[vegasdave]

http://stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/bryston_bda-1_da_converter/ 

[rob80b]

http://stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/bryston_bda-1_da_converter/ 

"The Bryston BDA-1 let me enjoy the best-sounding digital playback I've ever heard in my listening room, outshining even Bryston's own BCD-1 CD player. This might be related to the fact that the BDA-1 has two Crystal CS4398s vs the BCD-1's single chip."

Interesting, maybe it's time for BCD-1 MKII!

Robert

[vegasdave]

Yeah, maybe, haha.

[Tony1]

Would adding more Dac's per channel improve performance? Is there any disadvantages to adding more DAC's per channel? I heard Oppo 83se has 4 Dacs on each channel for their stereo section.

[Napalm]

Basically you can average the signal from multiple DAC chips in order to reduce conversion errors (noise).

James has stated that the BDA-1 uses 2 DAC circuits per channel in a balanced config so it's supposed to have this effect too.

I haven't found yet a study on the effects of this in real life.

Nap. 

[werd]

Love my BDA. People seem to bag out on the usb but i think its great. Here is a pc cable i got for it with excellent results over everything else i have used. The X-dc2

http://www.combak.net/xdc/XDC.htm

[Napalm]

So now that the dust has settled, any word on the measurement "anomalies" that JA has found? Did Bryston try to reproduce these? Any comments?

Nap.

[James Tanner]

So now that the dust has settled, any word on the measurement "anomalies" that JA has found? Did Bryston try to reproduce these? Any comments?

Nap.

Could not reproduce them.

james