[James Tanner]

waaaant... WWWAAAANNNTTT!!!!

Would it be possible to trade in my 3 months old BDA-1 for the BDP-1?

No - you need the BDA-1 to sound its best.

james

[whanafi]

waaaant... WWWAAAANNNTTT!!!!

Would it be possible to trade in my 3 months old BDA-1 for the BDP-1?

What DAC would you use instead?  The BDP-1 is "just" a player.

[James Tanner]

What DAC would you use instead?  The BDP-1 is "just" a player.

Sorry whanafi - not sure I understand - what DAC would I use if not the BDA-1?

james

[whanafi]

Sorry whanafi - not sure I understand - what DAC would I use if not the BDA-1?

james

If he trades in his DAC for the player, how does he get the output of the player to the amp?

[James Tanner]

If he trades in his DAC for the player, how does he get the output of the player to the amp?

Correct - you still need a D-to-A to output to the preamp.

james

[gjorgji]

Hi James,

With the sizes for today's drives (ex.1TB), how long does it take to scan the drive if its full ( maybe 2.5K flac albums)?

Gjorgji

[James Tanner]

Hi,

I would say about 10 minutes with 1TB - but once scanned the access to the material is very quick.  But as I have said before I do not think the BDP-1 is for those folks wanting to deal with thousands of songs. It is really geared more to someone wanting to managing and listen to hundreds of songs with the highest quality possible.

Also remember we are talking about USB drives.

james

[gjorgji]

Fair enough .. is there any particular reason why network storage will not be supported, technical or other? You do support MP3, not exactly the HQ playback  . I was really looking forward to ditch the SB and attached BDP to BDA. While I fully support not putting wifi anywhere close there, you have already put the ethernet adapter, so may as well use it for something else rather then web server.

[James Tanner]

Fair enough .. is there any particular reason why network storage will not be supported, technical or other? You do support MP3, not exactly the HQ playback  . I was really looking forward to ditch the SB and attached BDP to BDA. While I fully support not putting wifi anywhere close there, you have already put the ethernet adapter, so may as well use it for something else rather then web server.

Hi,

MP3 because we have to get the MP3 crowd involved and hopefully motivate them to move up. 

We are going to look at a NAS storage option going forward.  That's the great thing about this product and the Linux operating system - lots of options moving forward for us to expand in to.

james

[Anonamemouse]

If he trades in his DAC for the player, how does he get the output of the player to the amp?

I would use the DAC in my CD player, the Marantz KI Pearl. It has a consideably newer version of the Cirrus DAC, the Cirrus Logic D/A – CS4398, and (sorry James) it sounds better. I have done a month of hardcore and thorough testing, and the differences are basically just minor nuances, a few  are better in the Bryston, but somewhat more are better in the KI PEarl. If anyone is interested in how I did the comparisan I'll be happy to give more detail, but I am off to bed now, early day tomorrow, doing the A-Ha show here in Amsterdamn.

[James Tanner]

I would use the DAC in my CD player, the Marantz KI Pearl. It has a consideably newer version of the Cirrus DAC, the Cirrus Logic D/A – CS4398, and (sorry James) it sounds better. I have done a month of hardcore and thorough testing, and the differences are basically just minor nuances, a few  are better in the Bryston, but somewhat more are better in the KI PEarl. If anyone is interested in how I did the comparisan I'll be happy to give more detail, but I am off to bed now, early day tomorrow, doing the A-Ha show here in Amsterdamn.

The DAC in the BDA-1 is the CS-4398

james

[OgOgilby]

The Pearl's optical digital input for DAC mode only handles 96kHz max. The BDA-1 goes up to 11 (I mean 192kHz)!

[OgOgilby]

We are going to look at a NAS storage option going forward.

james

Awesome. Hope that is high up on the priority list James - that would put an end to playing CDs in our house!

[KeithA]

but I am off to bed now, early day tomorrow, doing the A-Ha show here in Amsterdamn.

Sounds like you lost a bet 

Keith

[alexone]

Hi,

I would say about 10 minutes with 1TB - but once scanned the access to the material is very quick.  But as I have said before I do not think the BDP-1 is for those folks wanting to deal with thousands of songs. It is really geared more to someone wanting to managing and listen to hundreds of songs with the highest quality possible.

Also remember we are talking about USB drives.

james

James,

you mean that the BDP-1 is not able to play playlists with more than 1000 songs?
to have an external hdd of let's say 1tb is just great for this amount of songs...and i believe that most of the people will have more than 1000 songs.

al.

[James Tanner]

Hi Al

No the BDP-1 can play any number of songs. It just takes longer to load a T-BIT drive over say a 16-G thumb drive which takes a few seconds. Once the USB drive is loaded it stays loaded and you can access the song lists very quickly through whatever interface your using - mPod, iPad, iTouch, iPhone your computer, minion etc. or Bryston web interface.

I realize some people want to play with thousands of files at a time but I think most will use the BDP-1 as I do.

For instance I have a 500G USB hardrive connected to the back of the BDP-1 and it has about 5000 songs on it.  Then I have about 10 Thumbdrives with different material - a Jazz one, a Classical one, a top 25 favorites etc. which I use from night to night depending on my mood.

One of the things I have noticed since I have been using the BDP-1 is I tend to use it more like a large CD player rather than a server.  By that I mean it was kind of neat using all the intefaces on the iPod and Itouch and my computer and such but I found after a while I just wanted to turn out the lights and listen to a few songs.  So I found myself turning off the large and brightly lit interfaces and just using the BR2 remote with the BDP-1 and some thumbdrives and just advancing through my playlists using the Bryston BR2 remote in the dark and sipping my wine- but hey that's me!

james

[alexone]

ok. it's good to know that the BDP can play any number of songs .

al.

[Napalm]

[...]One of the things I have noticed since I have been using the BDP-1 is I tend to use it more like a large CD player rather than a server.  By that I mean it was kind of neat using all the intefaces on the iPod and Itouch and my computer and such but I found after a while I just wanted to turn out the lights and listen to a few songs.  [...]

"Told you so". An iPod needs all the glitzy interface to compensate for the crude sound reproduction so the overall entertainment factor is reasonable. But when you got the sound reproduction right, you don't want anything to distract you from listening.

Just remember what people do at symphonic / opera performance. Lights are dimmed/off, and they are all eyes and ears on what's happening on the stage. No laptop/iPod/iPhone clicketing (unless you want to be politely but firmly escorted out of the auditorium).

Nap.

[drummermitchell]

I like that idea of having a few of those thumb drives for different styles of music,
or the type of mood your in,excellent.
Can't imagine using a remote to scroll thru a thousand songs or more,let alone a few hundred.
I guess for background music it's fine just put her on random(not for me).
Half a dozen or so thumbdrives,now that I like .definately would save some physical time going
thru a few cds for a couple of songs,jeez another early christmas present for the wife .

[James Tanner]

I like that idea of having a few of those thumb drives for different styles of music,
or the type of mood your in,excellent.
Can't imagine using a remote to scroll thru a thousand songs or more,let alone a few hundred.
I guess for background music it's fine just put her on random(not for me).
Half a dozen or so thumbdrives,now that I like .definately would save some physical time going
thru a few cds for a couple of songs,jeez another early christmas present for the wife .

Can't imagine using a remote to scroll thru a thousand songs or more,let alone a few hundred

Hi Don,

You can still use the front panel 2 line display to navigate through your folders, albums and playlists - its just once your there you can play through the folder or the album using the BR2 remote.  We even have an option on the BDP-1 to turn off the front panrel display if you want - total darkness no less .

james