To round out my 3 introductory posts I have one more SP2 question:
Does anyone know if there is there a fix or workaround for the DAC dropping out during quiet moments of PCM digital audio?
A good test track is the intro to "UR So F****D" from Army of Mushrooms, by Infected Mushroom. It has a series of brief pauses and the SP2 drops out during all of them (in case it matters, I was playing it from Spotify through my TV over SPDIF).
When I got my SP2 this was a known issue that Bryston didn't have a solution for. I understand that the SP2 thinks it lost the audio signal if it's too close to digital black for a fraction of a second. Was a fix ever found?
This is the only real problem I have with my SP2. Movies and TV are generally fine. I lose the first fraction of a second of every song. Some things I just can't listen to: For example: I recently tried a YouTube video of a voice coach reviewing music, and the SP2 dropped out between most of her words.