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Bryston BDP1- loading problem

hello Bryston BDP-1 owners,

Just bought the Bryston BDP-1 & BDA-1 combo, they sound pretty awesome!
The BDP-1 can load and play the thumb drive Bryston supplied with it fine and also one of mine Western Digital 750GB (FAT-32) hard drive with about 50 albums in AIFF with no problem.

When I connect my other Western Digital 750GB (Fat-32) with about 150GB of AIFF, the BDP-1 took ALL NIGHT and still havent finished loading. I reformatted the drive and load the same files, it still cannot load. Exchanged the drive for a Seagate 500GB: Same problem.

I believe i have the latest firmware (S1.16, 2011-07-15) and the Seagate 500GB only draws 500mA as Seagate rep told me.

Please help!
jaytea

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nglazer
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So please remind me again how computer audio actually makes it EASIER to listen to music with HQ reproduction? I would very much like to get involved but I do not like to spend my free time gnashing my teeth, so I'll stick to my primitive transport and DAC, or my iPod in a Wadia i170.

Why are we not lambasting audio mfrs for marketing expensive components that do not have the bugs ironed out? Would we tolerate this from, e.g., auto mfrs?

Neal
nglazer
846 posts
 
So remind me again why a manufacturer charges over $2000 for a product that cannot be used with a standard codec like AIFF, so one has to spend hours reconverting to accomodate this mfr., and THEN, the mfr SOMEDAY will issue firmware to deal with this. I have nothing but respect for Bryston generally, but they got in over their heads on this one. Not quite ready for prime digital time.

Wake me up when computer audio is as easy to use and reliable as my transport and DAC.

Neal
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