Hi-Fi Choice review (page2); the reviewer didn't like the partnering BDA-1 as much, though.
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/audio-visual/hi-fi-and-audio/audio-systems/bryston-bdp-1-929064/review?artc_pg=2
I was very into
streaming audio but its too difficult to execute (with me anyways). I was quite prepared to do it before the bdp. (That Naim btw i priced and it was like $5500 bucks here and might have been more).
If i'm going to stream audio i was much pretty much headed into the
Offramps from Steve N. Those are great products too but its still streaming. These devices want to be right next to the dac, so that means your computer or laptop has to be within the 7 meter length of usb.
The Naim for eg. i couldve used right next to my computer and run xlr to my preamp. Every one talks about how cheap cable is (you ever price 15mtrs of balanced cable especially stuff i like). We are talking at least a 1000 bucks for that connect. i know it can be cheaper but i have heard xlr at studio grade (homemade) and it wasnt that good... (well it was ok, nothing good or bad). This is troublesome since i wouldve had to either move my computer or use my laptop. Now using a laptop sounds nice and easy but is it?
It would have to be in battery mode (everytime i plugged in i could hear the powersupply show up in my tweeters... we are talking glare). Ribbon tweeters... you can hear everything. . And these laptops are not infinite in storage size. They are also subject to lag and every other fricken issue that can come your way by operating a system on the internet. (it would have to be a dedicated laptop) for convenience and battery for noise. More money and the
so - called convenience of streaming is gone imo when compared to the bdp.
The bdp uses a $5 buck ethernet cable for commands. The price of usb sticks can be pricey but they can be re-used. It just made to much sense over streaming.
Oddly when i heard the bdp1 with that omega HDD (lousy). It sold me on the bdp. It demonstrated how bad a computer can muck things up. The usb stick was the starting gate in the bdp1 and it became clear sonically how to do this.
