Hello all. I'm new to the Bryston Circle, although I have been reading for a couple of months. I purchased all Bryston equipment (amp, preamp, CD player, interconnects) about two months ago. I am very pleased with the sound, but I am having some problems with the BCD-1 so I thought I would jump into this discussion.
As I said, I am pleased with the sound, but I was really disappointed when I realized that the BCD-1 cannot program the tracks. This may not bother most people, but I used to use that feature on probably 50% or more of the CDs I played. I don't think I have ever before had a CD player on which the tracks were not programmable, but I have accepted it. Also, the non-playability of CDs that deviate in some way from the Redbook standard is a bit frustrating since my other CD players have no problem with those CDs. But, so far I have only come across a couple of CDs that wouldn't play, so no big deal.
But what I do consider to be a serious problem is that on a growing number of CDs the BCD-1 has problems at certain points in the CD: it will just stop; it will stop and then a few seconds later start up again; it skips to a different place in the track; it continues playing, but there is a sound something like birds wings flapping (this has happened on several discs). These problems are definitely disc dependent, but the thing is, the discs play perfectly on my other CD players (14-year old Meridian 506, 20-year old Adcom). It plays most CDs just fine, so I was sort of ignoring it, but in the last couple of weeks of occasional listening I've come across 4 additional CDs that it has had problems with (including a brand new one tonight).
I will probably contact Bryston and send it in to let them take a look at it. I am hoping this is just a problem with my unit and something that they can fix. However, before I go through the hassle of sending it in, I thought I would see if any other BCD-1 owners reading this have had similar problems. Any input would be appreciated.
David