BRYSTON BOT-1 (Bryston Optical Transport)

brystoned · « **Reply #340 on:** 8 Jul 2015, 09:17 am »

james

what manufacturer is the drive in the BOT-1 ?

ed

James Tanner · « **Reply #341 on:** 8 Jul 2015, 10:12 am »

Quote from: brystoned on 8 Jul 2015, 09:17 am

james

what manufacturer is the drive in the BOT-1 ?

ed

Panasonic

james

brystoned · « **Reply #342 on:** 8 Jul 2015, 11:06 pm »

thanks james

panasonic drive like this ?

is the front panel with hardware eject button removed before installing in BOT-1 ?

ed

James Tanner · « **Reply #343 on:** 8 Jul 2015, 11:15 pm »

Do not think so as we do not have to alter it to use it.

James

BrystonFan · « **Reply #344 on:** 9 Jul 2015, 08:37 pm »

The BOT-1 is now officially on the Bryston site.
Brochure and manual included

Thanks James

srb · « **Reply #345 on:** 9 Jul 2015, 08:42 pm »

Quote from: BrystonFan on 9 Jul 2015, 08:37 pm

The BOT-1 is now officially on the Bryston site.

And also now listed on U.S. vendor site Audio Advisor (Expected 7/17/15)

richter250 · « **Reply #346 on:** 9 Jul 2015, 11:46 pm »

Just received my BOT-1 and looking forward to hooking it up and ripping all my CDs into my BDP-2. The BOT-1 comes with a USB Y cable. No mention in the manual. My understanding is that this type of cable is used to provide extra power to a USB device. Isn't the BOT-1 powered by the wall wart? Just a little confused. Thanks.

James Tanner · « **Reply #347 on:** 9 Jul 2015, 11:48 pm »

Quote from: richter250 on 9 Jul 2015, 11:46 pm

Just received my BOT-1 and looking forward to hooking it up and ripping all my CDs into my BDP-2. The BOT-1 comes with a USB Y cable. No mention in the manual. My understanding is that this type of cable is used to provide extra power to a USB device. Isn't the BOT-1 powered by the wall wart? Just a little confused. Thanks.

Hi

Yes please ignore the USB with the red pigtail end - it is meant to supply more power but with the wall wart not required.

james

richter250 · « **Reply #348 on:** 9 Jul 2015, 11:52 pm »

Thanks James!

mv · « **Reply #349 on:** 10 Jul 2015, 09:59 am »

Can the BOT rip SACDs, and have the info saved as .dsf files on an internal disk in a BDP-2?

James Tanner · « **Reply #350 on:** 10 Jul 2015, 10:52 am »

Quote from: mv on 10 Jul 2015, 09:59 am

Can the BOT rip SACDs, and have the info saved as .dsf files on an internal disk in a BDP-2?

HI

No just CD's at this point. It is DVD BluRay drive so we will be adding features in the future but I do not believe Sony allows access to SACD bit streams.

james

Krutsch · « **Reply #351 on:** 10 Jul 2015, 01:44 pm »

Quote from: James Tanner on 10 Jul 2015, 10:52 am

HI

No just CD's at this point. It is DVD BluRay drive so we will be adding features in the future but I do not believe Sony allows access to SACD bit streams.

james

This has been mentioned before (i.e. new features); I am very curious what that might entail. SACD will never happen, as you mention above. But even DVD and/or BD ripping is a challenge, from a legal standpoint. Some countries have fair use laws that would allow this, but neither the US nor Canada are one of these countries.

Direct DVD Video/Audio and BD audio playback would be interesting, using the MM UI to control playback, even without a display connected, if you can acquire the chapter titles and present them as a list of tracks, auto-selecting the mandatory 2-channel PCM track required by those formats. I have a BD player and an LCD panel in my head-fi stack just for this purpose and I would love to get rid of it.

Could be very cool if it's done right... anyway, anxious to see what's next with the BOT-1.

rmurray · « **Reply #352 on:** 10 Jul 2015, 04:24 pm »

Quote from: Krutsch on 10 Jul 2015, 01:44 pm

This has been mentioned before (i.e. new features); I am very curious what that might entail. SACD will never happen, as you mention above. But even DVD and/or BD ripping is a challenge, from a legal standpoint. Some countries have fair use laws that would allow this, but neither the US nor Canada are one of these countries.

Direct DVD Video/Audio and BD audio playback would be interesting, using the MM UI to control playback, even without a display connected, if you can acquire the chapter titles and present them as a list of tracks, auto-selecting the mandatory 2-channel PCM track required by those formats. I have a BD player and an LCD panel in my head-fi stack just for this purpose and I would love to get rid of it.

Could be very cool if it's done right... anyway, anxious to see what's next with the BOT-1.

and I would still prefer a tray loader of some kind

James Tanner · « **Reply #353 on:** 10 Jul 2015, 04:34 pm »

Quote from: BrystonFan on 9 Jul 2015, 08:37 pm

The BOT-1 is now officially on the Bryston site.
Brochure and manual included
Thanks James

http://www.bryston.com/products/digital_audio/BOT-1.html

james

mv · « **Reply #354 on:** 10 Jul 2015, 06:19 pm »

what is:

BPS-3 multi-device power supply

that is mentioned at the bottom of the BOT-1 web page?

James Tanner · « **Reply #355 on:** 10 Jul 2015, 06:23 pm »

Quote from: mv on 10 Jul 2015, 06:19 pm

what is:

BPS-3 multi-device power supply

that is mentioned at the bottom of the BOT-1 web page?

We are thinking of including a separate matching power supply for the BOT

Rod_S · « **Reply #356 on:** 10 Jul 2015, 07:49 pm »

Very interesting, a perfect matching pair

brystoned · « **Reply #357 on:** 11 Jul 2015, 12:39 am »

james

perhaps you could design brackets similar to the rack ears that mount from underneath the BOT-1, BCU-1, BPS-3 etc to tie 2 or 3 units together ?

just a thought ...

ed

mv · « **Reply #358 on:** 11 Jul 2015, 04:45 am »

Quote from: James Tanner on 10 Jul 2015, 06:23 pm

We are thinking of including a separate matching power supply for the BOT

Will this power supply come together with the BOT-1 in the same package?

BTW, will the BOT-1 connect to a BDP-2 via a regular USB cable?
(So that we can try using more expensive cables to see how that will improve teh quality.)

James Tanner · « **Reply #359 on:** 11 Jul 2015, 11:14 am »

Quote from: mv on 11 Jul 2015, 04:45 am

Will this power supply come together with the BOT-1 in the same package?

BTW, will the BOT-1 connect to a BDP-2 via a regular USB cable?
(So that we can try using more expensive cables to see how that will improve teh quality.)

Hi

It will be an optional outboard unit rather than the wallwart which comes with the BOT. To large to include in the BOT.

Yes it just comes with a standard USB cable so you can certainly experiment with exotic cables if you wish.

james