Bryston BDA-3.14?

@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

Thank you for the link,yyzsantabarbara, I'll check it out.

Using BDA 3.14 as a streamer. Here are my experiences.

1. Yes, the UI is outdated, but it is functional.

2. I do have the BDA 3.14 wired directly to my router. No WiFi.

3. The 'lost connection' happens if I switch the BDA 3.14 off/on and try to use the old browser session. Now, I always start a new session from 'My Bryston' after turning the BDA 3.14 on. And, I need to give the BDA 3.14 time to boot up. No problems with 'lost connection' any more.

4. IP address will change if you have the BDA 3.14 configured for DHCP. You can assign a static IP to remedy this.

5. Even with these limitations, the BDA 3.14 is my best sounding streamer.

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

There are those that believe the internal Manic Moose interface (or rather MPD) sound superior to streamed from Roon. I believe that is a load of cobblers. To my ear it is exactly the same, but YMMV.

When I was running The Roon core on a Mac Mini over Wifi MPD did sound better even on my little Pi.   Roon soundstage was pancake flat.  But when I moved the Roon Core to an SGC ST i5  and racked it alongside the pi and hardwired it with a quality ethernet cable thats when things changed.  Now Roon sounds just as good as the MPD.