Anyone try the Bryston BDP-2 or the BDA-2 Dac


Anyone try the Bryston BDP-2 digital player or the BDA-2 Dac?
I am very interested in both of these units due to there capabilities.
The BDP-2 player is unique in its ability to play from large external hardrives and the BDA-2 Dac is supposed to mate well with the player.
But, I wonder how they compare in sound qualities to my present modified Touch with linear power supply.

Any supporting experience or opinions with these units would be appreciated.
Thanks,
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Just received my BDP-2/BDA-2 combo. Trying to set it up to use my Samsung tablet as the controller was a little difficult, but I kind of got it to work for now. I'll need to continue to play with it. My songs are on a 1TB Hardrive and that took a while to load, I hope that will be the last it will have to load them.
I can tell it needs lots of break-in time. Sounds a little closed in and not as dynamic as I expect it to. But, only after an hour or so it seems to be getting better.
Every new audio equipment I have ever used always needed extended play time to open up.

I ordered the Audio Magic Super nano fuses. I have been impressed with his products.
I have a BDP-2 connected to a Bricasti M1 (latest version with upgraded power supply and DSD capability)via the AES/EBU connection. The sound quality is great. All my files are WAV (sounds better than FLAC to my ears)on a 2TB external HDD. Hi rez 24/192 downloads are excellent. I have upgraded fuses in my Bricasti but I haven't upgraded the BDP-2 fuses. Are BDP-2 users upgrading the fuses. If so, how many are there and what size are they?
Congrats!!

Be patient on the break-in. It will start to open up after 3-4 days, but quite a bit longer for full bloom. I'd get that P4 in there sooner than later, though.

A good site for info is the Bryston Audiocircle discussion forum.

http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?board=57.0
Smatsui, see my post from 9/7 re: fuses.
And I agree with you that WAV sounds better than FLAC (at least on my Brystons) More space, deeper soundstage. I know we give up "tagging" and other info with WAV, but ultimately it's about the sound. (And no intent to start a discussion here about all lossless formats sounding the same...)