[a1p1]

Thanks James
Is it reasonable to think of this transport as a similar to a squeezebox in functionality but with Bryston's quality of performance and build?

[95Dyna]

Thanks James
Is it reasonable to think of this transport as a similar to a squeezebox in functionality but with Bryston's quality of performance and build?

Except there is no superfluous internal DAC to increase the cost.

[Dilbert]

Thanks James
Is it reasonable to think of this transport as a similar to a squeezebox in functionality but with Bryston's quality of performance and build?

Doesn't sound like wireless will be on the menu.

[James Tanner]

No harddisc, no streamer no display, no CD player or ripper, no fans - it will be a state of the art high resolution (44.1 to 192/24Bit) dedicated digital file player that connects through the AES-EBU input on our BDA-1 External DAC. All in one music servers have serious issues with noise and distortion so we are going to separate the 'digital processing' (playing music files) from the 'data management', (storage and handling etc.).

james

[rollo]

No harddisc, no streamer no display, no CD player or ripper, no fans - it will be a state of the art high resolution (44.1 to 192/24Bit) dedicated digital file player that connects through the AES-EBU input on our BDA-1 External DAC. All in one music servers have serious issues with noise and distortion so we are going to separate the 'digital processing' (playing music files) from the 'data management', (storage and handling etc.).

james

 Smart move, good luck.

[VOLKS]

James i am getting the feeling that the CD player for Bryston is done and out(As far as making a new model)?I guess its just going to be software upgrades for existing BCD-1's down the road?...god i HATE music server S*** and usb drives and downloading massive compressed music....the CD itself is bad enough,but after 25 years a few companies(Bryston,Mcintosh,Esoteric ..ect) have finally got it right in taming digital in a decent CD player......Sigh sign of the times i guess ......oh well time to buy a new TT anyway.

[95Dyna]

James i am getting the feeling that the CD player for Bryston is done and out(As far as making a new model)?I guess its just going to be software upgrades for existing BCD-1's down the road?...god i HATE music server S*** and usb drives and downloading massive compressed music....the CD itself is bad enough,but after 25 years a few companies(Bryston,Mcintosh,Esoteric ..ect) have finally got it right in taming digital in a decent CD player......Sigh sign of the times i guess ......oh well time to buy a new TT anyway.

Thanks Volks.  Now I don't feel so bad about going the SACD route with the X-05.  You have reminded me of my original thought process to get to that decision.

[James Tanner]

Guys I think you’re going to have to give high resolution digital playback a chance. I kid you not when I was demo-ing the Thiel/Bryston system at the recent CES it was absolutely incredible the soundstage and clarity we were getting. When I showed people they were actually listening to a USB thumb drive into our digital player and our DAC they stood there in stunned silence.

The main problem is everyone is trying to do it in all one chassis (server) and it is full of problems.  A dedicated approach with optimization of all the links in the chain is going to change your mind..... I hope.

James

[JRace]

James i am getting the feeling that the CD player for Bryston is done and out(As far as making a new model)?I guess its just going to be software upgrades for existing BCD-1's down the road?...god i HATE music server S*** and usb drives and downloading massive compressed music....the CD itself is bad enough,but after 25 years a few companies(Bryston,Mcintosh,Esoteric ..ect) have finally got it right in taming digital in a decent CD player......Sigh sign of the times i guess ......oh well time to buy a new TT anyway.

A music server is only as good as the music you feed it.
I have over 800 albums on my server that is instantly accessible, they are all either CD quality or higher.
Playing a CD right has as much or more to do with the DAC than the transport. So any and all technological advancements that have been made by Bryston and others does migrate to the music server...because you still need a DAC.

I am sure people complained till their cows came home when the horseless carriage was seen on the streets.

[James Tanner]

This is what Thiel posted on thier website about the CES Show Demo:

"Once again, THIEL showed in a large Venetian room with Bryston and Wireworld. The big room featured a lovely walnut pair of our CS3.7s and a black pair of our SS2s each with a PXO5. These were driven by a pair of flagship Bryston 28BSST amps. Upstream were a BP26 pre and BDA-1 DAC which parsed the bits from the servers. Everything got hooked up using Wireworld's Platinum Eclipse. Torus kept the hotel AC mains under control.

I brought the speakers a little more forward this year than years past and it paid off bigtime. James Tanner from Bryston played DJ for most of the show and he brought cuts that had some unbelievably wide and deep sound staging and had images that came out of nowhere. I joked with Craig Bell (Bryston) that I thought the castanets in one cut sounded like they were coming from the Sands. We got really good tone this year too and detail was all there. "

Gary Dalton

[drummermitchell]

excuse my ignorance James,what's a usb thumb drive +does it connect to the computer .If this connects to the computer some how then i'll skip the squeezebox touch and wait
for this, even though I haven't a clue how she does music.
 ROUGHLY,what would be the MSRP,thanks.

[werd]

This is what Thiel posted on thier website about the CES Show Demo:

"Once again, THIEL showed in a large Venetian room with Bryston and Wireworld. New to our collective this year was Olive from whom we procured a new 4HD music server. We also introduced our new project with them called (creatively) Olive+THIEL (www.olivethiel.com). Both of our music rooms were sounding quite good. The big room featured a lovely walnut pair of our CS3.7s and a black pair of our SS2s each with a PXO5. These were driven by a pair of flagship Bryston 28BSST amps. Upstream were a BP26 pre and BDA-1 DAC which parsed the bits from the servers. Everything got hooked up using Wireworld's Platinum Eclipse. Torus kept the hotel AC mains under control.

I brought the speakers a little more forward this year than years past and it paid off bigtime. James Tanner from Bryston played DJ for most of the show and he brought cuts that had some unbelievably wide and deep sound staging and had images that came out of nowhere. I joked with Craig Bell (Bryston) that I thought the castanets in one cut sounded like they were coming from the Sands. We got really good tone this year too and detail was all there. "

Gary Dalton

Hi James

What do you think the wireworld cables did for your sound here? I like what i've read about them.

[James Tanner]

excuse my ignorance James,what's a usb thumb drive +does it connect to the computer .If this connects to the computer some how then i'll skip the squeezebox touch and wait
for this, even though I haven't a clue how she does music.
 ROUGHLY,what would be the MSRP,thanks.

[James Tanner]

Hi James

What do you think the wireworld cables did for your sound here? I like what i've read about them.

Hi werd,

Boy I will tell you that's a tough one to answer. The problem is that we have done 4 demos now with Thiel and each time we had a different wire company involved and each time we had had very positive comments about our sound. What I can say is Dave the owner of Wireworld has been doing this for a long time and really seems to know his stuff.

james

[werd]

I would like to see these as opposed to a cd when buying a recording. they don't scratch. I wonder how long they last?

[drummermitchell]

James so that(stick)thumbdrive,Id download tunes off my computer onto that and that would insert
to the new Bryston piece,correct.boggle,boggle sooo much info,Thanks.

[James Tanner]

James so that(stick)thumbdrive,Id download tunes off my computer onto that and that would insert
to the new Bryston piece,correct.boggle,boggle sooo much info,Thanks.

Correct - so think of them as miniture hardrives but no moving parts!

[drummermitchell]

We'll I guess I have a new toy comin home soon,Thanks James .

[Robert D]

James. That's great News
When will your new unit come off the assembly line?

Robert

[Robert D]

I would like to see these as opposed to a cd when buying a recording. they don't scratch. I wonder how long they last?

What do these sticks run off of.
A wireless network ?
 
Robert