Thank you for your compliments dear Brystons coleagues!
Recently my four HiFi friends and myself had a session where we wanted to get the answer what plays better:
a)System shown in my photo hereabove:
iPOD + Wadia transport 170i + BDA1 (connected via digital cable)
(iPOD played losless format)
OR
b) BCD1
It was a blind A/B test where we had to guess what plays at the moment.
It was very hard to distinguish one from the other and the result was only around 60% correct answers.
Note: If one guessed even without listening theoretically he could have 50% correct answers!
So, at the end our unanimous conclusion was: there is very little or no difference and that a good D/A converter is what really makes it play music.
I was resisting to let this digital disease into my listening room for a year or two but now...
Well, this iPOD toy has 160Gb what means about 500 albums in losless accessible within few seconds - very covenient!
Our local dealer and friend has been present at our session and is now offering iPOD+Wadia 170i+BDA1 as a set with some price advantage compared to individual components.
Throughout the last two years I have been following with great interest introduction of BCD1 then BDA1 and now SST sqared amps.
It is obvious that James and others from Bryston had a good vision of how things are going to develop!
Everybody involved in this hobby has heard of new Brystons digital components and I feel priviledged to have them at home!
Look at the cover page of Stereophile and HiFi Choice it is Brystons all over cover pages like never before - incredible!
@werd: I live in Zagreb - Croatia - SE Europe
@drummermitchell: what do ya think why are my components all in the same grey/silver colour. In natural sciences they call it - mimicry.
