Bryston BDA 3.14 versus alternatives


I’m in the market for a music streamer, with or without a DAC, and with or without a CD ripper. The Bryston BDA 3.14 seems like a good choice; refined sound, low noise floor, lots of input options.  The main knock against it is the Manic Moose software. MM software notwithstanding, are there other downsides to the BDA 3.14?  Thanks, Robert
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I have the Bryston BDP Pi.  MM is certainly flaky.  But the Pi makes a great Roon endpoint. One option could be to invest in a SGC ST to run a Roon Core then use a Bryston Product as an endpoint.  You could pick up a used Bryston BDP 2 as the endpoint.  you could get all that for around $3K.

Also Bryston is re writing the MM interface. 

For about $3K you could also do SGC Optical Rendo Setup if you have a USB DAC.