BCD-1 CD Player Reviews?

rob80b · « **Reply #340 on:** 15 Jan 2009, 12:41 pm »

Quote from: James Tanner on 14 Jan 2009, 03:26 pm

Quote from: rydenfan on 14 Jan 2009, 01:59 pm
Great wripte-up in the new Steroephile! congrats

Thanks.
Haven't seen it yet but I hear we got the front cover.

james

Voila!
http://www.elusivedisc.com/prodinfo.asp?number=STEFEB2009

Robert

James Tanner · « **Reply #341 on:** 15 Jan 2009, 12:44 pm »

Quote from: rob80b on 15 Jan 2009, 12:41 pm

Quote from: James Tanner on 14 Jan 2009, 03:26 pm
Quote from: rydenfan on 14 Jan 2009, 01:59 pm
Great wripte-up in the new Steroephile! congrats

Thanks.
Haven't seen it yet but I hear we got the front cover.

james

Voila!
http://www.elusivedisc.com/prodinfo.asp?number=STEFEB2009

Robert

Thanks Robert.

james

rydenfan · « **Reply #342 on:** 15 Jan 2009, 03:57 pm »

Quote from: James Tanner on 14 Jan 2009, 03:26 pm

Quote from: rydenfan on 14 Jan 2009, 01:59 pm
Great wripte-up in the new Steroephile! congrats

Thanks.
Haven't seen it yet but I hear we got the front cover.

james

It certainly is

They wrote Stereophile on the cover in a green color to match the display color of the player, I thought it was a really cool touch.

rydenfan · « **Reply #343 on:** 15 Jan 2009, 03:58 pm »

A good friend of mine has one on order as well as the new 14B-SST squared. I am very excitied to hear the combination.

ed h · « **Reply #344 on:** 16 Jan 2009, 08:57 pm »

this is a first for me.
first time i've ever owned anthing to make the cover of 'the rolling stone', er, i mean 'stereophile.'

nice job bryston!

rob80b · « **Reply #345 on:** 23 Jan 2009, 05:55 pm »

Larry Greenhill’s current review of the BCD-1 is interesting from the point of view that in writing it he seems to stay away from the ohh’s and ahh’s much akin to how I’ve always perceived Bryston’s equipment and appears to give it a thumbs up on all aspects, build quality and music reproduction.

He concludes “the BCD-1 player connects me to those crucial elements of music: pace, rhythm and emotion.
It’s so good that I no longer miss the KPS-28c and that’s a strong recommendation indeed.”

Overall I felt it was a positive and fair assessment of the BCD-1.

Good Stuff!
Robert

Toronto

rob80b · « **Reply #346 on:** 27 Jan 2009, 12:37 am »

In my idling day off I just happened to notice that this thread has accumulated over 30000 views, way more than any other thread here, not bad in this day and age where many question the validity of a company manufacturing a stand alone CD player. Maybe it's just out of curiosity but it looks like Brytons BCD-1 has garnered a lot of interest one way or another.
Also, in thinking about Stereophile's Feb issue with the BCD-1 on the cover I was trying to remember what other Bryston's made it to the front cover of other magazines over the years.

Robert
Toronto

Daniel Datchev · « **Reply #347 on:** 13 Feb 2009, 09:02 am »

Hello,
the long waiting review in Stereophile is fact.
I`m not technically involved in the matters of constructing audio equipment,
the the presented graphs show that BCD-1 is an outstanding piece of equipment.
I hope soon will be available in Bryston web page to download it.
Daniel

James Tanner · « **Reply #348 on:** 16 Feb 2009, 02:25 pm »

CUSTOMER FEEDBACK:

-----Original Message-----
From: jacques
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 8:51 AM
To: jamestanner@bryston.ca
Subject: BCD-1

Good morning James,

Friday, I received my Bryston BCD-1 that I ordered with Son Idéal in Montreal. I was looking for a CD player as my Linn Genki was starting to show signs of health problems....

I was looking for a CD player in the 2000$. I auditionned the Cambridge Audio 840C, the Shanling CDT-1000 SE, the Exposure 3010S, the Nad Master Series M5, but none of them came close to the sound that I heard with the Bryston.

Yes it is a little more then I expected to pay, but it's worth every single penny. It's like I re-discover my entire CD collection and it looks like I would just listen to music all day. But gotta work and pay the bills.

Thank you very much James and have a nice day.

Jacques

SF · « **Reply #349 on:** 19 Feb 2009, 03:45 am »

Aghhh, all these 18 pages and reviews have wet my appetite even more. My BCD-1 should be ready any day now and I can't wait ... My CDs are lining up by themselves

James Tanner · « **Reply #350 on:** 19 Feb 2009, 11:10 am »

Quote from: SF on 19 Feb 2009, 03:45 am

Aghhh, all these 18 pages and reviews have wet my appetite even more. My BCD-1 should be ready any day now and I can't wait ... My CDs are lining up by themselves

Hi SF,

What dealer did you order through? I will see if I can speed things up for you.

james

SF · « **Reply #351 on:** 19 Feb 2009, 02:13 pm »

Hi Mr. Tanner;
Thank you for your message. That would be fantastic. I ordered it through Sound Design in Toronto.
Best regards,
Shafie

niels · « **Reply #352 on:** 20 Feb 2009, 02:20 pm »

It just got a very good review in the norwegian magazine Fidelity also.

SF · « **Reply #353 on:** 20 Feb 2009, 07:16 pm »

and it arrived today .... Thank you.

James Tanner · « **Reply #354 on:** 20 Feb 2009, 07:28 pm »

Quote from: niels on 20 Feb 2009, 02:20 pm

It just got a very good review in the norwegian magazine Fidelity also.

Hi Niels,

Can you give me the high-lights or conclusion in English?

james

niels · « **Reply #355 on:** 21 Feb 2009, 11:34 pm »

Well, I didnt buy the magazine actually, was just browsing in the store. The conclusion was "better late than never, definetely worth waiting for".
I can see if the magazine is still available...

James Tanner · « **Reply #356 on:** 27 Feb 2009, 07:45 pm »

Hi All,

Link to Bryston BCD-1 CD Player review in Stereophile.

http://bryston.com/pdfs/09/stereo_bcd_rev.pdf

james

ian.ameline · « **Reply #357 on:** 27 Feb 2009, 10:30 pm »

James, when I try to look at that pds on my mac, I just see 6 blank pages (the file is 1.8 meg)

Phil A · « **Reply #358 on:** 27 Feb 2009, 10:33 pm »

Quote from: ian.ameline on 27 Feb 2009, 10:30 pm

James, when I try to look at that pds on my mac, I just see 6 blank pages (the file is 1.8 meg)

The same thing happened on my MAC. I haven't tried yet with one of my PCs but I'll be updating virus protection on them probably tomorrow.

Watson · « **Reply #359 on:** 27 Feb 2009, 10:33 pm »

Quote from: ian.ameline on 27 Feb 2009, 10:30 pm

James, when I try to look at that pds on my mac, I just see 6 blank pages (the file is 1.8 meg)

Unfortunately it can't be viewed with Preview on the Mac, because it's wrapped in some funky DRM that communicates with a server somewhere. You have to download Acrobat for the Mac to read it, and you can't print it.