[hidefguy]

First post here. Just wanted to welcome myself as a new Bryston owner. Nice to see a dedicated Bryston section in this forum.

Anyone have any experience with this combo, particularly the DAC of the pre-amp. Believe it or not, I snatched them both up at a pawn shop for ten benjamins. The owner was pretty happy about the deal. When arriving home from the pawn shop, I felt like I had commited a robbery. The shop owner told me that he was selling for a friend. Somehow I find that hard to believe:)

Hooked them up to my Dynaudio Focus 220's, and they sound glorious with my PC music filtered through an HRT Music Streamer II+. Have not played around with the DAC yet and wanted some opinions

[larevoj]

Welcome and congrats to your new purchase! 

[Levi]

Welcome to the Bryston forum here in Audiocircle. 

It looks like you found a great value for your money.  Hopefully they are not badly scratched.  Nevertheless, you can restore them with new face plates, top plates, etc direct from Bryston.

[hidefguy]

Actually they are both in excellent condition. The 3B SST has a slight nick/bend on the rear left corner fin of the heat sink, but nothing worth getting into replacements. I previously ran an Adcom GFP-750 pre-amp/GFA-5802 combo and they sounded good, but this Bryston stuff is in a whole different league. Sonically, it's just dead quiet. I didn't realize what neutral really meant until I fed these into my Dynaudio speakers. The Adcom stuff is going up on Ebay/Audiogon really soon:)

[vegasdave]

Congrats! That's one Hell of a deal! Later on, you can upgrade the BP25 to a BP26!

[hidefguy]

Congrats! That's one Hell of a deal! Later on, you can upgrade the BP25 to a BP26!

Thanks. Still looking for some opinions from people who actually have the BP-25 DA but it doesn't seem like too many owners exist. I assume it meets the same performance standards as the Bryston standalone DAC's.

[James Tanner]

Thanks. Still looking for some opinions from people who actually have the BP-25 DA but it doesn't seem like too many owners exist. I assume it meets the same performance standards as the Bryston standalone DAC's.

Hi hidefguy,

The DAC in the BP25 is an earlier version of the Crystal dac we use now.  It is limlited to 44.1/16 bit resolution (CD quality) whereas the new BDA-1 external DAC is capable of up to 192/24 high resolution.

james

[alexone]

welcome to the circle, hidefguy! what an unbelievable deal
it's good to know that the 25's dac is limited to 44.1/16...didn't know that . however, the evolution continued as the dac of the preamp 6, 16 and 26 is limited to 96/24 and finally we've got the BDA-1 with 192/24. maybe a new dac is what you need?

al.

[Haemus]

That said, could BDA-1 drive amps directly, or still needs pre-amp?
If the latter, wouldn't its resolution 192/24 be defeated by BD-xx narrower resolution of only up to 108kHz IIRC?
What is recommended path DAC=>pre-amp, or something else?

[James Tanner]

That said, could BDA-1 drive amps directly, or still needs pre-amp?
If the latter, wouldn't its resolution 192/24 be defeated by BD-xx narrower resolution of only up to 108kHz IIRC?
What is recommended path DAC=>pre-amp, or something else?

Hi Haemus,

The BDA-1 DAC requires a preamp.

james

[hidefguy]

Hi hidefguy,

The DAC in the BP25 is an earlier version of the Crystal dac we use now.  It is limlited to 44.1/16 bit resolution (CD quality) whereas the new BDA-1 external DAC is capable of up to 192/24 high resolution.

james

Hello James

So basically the integrated DAC is becoming obsolete. I assume it adds some value to the pre-amp considering the build quality, dedicated power supply, and balanced outputs. I just sold off my Adcom GFP-750. The plan before the BP-25 purchase was to get the Oppo BDP-95 for 1K to and use the highly regarded Sabre 32bit DAC with balanced outputs to the Adcom and use it to stream PC music files through the ethernet connection. At this point I may just try out a cheaper used Oppo BD player with ethernet/streaming ability and SPDIF/digital out to the BP-25 DA and hope I stay satisfied. I really had no problem using my HRT MusicStreamer II+ usb dac set at 44.1/16 with the Adcom.

I just noticed a BP-25 (phono) sold on Ebay yesterday for $400 shipped. It was missing the power supply and remote, and sold as is. Guy said he purchased at moving sale. Too bad I missed it. Would have jumped on that one real quick. I'm sure the warranty is still good

[Laundrew]

Greetings hidefguy and be most welcome 

Be well...