[Norton]

Hi Norton

Glad you are enjoying it - Stereophile is doing a follow up review on it as well and so far my sneak peak indicates a winner 

james

PS - sorry what is a Hugo?

James, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you are not "pulling my leg" as we say in the UK over that last comment.  The Hugo is Chord's very well reviewed DAC/Pre/Head amp which has had wall to wall publicity here. I bought it to replace the DAC64 I've had for 11years, and pretty much agree with all the +ve reviews, but after upgrading to the IAD, I've gone back to the DAC64 as it sounds so good now over AES.

[James Tanner]

James, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you are not "pulling my leg" as we say in the UK over that last comment.  The Hugo is Chord's very well reviewed DAC/Pre/Head amp which has had wall to wall publicity here. I bought it to replace the DAC64 I've had for 11years, and pretty much agree with all the +ve reviews, but after upgrading to the IAD, I've gone back to the DAC64 as it sounds so good now over AES.

Yes I was being flippant ! I really like the AES as well with the new card

James

[R. Daneel]

Hi Norton

Glad you are enjoying it - Stereophile is doing a follow up review on it as well and so far my sneak peak indicates a winner 

james

PS - sorry what is a Hugo?

Hi James!

When the review becomes available, perhaps you could share it with us? I am interested to read what they have to say, especially if they conduced some measurements.

Cheers!
Antun

[dgarratt]

Hi Guys,

I've installed the IAD in my BDP2 and while I haven't done any extensive testing it seems to be working well. I've upgraded the BDP to the latest firmware but I do not see the card listed under audio devices as described in the final steps in the instructions. Is this normal?

[James Tanner]

Hi Guys,

I've installed the IAD in my BDP2 and while I haven't done any extensive testing it seems to be working well. I've upgraded the BDP to the latest firmware but I do not see the card listed under audio devices as described in the final steps in the instructions. Is this normal?

Hi

If you are getting sound through the AES or COAX then the new card is working.  It should look like this in Audio Devices.

[dgarratt]

Hi

If you are getting sound through the AES or COAX then the new card is working.  It should look like this in Audio Devices.

Hi James,

Thanks for getting back to me. Mine doesn't list any devices on that screen at all but does seem to work none the less. I'm wondering if it's just an issue with the way the web interface is being rendered within Safari on my mac.

Probably a question for Chris...is a way I can check if it's been detected correctly within the terminal console?

[unincognito]

Well it is likley the page isn't renderin correctly for what ever reason, but it has been tested with safari on a Mac.  Are you running atleast firmware S2.14?  And what version of Mac OS X is on your Mac?

[dgarratt]

Well it is likley the page isn't renderin correctly for what ever reason, but it has been tested with safari on a Mac.  Are you running atleast firmware S2.14?  And what version of Mac OS X is on your Mac?

Hi Chris,

I'm running the latest version of MM, I think it's S2.16 with MacOS 10.10.5. I'll try another browser to see if that makes a difference and get back to you.

[James Tanner]

Hi,

I am Peter from Malaysia.

I received the new Bryston integrated audio card the next day after I paid online.

Thank you for superb service.
 
The new Bryston card really brings the BDP-2 digital player to another level. I would say night and day difference. The sound is more musical and analog, less digital sounding.
 
We are impressed and super happy.
 
Regards,
Peter Cheeng

[dgarratt]

Well it is likley the page isn't renderin correctly for what ever reason, but it has been tested with safari on a Mac.  Are you running atleast firmware S2.14?  And what version of Mac OS X is on your Mac?

Hi Chris,

I tried Chrome on a Windows PC and got the same result (see screenshot below).



I did however find the following within the MPD logs:

[ 2.037070] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1db5, idProduct=0002
[ 2.037153] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 2.037229] usb 1-2: Product: Bryston BDP Audio Device
[ 2.037297] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: Bryston BDP
[ 2.037362] usb 1-2: SerialNumber: 999999
Is this the IAD?

[unincognito]

Hi Chris,

I tried Chrome on a Windows PC and got the same result (see screenshot below).



I did however find the following within the MPD logs:

[ 2.037070] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1db5, idProduct=0002
[ 2.037153] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 2.037229] usb 1-2: Product: Bryston BDP Audio Device
[ 2.037297] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: Bryston BDP
[ 2.037362] usb 1-2: SerialNumber: 999999
Is this the IAD?

If you place it in service mode and email me the service id i can take a look

[dgarratt]

If you place it in service mode and email me the service id i can take a look

Thanks Chris, email sent.

[R. Daneel]

Could someone post a close-up photo of the BUC board?

Thanks!

[James Tanner]

Could someone post a close-up photo of the BUC board?

Thanks!

Hi

There is a shot of it in the first post on this thread.

james

[alexone]

Hi

There is a shot of it in the first post on this thread.

james

James,

i believe he wants some pics of the BUC and not the BDP?!?


al.

[lateboomer]

I am that Peter guy from Malaysia. Since adding the new card improves spdif/AES outputs so much better than usb audio output, I got a silly question to ask. Is there a way to upgrade usb to use dedicated audiophile usb card with BDP-2 like the SOTM usb card to seperate its power supply and interference  from motherboard. This will also entice more people to shift to BDP from computer related server like CAPS.

[James Tanner]

I am that Peter guy from Malaysia. Since adding the new card improves spdif/AES outputs so much better than usb audio output, I got a silly question to ask. Is there a way to upgrade usb to use dedicated audiophile usb card with BDP-2 like the SOTM usb card to seperate its power supply and interference  from motherboard. This will also entice more people to shift to BDP from computer related server like CAPS.

Hi

You could use the BUC-1

james

[R. Daneel]

James,

i believe he wants some pics of the BUC and not the BDP?!?


al.

Oh no, I was just hoping to see a larger picture of the BUC board inside the BDP-2 so that ICs used would be visible.

[BrystPlug]

I know it's not the best thread to ask but... Is there a big improvement using AES instead of BNC on the BDP-2 ?

Thanks

[unincognito]

I know it's not the best thread to ask but... Is there a big improvement using AES instead of BNC on the BDP-2 ?

Thanks

I think its more of a preference thing, some people seem to like one over the other and they have there reasons.