New Bryston BDA-3

[James Tanner - Bryston]

Originally Posted by scirica

Hey James:

I'm hearing things second-hand, but any official progress report on the BDA-3?

Still working on it - not happy with DSD yet.

James

[scirica]

Originally Posted by James Tanner - Bryston

Still working on it - not happy with DSD yet. James

Thanks James. I hate waiting, but I hate not getting the best sound possible even more.

[corgidog59]

I am bit confused as to the purpose of announcing the BDA-3 in early November 2014 and not having it ready for purchase within a a few months of the announcement? There was lots and lots of buzz/discussion following the big reveal but now, nearly 8 months later, not much to show for it. Should we be at all concerned about this long delay? Emotiva is well known for announcing upcoming components and taking forever and a day to finally bring them to the marketplace. Their XMC-1 is a perfect example of this. Good news for me is that I am not necessarily in a rush to buy a DAC. As I have mentioned previously, I am exploring my DAC options and am currently looking closely at the Schiit Yggdrasil which is gaining popularity. It does not have DSD capability but I am more of CD listener vs PC audio anyways. I do not mean to be too critical. I am approaching this situation more from a PR / marketing perspective than anything else.

[James Tanner - Bryston]

Originally Posted by corgidog59

I am bit confused as to the purpose of announcing the BDA-3 in early November 2014 and not having it ready for purchase within a a few months of the announcement? There was lots and lots of buzz/discussion following the big reveal but now, nearly 8 months later, not much to show for it. Should we be at all concerned about this long delay? Emotiva is well known for announcing upcoming components and taking forever and a day to finally bring them to the marketplace. Their XMC-1 is a perfect example of this. Good news for me is that I am not necessarily in a rush to buy a DAC. As I have mentioned previously, I am exploring my DAC options and am currently looking closely at the Schiit Yggdrasil which is gaining popularity. It does not have DSD capability but I am more of CD listener vs PC audio anyways. I do not mean to be too critical. I am approaching this situation more from a PR / marketing perspective than anything else.

Yes it has been frustrating for me as well but implementing DSD as an independent circuit path from PCM has been more of a challenge than I originally assumed.

james

[Grit]

Of all the goofy things... what really excited me about the BDA-3 is the ability to control it via ethernet. That'd mean I could move to a remote control system that didn't use IR/RF at all!

[Rod#S]

A bit of a theoretical question but it has roots in current products. Has anyone been able to compare the Bryston BDA-2 to the Moon Evolution 750D? If so what were your impressions? I know the 750D is basically 6x the price of the BDA-2 but was curious of the real world differences, price aside.

The reason why I ask is that we will soon see the BDA-3 and Moon is introducing the 780D (5x the price of the BDA-3) which will be a digital player and DAC in one rather than a CD player and DAC like the 750D thus I was thinking how the 780D might compare to a BDP-2/BDA-3 combo.

[Masterlu]

Rod... Since this is a BDA-3 thread; and the unit isn't even shipping yet, I don't think it is appropriate to be trying to compare it to other DAC's.

Once it is out, sure in another thread.

[Rod#S]

Fair enough

[Rod#S]

For curiosity sake so the thread doesn't get derailed I'm going to pose the BDA-2 vs 750D question over in the non manufacturer specific CD Players, Digital Music & Servers sub forum.

[Rod#S]

With the BDA-3 going to have HDMI have you ever thought about adding a HDMI out to the BDP's?