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Hi I can answer 1. - Connected the 3.14 to the SP3. Email Mike on the HDMI questions please - mpickett@bryston.com james |
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Hi Folks,
Please have a look at this excellent in depth review of our new BDP-3.14 Preamp/Streamer/DAC from Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity Magazine. As PMC would say - "It's a real Corker" Please note the extensive measurements John took and the excellance of the results - especially the noise floor and rejection of jitter. james PS - warning - It's 11 pages! HI Folks - email me if you want the PDF - jamestanner@bryston.com james |
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MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston 3.14 Customer Feedback February 2020 Hi James, I need to pass on to you a message from a customer. - Stan in Engineering Name: Walter He seems to have very extensive experience in high end audio. His main message after running a series of test in the last few days, was that we need to patent BDA3.14 as soon as possible because we came up with something that is unbeatable in performance, which no other DAC+streamer producers are able to match and thus are bound to rip us off, if we won't file a patent (software and hardware) as soon as possible! He was testing BDA3.14 with BP17 and very high end 40k$ speakers against other DACs and streamer, such as MSB Tech. DAC, and others. I am paraphrasing but he said that nothing sounds as BDA3.14. The difference between the other high end DACs and streamers is more than a class above, it is in an entirely new category that he said redefines the way digital audio will be measured. He said what we have done in reclocking the Pi digital signal is a class better than any other DAC. He said that, in his perception, it seems to regenerate the clocking removing the jitter from the original contents to the extent that even old digital sources sound astoundingly better. He used terms like the 3.14 is an 11 on a scale of 10! |
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MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston 3.14 Best of Show (Preamp/Streamer/DAC) The Best of Florida Audio Expo 2020 Bryston BDA-3.14 DAC Bryston’s BDA-3 digital-to-analog converter has long been praised by audio reviewers for offering state-of-the-art sound quality and a host of features for a very reasonable price. Those features include a plethora of digital inputs -- four HDMI, two USB, one AES/EBU (XLR), one S/PDIF (RCA), one S/PDIF (BNC), and one S/PDIF (TosLink) -- as well as user-adjustable upsampling for some inputs, and resolutions of up to 32-bit/384kHz PCM and DSD512 (both via USB). Now, for just $400 more, the new BDA-3.14, which Bryston demonstrated at FAE 2020, adds to the BDA-3 an Ethernet port, built-in streaming (Qobuz and Tidal are supported), and a digital volume control that lets you bypass a preamplifier altogether and connect the BDA-3.14 directly to a power amp -- something Jeff now does in his home system. For me, what most matters is the BDA-3.14’s built-in streamer. As I listened, I began mentioning obscure albums to Bryston’s Gary Dayton, who immediately turned to the computer screen behind him and cued them up to play via the BDA-3.14’s browser-based interface. That convenience of streaming is a handy thing to have built right into a DAC – GOOD JOB, BRYSTON , for taking the BDA-3 to a new level for not much more retail cost. Doug Schneider Soundstage Magazine |
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MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston Demo Florida Audio Expo 2020 POSITIVE FEEDBACK MAGAZINE Florida Audio Expo 2020: Better the Second Time Around, By Maurice Jeffries The Bryston room knocked the ball out of the proverbial ballpark with a system fronted by the superb new Rega P10 turntable and matching Apheta 3 cartridge. Rega Aria phono stage, a Bryston integrated amp (B135 Cubed) and a Preamp/Server/DAC combo unit (the BDA-3.14), Chord Sarum cabling, and Fyne F205 speakers (these using coaxially mounted drivers like those employed by Tannoy). My notes described the superb sound as "full-bodied and transient rich. Great staging and overall clarity. Stunning overall musicality and coherence. Beck's Morning Phase LP, various pop and jazz digital streams, and just about everything else we played sounded really swell, with great dynamic expression and laser focus." This was among the two or three most entertaining systems I heard all weekend. A Best Of Show contender. |
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Hi Folks,
I have a PDF of the Bryston 3.14 DAC/Streamer/Preamp from StereoLife Review Magazine in Europe. Warning its 9 pages! jamestanner@bryston.com |
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Very impressive! https://hometheaterhifi.com/technica...series-part-2/ |
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How to play DSD on 3.14 through the SP3?
My 3.14 is connected via XLR to the SP3. I’m playing DSD files via a network drive. Only 2ch via BAL 1 plays through the SP3.
How do I connect the 3.14 to the SP3 for it to play DSD?
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Email Mike to make sure but I do not think the 3.14 does not play Native DSD - it downsamples it to 192. The BDP-3 plays DSD Native. mpickett@bryston.com james |
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HI Folks,
The Bryston BDP 3.14 DAC/Streamer/Preamplifier gets PRODUCT OF THE YEAR in Germany! james |
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