So, what is inside?
And how useful could be a machine with custom, lacking interface, without network feed, and without any local storage?..
Just for a reference, in the following server, for "merely" $1500 you get
http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/Computer-Audiophile-Pocket-Server-CAPS- complete silent PC (fanless)
- 60GB SSD
- Lynx AES16 AES/EBU interface
- very nice box, OrigenAE (although I prefer HFX)
- Windows7 + JRiver
Last month I listened to a very nice system by Magico at Munich High-End Show, the source was custom-made PC, using Silverstone box with Lynx sound card, EMM DAC and Antelope atomic clock driving both..
And, of course, the Transporter I am using, which now you can get NEW out of audiogon for 1300$ (or less)..
I modded it with Burson HD Op-amps and replaced few other things in analog section, so now it sounds much better than before.. Anyway, it makes an excellent transport as-is. Many audio designers use Transporter in their lab, given numerous options as word clock input, BNC out/in, AES, digital loop (e.g. for room correction)..
So, going back to Bryston, why Bryston?