[James Tanner]

Sam's "gets" his BDP-1 on this page, discussion and comments go from there. 

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1313052&page=94

Here is another:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1374002

Steve

WOW - quite the discussion

james

[SHV]

I suspect that you and the other Bryston people get some sense of satisfaction that end-users are beginning to understand your vision for digital music playback, while the pontificating "experts" who can write pages about how wooden pucks improve dynamics, didn't.

Steve

[JfTM]

I suspect that you and the other Bryston people get some sense of satisfaction that end-users are beginning to understand your vision for digital music playback, while the pontificating "experts" who can write pages about how wooden pucks improve dynamics, didn't.

Steve

Wooden pucks don't work!  They have to be rubber with a Pete's logo on them 

[SamKVA]

WOW - quite the discussion

james

James,

Contributors to that forum don't hide many emotions and we get warned when it's out of control. Many threads got shut down by the moderators while we were all waiting for Theta to release the CB III-HD. We have a real passion for sound and an obvious loyalty to Theta Digital products. Having the BDP-1 so well accepted speaks volumes for the quality and especially, the sound quality of the product.

Sam

[James Tanner]

James,

Contributors to that forum don't hide many emotions and we get warned when it's out of control. Many threads got shut down by the moderators while we were all waiting for Theta to release the CB III-HD. We have a real passion for sound and an obvious loyalty to Theta Digital products. Having the BDP-1 so well accepted speaks volumes for the quality and especially, the sound quality of the product.

Sam

Much appreciated Sam   

James

[Bavarian05]

Both units arrived today! I am so pleased. I have had them both up and running for about 3 hours.
I purchased both a BNC cable and a AES/EBU cable from Bryston and have both connected so I can toggle. So far, I really prefer the AES/EBU connection. I have not played with upsampling as of yet, but plan to do alot of playing over the next few days. Not enough time to truly give an evaluation, but immediately felt the analog analogy to be very accurate. No digital artifacts at all (through the AES/EBU connection). So far, the BNC cable sounds more in line with my Cambridge 840C player, which is great in many ways, but not as fleshed out , full bodied, smooth (for lack of better word) and beautiful as the balanced AES connection sounds. Currently playing with 4B SST2, Maggie 1.7's, ARC LS17 (all balanced mode). Thank you James for a wonderful set! My experience from start to finish was exemplary. I worked with both James and Melissa and I couldn't have been treated better. I was full of questions and very anxious for them to arrive. They both were very helpful and answered all of my many questions promptly.
 

[James Tanner]

Both units arrived today! I am so pleased. I have had them both up and running for about 3 hours.
I purchased both a BNC cable and a AES/EBU cable from Bryston and have both connected so I can toggle. So far, I really prefer the AES/EBU connection. I have not played with upsampling as of yet, but plan to do alot of playing over the next few days. Not enough time to truly give an evaluation, but immediately felt the analog analogy to be very accurate. No digital artifacts at all (through the AES/EBU connection). So far, the BNC cable sounds more in line with my Cambridge 840C player, which is great in many ways, but not as fleshed out , full bodied, smooth (for lack of better word) and beautiful as the balanced AES connection sounds. Currently playing with 4B SST2, Maggie 1.7's, ARC LS17 (all balanced mode). Thank you James for a wonderful set! My experience from start to finish was exemplary. I worked with both James and Melissa and I couldn't have been treated better. I was full of questions and very anxious for them to arrive. They both were very helpful and answered all of my many questions promptly.
 

Your welcome sir - ENJOY

james

[Bavarian05]

Both the BDp-1 and BDA-1 arrived the afternoon of November 30th. After six days of spending as much time as possible listening to the pair, I am really pleased and content with this purchase. At risk of sounding over dramatic, this is such a large change for the better in my system and a great step up from my Cambridge 840C.

I had owned a Rega Apollo prior to "upgrading" to the 840C, but always felt like I wasn't 100% satisfied with the change to the 840C. The Cambridge surely throws a larger stage and better depth than my Apollo ever did, but the imaging is always just slightly odd. Depth of stage images seem to float in space with the 840C, but don't feel truely "rooted" and real by comparison. My assumption is that it's the non-upsampling and class A output stage in the Bryston combo and the Rega Apollo that makes the largest difference and creates the more rooted and palpable images when compared to the 840C. (I would not place the Apollo and the Bryston combo in the same relm, but the Apollo has a similar warmth and color palette in my opinion)

I'm very surprised by how much I am enjoying the sound of ripped non-upsampled 16/44.1 files. The background is inky black with a truer sense of calm in the sound stage. I hadn't noticed the "lack of rooted calm" (not sure how else I can describe this) with CD's until hearing this combo. I assume it's the combination of no spinning disc drive and the general boost in overall quality of the dual DAC's, class A output stage and overall reduction in jitter when compared to CD players.  The dynamics are also far and away superior to that of my 840C. Just to be clear, my intention with this post is not to run down the 840C as I intend to keep mine around and still feel it is a bargin in CD players - but the Bryston combo is a large improvement in virtually every area.

The Bryston combo allows me to truely enjoy digital (and all the conveniences that come with that) without the naging feeling that I would be happier or more relaxed listening to my vinyl collection.  If you are considering the combo, my advice is order them - you will be glad you did!