable from sony android or the app store ios. This real world testing is to certify it will work under the most extreme conditions. Hap s1 500gb hires music player system hires audio shelftop player with 500 gb hard drive and amplifier builtin, supports dsd and the full range of hires file formats, intuitive playback via front panel, ios and android mobile phones and tablets plus wifi built in for easy transfer from your pc. Part 2 of 2 featuring the sony haps1 hires music hdd system. The circular arrow transfer icon never appears on the hap lcd screen. It almost sounds too good to be true, but the sony hap s1 superbly does everything it promises and then some. This is also a stereo integrated amplifier but you can integrate it to your existing audio system,for full specs, click the link.
Hap music transfer software compatible with both windows and mac computers for automatic copy of music files to hdd when new files are added on computer. Bolstered by a largebandwidth 40wpc class ab amplifier and 500gb of harddrive space for hires files, the sony hap s1 effortlessly decodes dsd, pcm, and practically every other format under the sun. Haps1 500gb hires music player system hires audio shelftop player with 500 gb hard drive and amplifier builtin, supports dsd and the full range of hires file formats, intuitive playback via front panel, ios and android mobile phones and tablets plus wifi built in for easy transfer from your pc. Modwright instruments sony hapz1es truth modification. Hope itll help someone here to enjoy this great server further.
Hapz1es is rigorously tested to ensure its wifi signal strength. List of updated items in gm9 features hap z1es haps1 mobile app android ios cd ripping from usb drives builtin dsee hx support for products aimed at the chinese and asian market. A dedicated app to control your listening experience with the haps1. Hdd audio remote for ios and android phonestablets. Has its own screen for navigation, and the iphone app works well. Also, there is a clear difference in sound with the cds they are in wav 44. A 1 tb hard disc, has space for all your music, letting you hear it all as it was meant to be heard.
Page 3 registered music file information 42 standby modes 43 listening to the sound from. While the outside of the hapz1es may be simple, its inside is full of new, sophisticated circuitry. New sony hap z1es firmware out today i installed the newest firmware today and was pleasantly surprised that the player now supports an external dac via the usb connection. The sony hapz1es is a music server without digital input or output and without any cd tray. The hap music transfer for windows is an application that transfers music files stored in your computer to the hdd audio player.
As a desktop system, the sony offers no subwoofer or variable analog output, so i ran the speakers without a sub. Help guide web manual hap music transfer file size is not provided. Haps1 read user manual online or download in pdf format. It is not a streamer, but a recent firmware update implemented spotify connect. View and download sony haps1 quick start manual online. These present a nominal 6ohm load and a sensitivity rating of 84 db. Hi i just got the haps1 today and so far i love it.
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