BDP-1 First Feedback

James

I'll take 10 of them

LOL.....

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PMC, Bryston, Purist Audio Design.

What about NAS/SAS access via ethernet?

What about a droid app?

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• McIntosh XRT1K MDA1000 MC402 XLS112 | WireWorld Silver E 5^2 Power & XLR, Ecl 6 Speaker
  
• 4.3TB Media Server (Custom) Upsampled to 24bit/96khz | RGPC1200C, PPP
  
• Mobile: McIntosh MX406 MDA5000 MCD4000 MCC420M, JM Lab/Focal Utopia 3-way + Subs
• Office: Bel Canto S300iu, McIntosh XLS320s, JM Lab sub
  

Yes we have a droid app and NAS is a future project.

james

Cool - wasn't mentioned in the review so I figured some clarification would be nifty.

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• McIntosh XRT1K MDA1000 MC402 XLS112 | WireWorld Silver E 5^2 Power & XLR, Ecl 6 Speaker
  
• 4.3TB Media Server (Custom) Upsampled to 24bit/96khz | RGPC1200C, PPP
  
• Mobile: McIntosh MX406 MDA5000 MCD4000 MCC420M, JM Lab/Focal Utopia 3-way + Subs
• Office: Bel Canto S300iu, McIntosh XLS320s, JM Lab sub
  

Interesting. I do have a drive with over 800 CDs in FLAC on it.

Was at Absolute Audio in Calgary Alberta and got a glimpse of the BDP-1.....I have yet to hear it though .........James can an iPod -IPhone be connected thru it's USB and play the music from the IPod ?

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Michael

Main System:Mcintosh MC601's Amplifer,Mcintosh C50 Preamp,KEF Reference 207/2's Speakers,Music Hall MMF 9.1 TT ,Grant Fidelity Reference Tube CD-1000 Player Impression II,Acoustic Zen Absolute Shotgun Cables,Krell K.I.D Dock,Jungson MRCA-1 Gold Coated Copper Reference Interconnects (Golden Dragon),Torus CS15 Power Conditioners/Surge Protector.SolidTech "Rack of Silence"Reference 4 Audio Stand.


Bedroom System:Shuguang I-25 integrated tube amp,Kef IQ 10`s,Sony CDP 225.

You would have to configure it as a drive.

james

From: DW
Sent: November-04-10 10:07 AM
To: James Tanner
Subject: BDP-1 - Impressions

Hi James:

I am getting more comfortable with the Bryston BDP-1 Digital Player each day, and I'm struggling to try to explain what it has done for my audio system.

My recently-purchased Bryston BDA-1 improved the sound in all ways, as did my new Torus CS15. Better sound-stage, more clarity, more visceral -- great and easily discernible improvements.

The BDP-1 Digital Player has done something else -- it's not a dramatic, in-your-face improvement, but it's done something far more important. If you listen carefully, each instrument, every voice, has better articulation, as if some subtle addition has been made to every note. The overall feeling is that everything is, dare I say it, more life-like, but more significantly, more musical. It sounds better than listening to CDs. Indeed, while the sound of the high resolution (24/96) files that come with the BDP-1 is very good, it is only marginally better than the sound of files ripped from CDs into a lossless audio codec (format). In other words, there's no need to rush out and try to find high resolution files for this reason -- your digital files collection is completely transformed by the BDP-1.

I was an earlier adopter of the use of digital files played through my audiophile system. In my view, the BDP-1 is a break-through product. To use a rough analogy, even if you now listen to digital files, using the BDP-1 to play them is like going from ordinary TV to HDTV.

I'm altogether delighted and rush to my music room every day to listen to this marvelous transformation. The bottom line, and the highest compliment to Bryston, is that I really don't want to hear my digital files any other way. As for my CDs, they can continue to gather more dust. Anyone need an extra CD player?

DW from B.C.

Setting Up A Dedicated Router With Bryston BDP-1 Digital Player

Set-up Instructions if you do not have a “Local Home Network” or simply wish to operate your Bryston BDP-1 Digital Player as an isolated system from other surrounding local networks.


1. Plug in your Router to a power source

2. Plug the Ethernet cable into one of the (RJ45) ‘LAN OUTLETS’ on the rear of the router (NOT THE WAN OR INTERNET INLET) - usually there is only one ‘Wan’ inlet and 4-5 grouped ‘LAN’ outlets present on most routers.

3. Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable into the Ethernet input on the rear of the BDP-1 Digital Player

4. Turn on the BDP-1 Digital Player (will take about a minute or two to fully boot-up)

5. Open up the WEB-BROWSER on your interface (iPhone, iPad, iTouch, Computer etc.) and enter BRYSTON-BDP-1.LOCAL

6. The Bryston Web-Interface will show up and you can select either Bryston MINI or Bryston MAX interface. Mini is designer to operate on smaller hand-held devices (iTouch, iPhone) and Max is designed to operate on larger displays such as iPads and full size computer screens.

7. The Bryston web-browser will load showing what content is present on the Bryston BDP-1