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Bryston BDA-3.14?

Another relatively new, feature rich DAC that needs a thread.
This thing seems to be a digital Swiss Army Knife.
Priced within reason.

But, the big question for me at least, how does it sound?
None of the other stuff matters if it doesn’t sound superb.
Feedback from users would be much appreciated.
rja

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mahler123
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I have the DAC 3 and the BDP3.  The new one pushes them under 1 chassis and saves you a lot of dough.  Mine sounds great.  The weak link for the streamer is Manic Moose
mahler123
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@jank 

 

There were a few threads on this.  I gave up on the BDP 3 as a streamer for the reasons you cited.  It sounds great butI found it to be unusable.  The DAC is great

mahler123
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I mean it sounded great but was such a PITA to use that it took most of the fun out of listening. I downsized to a Cambridge Audio CXN which added Chromecast and AirPay and podcast support and sounds maybe 96% as the BDP (I still use the Bryston DAC-3) and is about 5000 times more fun to use. I am glad that you are enjoying it but I got tired of trying to relax at home after work and having to sacrifice a goat or something on the Bryston Temple to see if I would be able to listen to music that day

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