Hi folks. I am a frequent lurker on this forum as I admire Bryston as a company and find Mr. Tanner's posts, while naturally plugging his product, to be free from the usual hyperbole and misinformation that is so common in high end audio. Also, as an electrostat guy, I enjoyed his insight into the Quad 2905s. It has been years since I owned Bryston product - back in my single days when I could tolerate speakers that were bigger than I am, I used a pair of 7B-SSTs as the solid state amps for my Sound Lab A-1's. I can no longer stomach speakers large enough to bury me in, and I currently have a trio of David Janszen's ZA2.1s, which I find to be excellent. In my search for a three channel amp ( I really did not want to deal with three monoblocks ), I finally ended up with a 6B-SST2 which I am extremely pleased with. I have an Oppo 105D which I run straight in to the 6B. I considered getting the Oppo modded, but I have been there and done that and for a number of reasons I decided that is not the way I want to go.
I also have been wanting to convert my CDs to computer storage. Years ago I bought a not-ready-for-prime-time Olive, which put me off a bit. Also, reading Computer Audiophile will convince the non-geek that it is all too much trouble. I spoke to a purveyor of a turn key server solution, and was astonished that anyone who trout fished and lived in Livingstone Montana could be such a condescending jerk. All of the above led me to consider an SP3 and a BDP2. I did have some questions about the logistics of incorporating the BDP2 into my system, so I called Bryston and instead of condescension I received polite explanations and common sense solutions. Imagine!
That did it for me. My SP3 and BDP2 arrive tomorrow, and I have a 1TB SSD waiting. I have pigged out this week on BluRay concerts which sound fantastic, and I eagerly await the next step....
