[James Tanner]

Hi James

What do you think of a Bryston SSD, the 'BSSD-1', with SSD internals in an MPS-1 size metal enclosure connected to the BDP-1 with a detachable USB cable ...   


Steven

Expensive at this point but I like it

James.

[James Tanner]

Nice feedback from one of our Distributors on the BDP-1 and his customers reaction.

From: James Tan
Sent: November 30, 2010 8:57 AM
To: James Tanner
Subject: Re: BDP-1

Hi James,
Re: BDP-1

“People are knocked out with the sound",

You must see the reaction of the "vinyl" guys and honestly I feel some of their pain. Crossing their mind (vinyl diehard) now after hearing how the BDP-1 handles file music especially the Hi Resolution stuff, "what do I do with my "US10,000/ 20,000" turntable".

The BDP-1 really humbles them, they can't believe the sound is coming from rips, downloads etc. I see the BDP-1 as the turntable from the future, you select the Flashdrive you want to listen to and after finishing select another one. So far most people are open to the idea that the BDP-1 is a player without much resistance once they hear the first notes.

James, from the bottom of my heart, I wish to say, a big congratulation to you and the rest of the guys in Bryston for coming up with such an excellent product and having the fore sights and commitment to go through with it.

Best regards,
James

[MarvinTheMartian]

James
ssd drives will degrade in performance over time if they are not cleaned up. Sort of analogous to a defrag of of a regular hard drive but for very different reasons.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2738
There are several cleaning methods ,one is windoze exclusive "trim", the sandforce based ssd drives were generally the best Mac choice. The new kid on the block is OS independent and may be a natural for your Linux BDP-1
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4032/quick-look-kingston-hyperx-max-30-a-usb-30-v100-ssd
Talk to your hired geeks ... they know best ... Shawn

[James Tanner]

James
ssd drives will degrade in performance over time if they are not cleaned up. Sort of analogous to a defrag of of a regular hard drive but for very different reasons.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2738
There are several cleaning methods ,one is windoze exclusive "trim", the sandforce based ssd drives were generally the best Mac choice. The new kid on the block is OS independent and may be a natural for your Linux BDP-1
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4032/quick-look-kingston-hyperx-max-30-a-usb-30-v100-ssd
Talk to your hired geeks ... they know best ... Shawn

Hey -thanks

James

[werd]

Nice feedback from one of our Distributors on the BDP-1 and his customers reaction.

From: James Tan
Sent: November 30, 2010 8:57 AM
To: James Tanner
Subject: Re: BDP-1

Hi James,
Re: BDP-1

“People are knocked out with the sound",

You must see the reaction of the "vinyl" guys and honestly I feel some of their pain. Crossing their mind (vinyl diehard) now after hearing how the BDP-1 handles file music especially the Hi Resolution stuff, "what do I do with my "US10,000/ 20,000" turntable".

The BDP-1 really humbles them, they can't believe the sound is coming from rips, downloads etc. I see the BDP-1 as the turntable from the future, you select the Flashdrive you want to listen to and after finishing select another one. So far most people are open to the idea that the BDP-1 is a player without much resistance once they hear the first notes.

James, from the bottom of my heart, I wish to say, a big congratulation to you and the rest of the guys in Bryston for coming up with such an excellent product and having the fore sights and commitment to go through with it.

Best regards,
James

hehe James

If you are going to write you own feedback you can at least come up with more original names....  jk

[James Tanner]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Ya that always catches me up

james

[miatadan]

Just a update. I now have the Intel X25-M 120 GB drive. The intel ssd toolbox software would not work when using usb enclosure. I decided to put this into computer I am using ( direct SATA II connection ).

I noticed that when I try to format 320GB or 500GB 2.5" drives that only format options available is NTFS or exFAT.
Will these drives work with the BDP1 ? I am still waiting for my BDP1 as they are on backorder. Operating system is windows 7.

Dan

[James Tanner]

Just a update. I now have the Intel X25-M 120 GB drive. The intel ssd toolbox software would not work when using usb enclosure. I decided to put this into computer I am using ( direct SATA II connection ).

I noticed that when I try to format 320GB or 500GB 2.5" drives that only format options available is NTFS or exFAT.
Will these drives work with the BDP1 ? I am still waiting for my BDP1 as they are on backorder. Operating system is windows 7.

Dan

Hi Dan,

Yes format it NTSF and your fine.

james

[miatadan]

Thanks James

Do you know whether drive can be formatted exFat?

Dan

[James Tanner]

Thanks James

Do you know whether drive can be formatted exFat?

Dan

No - Fat32 is OK but not exFat.

james

[miatadan]

Thanks again James

I am very happy with Bryston's customer support Always easy to recommend your product at work ( Pro Sound ). McIntosh and Bryston been favorite electronics for a long time.

Dan

[Welly123]

Hi Dan,

Yes format it NTSF and your fine.

james

James, I assume that the NTFS limitations that you mentioned in the "Preview" thread still hold true, as per this quote:
"Yes we have discussed the idea of the BDP becoming a NAS and I have experimented with transferring files over the network with good results so far. As long as the destination drive is formatted FAT.
A NTSF destination drive is an issue because Windows is so protective of it (read/write). Transfering from a NTSF to a FAT drive over the network is not a problem. Most USB flash drives are pre formatted FAT and of course you can re-format a USB NTFS hard-drive easily if your going to connect it to the BDP-1. "

Regards
Russell

[James Tanner]

Hi Russell,

Yes if you see yourself using the NAS feature then the drive you are transfering too (destination drive connected to the BDP-1) should be formatted in FAT32.  The drive your transfering from does not matter - can be OS Mac or NTSF or FAT etc.

Fortunately all the thumb-drives I have looked at are formatted in FAT32. There are also third party utility programs that you can use in Windows for example which will let you format a USB hard-drive in FAT32 as well as NTSF or EXFAT.

james

[vegasdave]

Vinyl guys being swayed by the BDP-1?

This thing has gotta be good!

Can't wait to hear it @ CES!

[James Tanner]

http://hifi-unlimited.blogspot.com/2010/12/better-way-towards-hi-rez-bryston-bdp-1.html

james

[terrycym]

Hi James,

How did your evening go then?

Terry

Hi Folks,

Well so far I am quite impressed with the new USB - SSD.  It loads to the BDP-1 much faster and everything is improved in terms of the MINI and MAX interface speed.

I have some very reputable recording engineers coming over tonight and we will do some listening tests between the USB Flashdrive - the USB 2.5 inch Harddrive and the just added USB SSD drive - should be interesting

james

[James Tanner]

Hi Terry

Went well thanks. The consensus seems to be the SSD and Flashdrive have the edge over rotary drive. 

James

[terrycym]

Thanks James.
Was there much of a difference between solid state and hard disks?

[Asimov]

Hi James
Just I've finished reading this thread but can't find the answer I'm wondering all the way.
Does it play ape file(monkey's audio) or wv file (wavpack not wave) ?
Thanks

[James Tanner]

Hi James
Just I've finished reading this thread but can't find the answer I'm wondering all the way.
Does it play ape file(monkey's audio) or wv file (wavpack not wave) ?
Thanks

Hi - I have not tried ape or wv

james