Hi James
The BR20 arrived home yesterday. It didn’t take long to get it playing music and out of the box sounded great. As yet I’m unable to tell a difference on the pre section against the BP 17/3 but will look forward to that improving as I’m sure it will. The DAC section is simply outstanding and blew my Chord Qutest DAC off the planet in all manner of ways. Again I’m sure it will even improve further.
That’s the good news. The bad news is the streamer is simply a PITA. I was able to get Qobuz up and running but the BR20 will not find my NAS. I do not and never will use Roon and using Magic Moose is unacceptable unless your a computer geek, which I’m certainly not. For streaming I’m sticking to my Auralic Aries G1 using their Lightening DS app (Now that’s how to control streaming). In my opinion control is everything.
The end result is the BR 20 is staying and you should certainly be congratulated on a superb Pre/DAC.
My dealer here is HiFi Lounge in Biggleswade Bedfordshire, who I’ve been using for many years.
Clive
PS The BR 20 IR Remote is fabulous. Ergonomically brilliant, easy to hold, buttons have a great feel. Goodbye brick.