MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Hi-Fi & Records Reviews Bryston BDA-1 DAC
April 10th, 2009
HI All,
We are please to announce our first official review on the Bryston BDA-1 External DAC from a very prestigious German Magazine – Hi-Fi & Records in their February 2009 issue.
The heading of the review is ‘SAUBERMANN’
Saubermann is German slang: for someone who does everything right, in every aspect, in the past, in the present and well into the future!
Some of the highlights of the review are:
•The Bryston is not a flatterer who sings like Orpheus and makes even stones melt. No, it acts with Suisse precision. It expands the soundstage which now moves much further back and out and makes instruments highly palatable.
•Soloists have a shocking presence. This is because of the BDA-1's dynamic expansion, which compared to many other players- places the instruments perfectly in the soundscape.
•With the BDA-1's ability to uncover the details it calls our attention to another aspect: the background. One example: on Kenny Drew's unbelievable tight ''Undercurrent'' (recorded 1960) the drum hits a beat behind the saxophone on the right side. Some D/A converters only show a narrow soundstage here - the BDA adds space and resolves the rhythmic nuances. The Bryston really makes the inner detail of a recording audible.
•The Bryston is well worth the money. This inconspicuous converter delivers from up to 8 digital sources vast, clean, transparent and harmonic results which are even more stunning if the sources are of high resolution material.
