Hi Jim,
Got the BDP-1 running easily last night with a couple of USB sticks. I listened to the one from Bryston and then had a couple of my own.
Wow- the high-rez is really, really loud and dynamic compared to the standard 44.1/16. I had a Sony SACD player a couple of years ago, but it did not sound like this. I kept having to turn down the volume, not from distortion, but just sheer explosive volume of the tracks (especially with classical music). I am definitely waking up the neighbors! My wife, who is a bit of audiophile as well (I drag her to the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest every year) also commented on how much better the hi-rez music sounded. Though I know it depends on how the hi-rez stuff was originally recorded, it makes me want to re-buy everything I already have in the CD version, in high-rez.
In addition, the standard 16bit/44.1 sounds better as well from what I had with my IPOD/Wadia. This thing works just like a CD player.
I am hooking it up to my router later this afternoon and will try the Bryston mini on my iphone and put the shortcut to the Max on my Imac. All and all, a great product. Once I got the hang of using the internal web browser it was pretty simple. Had a bit of minor difficulty going back and forth between USB sticks, but once I realized the correct buttons to press on front panel, it was easy.
A very good purchase!
Regards,
David
David Sims
Applications Engineer - ATAC
Arrow Electronics