Images of High-Resolution Audio HDD Player
Images of High-Resolution Audio HDD Player
Images of High-Resolution Audio HDD Player
The Way The Artists Truly Intended

Enjoy the subtlest nuances of studio-quality sound in higher-than-CD quality with High-Resolution Audio. Passion for music unites every component from signal to speaker, so it feels like the artist is performing right in front of you.

Get the High-Resolution Audio experience

Imagine hearing your favourite tracks in unmatched clarity and richness. The HAP-Z1ES HDD Audio Player is the perfect addition to your Hi-Fi setup, with a Direct Stream Digital (DSD) Re-mastering Engine that elevates all your music. A 1TB hard disc, has space for all your music, letting you hear it all as it was meant to be heard.

Format-friendly for all your music files

The HAP-Z1ES supports High-Resolution Audio formats such as DSD, FLAC, WAV and ALAC, as well as compressed formats like MP3, AAC, ATRAC and WMA, restoring their quality closer to that of the original.

2Hz-80kHz frequency range
Detailed sound across the whole frequency range

A wide frequency range of 2Hz-80kHz a well-rounded sound, capable of reproducing the nuances of a live performance.

Analogue to digital sound at a high sample rate

Analogue to digital sound at a high sample rate

For exceptional accuracy and detail, High-Resolution Audio converts analogue to digital at 24bit/96Hz - much higher than CDS, and analogue FIR filters operate at the frequency of DSD.

High-Resolution Audio
DSEE
Bring compressed files to a new level

The Digital Sound Enhancement Engine (DSEE) upscales your compressed digital music files (MP3, ACC, ATRAC and WMA) close to CD quality. By restoring the high-range sound lost in the compression process, DSEE produces your digital music files in rich, natural sound, closer to the quality of the original recording.

How the DSD Re-mastering Engine works

The DSD Re-mastering Engine resamples your compressed music files to DSD – a High-Resolution format with a 1-bit audio stream for efficient digital to analog conversion. Audio is reproduced closer to the quality of the original recording, with restored detail and tone previously lost in the compression process.

DSD Re-mastering Engine
Built for High-Resolution Audio

Designed for crisp audio with minimal distortion

Separate high capacity transformers keep power flow to digital and analogue circuitry independent, reducing cross-talk and distortion between channels.

A sound internal structure

A frame and beam chassis design limits movement and vibration.

Off-centre, ribbed isolation feet

Isolated feet disperse vibrations from the player's environment.

Shock-mounted components

The cooling fan and hard disc are mounted to reduce vibration.

1TB storage
Store all your music

With a huge 1TB built-in hard drive, have all your music in one place and store up to 250,000 music files

Your music, where you want it

Keep up to date with easy wireless transfers

Enjoy all your music in one place. Download the HAP music transfer application to your PC to sync and copy all your tracks onto the HAP-Z1ES over Wi-Fi. The next time you download a new track, it will automatically be transferred, and track names, album art, and more are checked against the online database, Gracenote for accuracy.

The next part of your sound system

Hook-up the HAP-Z1ES to your amplifier and speakers. There are balanced and unbalanced outputs, a LAN port for connecting to a home network and a USB input.

Outputs and inputs
You control the music

Always find the track you're looking for

Take charge of your HDD player with your smartphone or tablet by downloading the control app, or browse your music on the LCD screen with a supplied remote control.

App browsing
Easily browsing with an app

Your full music index is copied to your device for easy browsing.

LCD panel browsing
See your tracks on the LCD panel

Browse your songs at speed on the LCD front panel.

Specifications & Features

  • High-Resolution Audio compatible

  • DSEE and DSD Remastering restores quality to compressed files

  • 1TB capacity to store thousands of songs

  • Wi-Fi with automatic PC sync software

  • Control right from your Smartphone or tablet

What's in the Box

Remote control:RM-ANU183/S(1)

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