Brought a BDA-3 home tonight for a quick demo, it needs to be back to the store Monday morning.
It's been on display for a year, so I assume it's broken in.
Using my Denon 3930 as a transport and can compare the Denon analog outs with the Bryston at the push of a button.
At first the difference seems very subtle between the Denon's internal DACS (BB's) and the BDA-3 on most songs until you realize the Bryston does everything a little bit better.
Less brash, quieter, more laid back, smoother, deeper, effortless, no fatigue.
All those little improvements add up to a lot.
It sounds "right"
Makes me want to keep listening, and that's HUGE because I haven't felt that way about my system for a very long time.
And this is all with redbook, don't yet have a player that will output my SACDs via HDMI
Not really surprised, kind of expected this.
Definitely confirms that I'll be buying one of these