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Sony - What were you thinking?

I was very excited upon hearing about Sony's new Hi-Rez players especially that they "convert all formats to DSD".
Unfortunately, they don't accept analog input from, say, vinyl!
This is so unwise and a show-stopper for me.
It would be so cool to have a one box solution to digitize my collection of vinyl and tapes.
Now P.S. Audio has something that looks interesting...
128x128dweller
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mofimadness
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Another down side to at least the $2000 unit, (not sure on the other ones) is that is has no digital output. So you have to use the built-in DAC on the unit and can't connect your outboard DAC, if you have one.
bgeofft-duplicate-0
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Another consideration (although some might consider it a superficial oversight) is that top model HAP-Z1 is only available in silver. Sony's last (2007 launch) top audio ES player was the XA5400ES disc player only available in black in US. Sony has oodles of audio products from the mundane mainstream to their SOTA speakers for deep pocket buyers, yet Sony for decades now has partly deserved reputation for introducing and dropping soon after formats and products and of their mediocre product support in general. Just my opinion of course based on much experience with Sony.
ebm
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Oh boy how bad!!
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