[isobaric]

Thanks James!

P.S. Love all the Bryston gear I've had the pleasure of hearing! Especially those 4BSSTs!

[superC]

Hello - this question is likely to make you all aware of the general lack of knowledge I have about such things. I currently have a B100 with an internal DAC connected to an apple airport express via optical cable and stream music. I love it although find that the airport express often drops off the network (likely all of the cordless phones and interference in the house). If I understand correctly I could connect my computer with all of my music via USB to the BUC1 and then directly to the DAC?  I do realize that the DAC is only 24/96 (I believe) and would not accept a 24/192 signal. Would using a BUC1 improve sound quality over what I am doing now?  If I upgraded to a BDA in the future then I could conceivably enjoy 24/192 at that point using this setup correct?

Any insight would be helpful.

Thanks

Chris

[AIB]

Anyone tried the BUC-1 and can say some word?

[James Tanner]

Anyone tried the BUC-1 and can say some word?

Hi

We are showing the first BUC 1 at the Toronto show this weekend and then should be in production in 2-3 weeks.

james

[AIB]

I wonder if the BUC-2 will sound better or "worse" in conjunction with the BDA-1 than the USB in BDA-2. Anyone knows?

[James Tanner]

I wonder if the BUC-2 will sound better or "worse" in conjunction with the BDA-1 than the USB in BDA-2. Anyone knows?

Hi

The BUC 1 uses the same USB circuitry as the the BDA-2.

james

[AIB]

But will it sound even better since its a seperate unit with its own power supply or will it benefit of the synergetics inside one DAC? Thanks for answere by the way:)

[James Tanner]

But will it sound even better since its a seperate unit with its own power supply or will it benefit of the synergetics inside one DAC? Thanks for answere by the way:)

HI

Its a good question - in theory the USB inside the BDA-2 has one less conversion required because the digital signal is transferred to the internal BDA-DAC in what they call I2S whereas the BUC-1 converts the signal to SPDIF to transfer it to the BDA-DAC.

It will be interesting to get customers input on whether they hear a sound difference.

james

[James Tanner]

http://www.audioaficionado.org/attachments/bryston-audio/30674d1385052303-buc-1-press-release-buc-1_rel.pdf

james

[James Tanner]

http://youtu.be/5xyseSclZYw

james

[1ZIP]

Great idea!  Now if you would only develop a Transport for us die hard CD folks most of your bases would be covered!

[James Tanner]

Great idea!  Now if you would only develop a Transport for us die hard CD folks most of your bases would be covered!

Hi Folks

Doing some listening tests this weekend with a few folks as next week we release the first of the BUC-1's .... Boy I have to tell you the BUC 1 sounds incredible - turns a cheap Laptop into a top notch digital player 

james

[alexone]

...i think that it depends a lot of what comes after the BUC? so if the rest of the audio chain is kind of crappy what would be the result??

what was the setup you were using, James?

al.

[James Tanner]

...i think that it depends a lot of what comes after the BUC? so if the rest of the audio chain is kind of crappy what would be the result??

what was the setup you were using, James?

al.

Hi Al

I just meant that using a cheap laptop would ruin any system but with the BUC 1 the front end approaches state of the art.

james

[alexone]

hmmmm, ok....using a "cheap" laptop...would an expensive laptop do the job? i don't think so. and btw, are there laptops available with the ability to play pure audio?????

al.

[James Tanner]

hmmmm, ok....using a "cheap" laptop...would an expensive laptop do the job? i don't think so. and btw, are there laptops available with the ability to play pure audio?????

al.

You can use a laptop with specialized programs like Pure Music, Audiorvana, Amarra and Decibel on a MAC which bypass the computers operating system and uses their Core Audio.  (There are programs for Windows operating systems as well) The USB async feature on the BUC 1 and the BDA-2 are used with these types of programs.  Computers on their own have serious issues as they are designed to do many other things besides play music files - they have switching power supplies, noisy fans, operating systems that compromize music playback using Windows Kmixer for example etc.   These types of core audio programs try to eliminate some of the major issues.

james

[audioconnection]

Greetings James...
 What about DSD?
    Thanks John
http://www.audiocircle.com/Smileys/audiocircle/scratching_head.gif

[James Tanner]

Greetings James...
 What about DSD?
    Thanks John
http://www.audiocircle.com/Smileys/audiocircle/scratching_head.gif

Hi,

No plans on DSD for the BUC-1 yet - may do a software update later.

james

[derneck]

Does anyone know if the BUC-1 might work with Squeezebox Touch EDO via USB?