Hello folks
lately i have been contemplating whether owning both units has any real advantages. If listening to just cds then you might just say no, just go for the bcd. Or if you do a lot of listening with a harddrive then it might make more sense to use the bda. And this leads one to choosing which path.... BCD or BDA. Well i have bought both and i have come across an interesting performance benefit of using both.
The BCD and BDA are very similar in sound. That is if you use the BCD as transport with the BDA. It is very easy to hook them up and toggle between inputs to get a direct comparison> The BCD on its own and the BCD/BDA combo. Small differences but really negligible. However this has its advantages.
I dont like to use silver cables, I like copper cables. Copper cables gives me what i call best of both worlds. They sound good on all genres of music and don't exibit any of the bad trebles issues i get from silver cables. But i do like silver cables with Jazz and Symphony. Rock and blues and basically all forms of poorly recorded music its a big no with silver.
This brings me to where i am now. I find with using both units i can put silver on the BCD analogue out to my pre, and i use copper from my bda to my pre. I get best of both worlds since the two units are very close sounding and it maintains the Bryston front end sound.
This is still very early for me but i find this a big performance advantage of using both. This also can be tailored nice for peoples own individual tastes....
