Thanks Chris,
I missed https://www.dropbox.com/s/ml1uq1v8klyii45/BDPπ%20v2.m4v?dl=0 before.
Below Side by side is what i was looking for:
following the above i have 4 questions:
- Bryston is not using the Raspberry Pi 3? It has better specs than the 2 showed in above matrix.
- BDP2 is stated for 60000 + library. Is there an upper limit? can it be expanded?
- Also, i would like to ask if it possible to attach 4 usb hdd's (passport 2tb eg), together with a dvd/BD writer for the cd-backup, and the 2 thumbs at the same time, while also reading the NAS with several virtual drives.
- Wil it have enough memory for future expansion of features, cq can the memory be expanded if needed.
The reason i ask is that the BDP1 was a miracle of a machine in the beginning, but rather soon showed the limits of not being expandable (fixed memory, not enough power to feed all usb ports, etc). I would need some assurance the BDP2 can be expanded, or , when not, the BDP3 can;-)
Thanks,
Marius
Hi Marius,
The Pi3 just isn't software compatible with our hardware configuration, its being worked on. Also we didn't notice any significant performance gain between the Pi2 and the Pi3 and the Pi3 is also more expensive in Canada, so we aren't to worried about it at the moment. If the Pi3 had more system memory then the PI2 then we would put getting the hardware/software compatibility issue fixed at a higher priority.
Those numbers are only estimates and greatly depend on the amount of tag data that is associated to your audio files. I'm not really sure what the upper limit would be for the Bryston DB on the BDP-2, but it should be somewhere north of 120,000 songs. With my library I think I estimated it at around 300,000 songs, but when i was looking at your unit last I was estimating it about half that. We have considered using the scratch drive again for this, it would ultimately remove any limitation but at a significant performance hit in the time it would take to rebuild.
The optical drive will likely need its own power supply
The BDP-2 could likely power the four hard drives
The BDP-Pi would likely only power one of the four drives with the remaining three plugged into a powered usb hub
The NAS wouldn't be an issue as it doesn't draw any additional power
The BDP-1's biggest drawback is that it has just enough memory todo what it initially was meant to do, play music from a usb drive and organize it by a file folder structure. Processing power is fairly minor in the sense it might take a bit longer for the unit to react or organize itself, but ultimately doesn't effect sound quality, one of the reasons we aren't concerned about pi3 compatibility out the door.
Keep in mind one of the reasons we haven't introduced a BDP-3 and currently have no plans to has to do with the BDP-2's current configuration is more then capable of anything that we plan to support. Also after the BDP-1 outcry that came with the BDP-2 release we did quickly add some additional future proofing of the BDP-2. Most BDP-2's shipped with the rear of the chassis as a separate piece held in by 3-4 screws from the bottom. With intel focusing on consuming less power with every newer generation of cpu the BDP-2's 5Amp supply should also be able to provide enough current as well for any system board upgrades.
Cheers
Chris
