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Sony HAP 1 ES and adding external Hard Drives

This is a spin off of the existing HAP 1 ES thread as it addresses a single issue. I have carefully read the reviews of the product by Kal in Stereophile and Steven Stone in The Absolute Sound.
Kal mentions that when he tried to attach an external HD, the Sony requires that the HD be re formatted, and that once this is done the HD can no longer be
used in it's original set up. Stone's review did not comment on adding external drives.
The 1 TB storage would not be enough for me, as I estimate my collection is about 3 TB, uncompressed (not including my SACDs, DVD-As, and Blu Rays, which I don't think could be stored on the Sony). I therefore would be using external HDs. I am currently digitalizing my colection but have only used a fraction of the 3 TB hard drive that is being employed for this. I don't relish the thought of wasting a HD, although I guess it is a relatively small expenditure. Has any one tried adding external HDs to this unit?
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I've been connecting the balanced output of the Sony HAP-Z1ES to an Ayre K-5xeMP preamp.  Is the output of the Sony dual differential?  Or would it be as well or better to use the unbalanced output?  The Ayre has only two balanced inputs, and an Ayre C-5xeMP, Oppo 205, and the Sony compete for them.  A 2:1 balanced switch is an option until I find a KX-5 Twenty with more inputs.

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