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Superb Bryston BDA-3.14

My new Bryston BDA-3.14 was delivered today.


Bryston assured me that the product is compatible with OSX.


Imagine my surprise when I tried to mount an Apple share using the ‘User Friendly’ NAS Setup system only to get the message “apple error” pop up on browser.


Having twenty years experience managing Linux systems I decided to establish an ssh session to have a look at the perfectly setup Debian system.


Well, well, well the 16 year old at Bryston done got forgotten to install the afpfs and afpcmd binaries. Gosh darn Bryston, how did that happen?


The apache log is riddled with PHP errors so it’s not surprising nothing shows up on the beautifully crafted interface when searching for “The Beatles”, no that’s a bit unfair some sort of list pops up 35 seconds later, if you are lucky


Here’s some advice Bryston: just stick to making audio equipment.


So many articles wax poetic about the Manic Moose interface, what a compete and utter joke this is compared to a professionally written software package like Audirvana.


The only saving grace is the DAC itself, but if you cannot navigate easily to the music you want to listen to it’s completely pointless.




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Just received and installed my BDA-3.14.

Oppo 105 connected via HDMI to BDA 3.14 HDMI 4

Cocktail X45 connected via USB to BDA 3.14 USB 2

BDA 3.14 connected via XLR to Krell Showcase processor.

When inserting and playing a SACD in the Oppo 105, the BDA 3.14 generates a noticeable 'pop' when switching to DSD 1x.

When playing a ripped CD from the X45, the BDA 3.14 generates a noticeable 'pop' when switching to 44khz.

Anyone have this 'popping'?

I have to say that with the BDA 3.14 in my system, everything digital sound much better. Streaming from Qobuz using Maniac Moose is way superior to streaming from the X45 using the X45's built-in DAC.

 

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