Absolute Sound Magazine Awards 2012

[James Tanner - Bryston]

MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Absolute Sound Magazine Awards

Hi Folks,

Bryston is very happy to report that three of our Digital products have received awards from Absolute Sound Magazine. The BDP-1 Digital Player won a 2012 Product of the Year Award and the BDA-1 External DAC, BCD-1 CD Player and the BDP-1 Digital Player won 2012 Editors Choice Awards.

Bryston BCD-1

A CD Player for the ages, this new Bryston is truly reference-calibre at an eminently, reasonable price. The BCD1 sports the latest digital components, an audiophile-grade Class A output stage, user-friendly operation, and durable construction. Particularly impressive are its dramatic dynamics and ability to unravel interwoven musical lines. Buoyant without being lean,

Bryston BDA1

The Bryston BDA1 reveals previously unattainable (from digital) worlds of information about the sound and performance of the music it plays, Though not a quite as sweet-sounding as some, the Bryston is more revealing and rhythmically taut, while still maintaining a relaxed, analog-like presentation.


Bryston BDP1 Digital Player

The astonishing new BDP1 Digital Player is a technological tour de force that bridges generational divides: between the old world CD player and the new world of high-resolution files and music-library management. The BDP1 performs the same function as a CD transport, but plays data files from removable USB storage media at their native resolution and in a multiplicity of file formats. As we dedicated CD transports, the BDP1 offers only digital output, in both S/PDIF and AES/EBU formats, for connection to an external DAC. The Bryston BDP1 doesn’t merely “sound better,” the experience of hearing music through it is qualitatively different. It plays music with unprecedented purity.

This remarkable device single-handedly creates an entirely new product-category-one that bridges the generational divide between the old world familiarity of a CD player and the new world of high resolution files and music-library management, between a past constrained by frustratingly compromised digital audio sound quality and an exciting future in which digital artefacts have finally been reduced to inconsequential levels. The BDP1 plays files from removable USB storage media, at any sampling frequency and bit-depth to 192kHz/24-bit. Its digital output feeds your outboard DAC. In addition to its state-of-the=art sound quality, what makes the BDP1 so special is its functionality. Not only does it mimic CD transport controls; it also can connect to a home network, receive Internet Radio, and be controlled by a tablet or other hand-held device. The BDP1 offers a level of detail, clarity, focus, dynamics, and resolution that is nothing short of revelatory.

A new kind of component for a new age.

[Masterlu]

Kudo's James!

[kfr01]

Yes, congrats! Clearly one of the great brands in audio.

[jdandy]

James.......Very pleased to see Bryston getting some well deserved attention. Congratulations to the Bryston team.

[MC352]

Congratulations James!

I own two of the three items mentioned, and I am very happy with their performance.

[joeinid]

Originally Posted by jdandy

James.......Very pleased to see Bryston getting some well deserved attention. Congratulations to the Bryston team.

+ 1

This makes Buddy's Bryston BDP-1 even more of a deal

[JohnK]

Congrats James. It's good to see a company breaking new ground with innovative products - and being rewarded and recognized for what they bring to the market.

[Ritmo]

Well done James!

Mike

[jwhite613]

James... Congratulations!!!

[EightZeroZeroDelta]

Originally Posted by James Tanner - Bryston

Bryston BCD-1

A CD Player for the ages, this new Bryston is truly reference-calibre at an eminently, reasonable price. The BCD1 sports the latest digital components, an audiophile-grade Class A output stage, user-friendly operation, and durable construction. Particularly impressive are its dramatic dynamics and ability to unravel interwoven musical lines. Buoyant without being lean,

James, this is all great stuff...I was hoping you could comment on whether or not the BCD will be discontinued in the near future. I saw a video/read something talking about some of the internal parts not being manufactured anymore....Also, I thought I remember hearing about going away from the drawer mechanism for inserting the discs and moving to the "top" entry system.