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Old 01-16-2018, 08:33 AM
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MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston BDA-3 DAC Review

January 2018

BRYSTON BDA-3 DAC REVIEW - CARLO LO RASO


Hi Folks

Please see below link to an outstanding and detailed review of our Bryston BDA-3 DAC.

“THE BRYSTON BDA-3 DAC is almost the perfect nexus of sonic and tactile excellence. You could spend more, but why?”



https://hometheaterhifi.com/reviews/...-3-dac-review/

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“If you want to hear it all, and I mean every last bit of it, plunk down your pocketbook on a Bryston BDA-3. You will not regret it.”

“These are examples of some of the measurements that I took to put the Line Linearity chart together. A series of fifteen measurements of a 24-bit, 1 kHz tone beginning at -20 dBFS and getting progressively lower in level to -150 dBFS were taken.

This defines “dead quiet.”
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Old 03-31-2018, 08:43 AM
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Hi, James.

Wanted to let you know my used Bryston purchases have now led to my first new Bryston purchase.

My local dealer (Mike Burns, Wolfsong Audio, can’t say enough good about Mike) was kind enough to bring his BDA-3 to my house today for a “shoot out” against my BDA-2, with associated BP26/28B3/Thiel CS6. Long story short the BDA-3 clearly put more “meat on the bones” of voices ( clearer portrayal of guttural, throaty sounds), guitars (hearing players not just change positions on the guitar neck but hearing their fingers slide down the strings), piano decays extended and image size expanded, etc vs what I was already convinced was an outstandingly musical BDA-2 performance. I placed an order with Mike for a BDA-3, considering also the more modular build approach of the BDA-3 for future upgradabilty.

Bravo to the Bryston Team! Have a great weekend,

Randy
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Old 05-07-2018, 11:46 AM
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http://www.bryston.com/PDF/reviews/2...view_BDA-3.pdf

... the Bryston DAC is not simply good, it is staggeringly good.
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“Staggeringly Good” is exactly how I felt. And that was right out of the box. It’s even better now. Talk about bang for the buck!
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Quick question...

Is the Cambridge - CXUHD 4K UHD Universal Blu-ray Player HDMI output compatible with the BDA-3?

I'm mostly interested in using the Cambridge's HDMI audio output for SACDs and Blu-ray discs. Basically, will this work the same as it now does with my Oppo BDP-105D?

Thanks, guys.
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Old 09-04-2018, 03:16 PM
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Quick question...

Is the Cambridge - CXUHD 4K UHD Universal Blu-ray Player HDMI output compatible with the BDA-3?

I'm mostly interested in using the Cambridge's HDMI audio output for SACDs and Blu-ray discs. Basically, will this work the same as it now does with my Oppo BDP-105D?

Thanks, guys.
I would think you need to check with Cambridge or maybe the manual to see the unit will pass DSD through HDMI output. There is no way Bryston can know every blu-ray player that can do so.
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Old 09-04-2018, 03:20 PM
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I would think you need to check with Cambridge or maybe the manual to see the unit will pass DSD through HDMI output. There is no way Bryston can know every blu-ray player that can do so.
Here is the spec:

HDMI 2 (audio output only): up to 7.1ch/192kHz PCM, up to 5.1ch DSD, Bitstream

Looks like it should work.
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Old 09-04-2018, 05:01 PM
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Here is the spec:

HDMI 2 (audio output only): up to 7.1ch/192kHz PCM, up to 5.1ch DSD, Bitstream

Looks like it should work.
I looked it up too and I think it will play DSD through HDMI. But, if you haven't purchased it yet, I'd be inclined to buy a cheap Sony blu-ray and let it go. There is no need to pay that kind of money for a blu-ray product unless your processor or receiver has a poor D/A converter. The fact that you already own the BDA-3 makes an expensive player unnecessary.

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I looked it up too and I think it will play DSD through HDMI. But, if you haven't purchased it yet, I'd be inclined to buy a cheap Sony blu-ray and let it go. There is no need to pay that kind of money for a blu-ray product unless your processor or receiver has a poor D/A converter.
Thanks for looking into it.

Actually the Cambridge is a transport which requires an external DAC. The retail price is $699.
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Old 09-04-2018, 06:40 PM
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Thanks for looking into it.

Actually the Cambridge is a transport which requires an external DAC. The retail price is $699.
Just noticed you have an OPPO. Doesn't this play DSD through HDMI?
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