mahler123
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| Benchmark DAC3 or Bryston BDA2 or 3 I would agree that the Bryston has a tube like smoothness. A few months ago there was a review in TAS about Bryston CD player, which has the same AKM chip as the DAC3, and the reviewers comments about the CDP were a very good description of the ... | |
| Benchmark DAC3 or Bryston BDA2 or 3 BDA (1,2, or 3) designation refers to Bryston streamers, which do not have DACs included (although I think they have released a combination DAC/Streamer, so I could be mistaken). I have the DAC3, which is just a DAC, and the BDP3, which is just a... | |
| rookie questions about used Bryston BDPs I have the BDP3. Sounds great, but the Manic Moose software is really subpar. It is excruciatingly bad for Classical Music. If you are new to streaming, I would start with the Bluesound Node2 or Node2i. It’s cheaper, sounds very good, and the ... | |
| Marantz Receiver Bad HDMI @kamdojacaden Reading your post about the first Marantz streamer gave me deja vu. See my post from 10/13 | |
| Streaming + DAC questions. Please help this noob! OP You are a Bryston guy. I have the Bryston DAC3, which is wonderful. I also have the Bryston BDP3 streamer, which sounds great but the software control program is third rate. I second the Bluesound Node2 or 2i recommendations as your into int... | |
| Upgrading my blusound streamer I love my the sound of my Bryston BDP3. The app sucks, though | |
| Dead Bluesound Node 2 I agree with the above poster that the streaming industry isn’t mature yet. Yes, it’s been around for 20 years, give or take, but it isn’t plug and play. I listen to Classical Music and I haven’t encountered a classification system yet that make... | |
| Dead Bluesound Node 2 HeyCorelli and OP I started with Spotify at about $10/ month, now paying about $15 for Qobuz. | |
| Dead Bluesound Node 2 Corelli I agree with you, I prefer silver discs to streaming for a multitude of reasons, one of which is ease of use. Yes, CDPs can break, but I have had very few of them develop an issue, and when they did it was after years of heavy use. Stre... | |
| Are the really pricey HT Pre Amps worth it? Has anyone mentioned Room Correction? I added an Anthem 5 channel AVR a year ago and remain very impressed by their Room Correction technology. They make high end AV Processors, as well. | |
| Dead Bluesound Node 2 I am surprised that the Bluesound support didn’t mention factory reset, and Big Greg has shown the OP how to do this. If the OP were to investigate posts from about 2 years ago he would see that I and others had problems with the units where they... | |
| Dead Bluesound Node 2 Welcome aboard.I had a Pulse Mini die on me just past the warranty date a couple of years ago. It died trying to do an update. It cost about the same as the Node. Bluesound said I was SOL but my dealer, whom I had been buying gear from for deca... | |
| Bluesound Node 2i vs Upscale streamers I have a Bryston BDP3. Compared to the Bluesound it’s like going from 1080 resolution to 4K display. The old standard was pretty good until the new shows up. More bass, richer midrange, gobs of detail, more ambience | |
| A different method of streaming. If your CDP has a USB slot it may be possible to plug your laptop in, but I used to own a player that only took usb drives, and not a PC, so I can’t answer for you | |
| A different method of streaming. Not wishing to sound pedantic, but all CDP have a “built in DAC”. The question is whether or not the DAC can be accessed by other digital sources |