Hi-Res Music Player with 1TB HDD

I purchased this unit because it had the hard drive built in. I wanted to use both my own library and internet radio. To transfer my files, I used a wired connection and for some reason, not all files were transferred, some songs were missing from my albums. Not many, but a few. Nevertheless, the sound is excellent, the unit is built like a tank and the remote, while very simplistic, does the job if you don't have your tablet nearby. Hint, create favourites for both your own music files and internet radio stations. The app is fine and easy to work with. No issues here either. Compared to alternates, this is a very well priced unit and is definitely a high end product. I have used this unit sporadically for several months. I have other branded units for my other stereo systems. This is as good as it gets, realistically. Recommended.

Probably should have bought this years ago. I downloaded all my music from ITunes which took about 16.5 hours for 8,800 songs. Everything transferred over perfectly with the exception of some of the greatest hits albums. Music transferred fine but the cover art was wrong. Manually making the necessary changes was a little time-consuming but easy. The build quality is this unit is excellent. Audio quality even better. The high end DAC sure makes older music sound fantastic. I don't stream music so only having a couple of streaming services was no big deal to me. I listen exclusively to my own music. I have three Denon receivers so using this server through HEOS works perfectly. I can listen to music throughout the house, in the garage or in the backyard either all together or individually without a hiccup. Overall, I'm extremely pleased with this unit and would highly recommend it to others.

To upload my music files took 5 days as the Sony would freeze in the middle of the upload and I had to restart and examine where the Sony froze which it did constantly despite being directly connected to my router. There is no way to upload files except via computer as it doesn't recognize any USB HDD that is not formatted to Sony's file specs. You cannot use an external DAC!!!!!!!!! Finally, to add the nail into the coffin - after days of loading up everything when I went to play some files I realized that there is something wrong with the electronics inside which made playback horrible sounding. I compared it to the original disc using a CD player, Cambridge 851C, and streaming the exact file into my Cary 200TS DAC and realized that the Sony had a problem!!! Even the 'wireless' setup was clumsy and often I couldn't even access the 'wireless' setup!!!! What should have been an easy process turned into TORTURE!!! I should have done more research because if I did I would never have purchased this 'clunker'.

Having a problem of the unit constantly freezing up. Only way I can get it back on line is to unplug the unit from the back and plug it back in. Will ask dealer to replace it unless there is a software update which will fix this problem.

I bought the HDD Audio player as my home music server. I have the 1T version and loaded over 16,000 songs, with a mix of ALAC, FLAC, MP3 and WAV files. It works great with my stereo amp! The software could be better however; I can only modify and edit titles thru the phone app. The Delete function is a little cumbersome, and having to scroll thru my files is a little slow - a search function would help as would a mass delete. Loading files was easy with a wired connection. Overall, its a great way to play digital music files thru my home stereo.