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Thread: Bryston BDA-3 Has Arrived
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January 15, 2023, 11:08 PM #1
Bryston BDA-3 Has Arrived
I ordered my BDA-3 on December 9th of last year and it arrived at my dealer on the 10th of January. Trying to get the USB Audio working now.
__________________Speakers- Dynaudio Contour 1.8 Mk II, Amp - Pass Labs X150.5, Preamp - McIntosh C2600, Turntable - Music Hall MMF-9.3, Cartridge - Goldring Eroica LX, Phono PreAmp - Sutherland Insight, Digital Playback - Rotel RCD-1072, DAC - Bryston BDA-3, Headphones - Sennheiser HD-660S, and Drop + Dan Clark Audio Ether CX. Headphone Amp - Bryston BHA-1
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January 18, 2023, 04:05 PM #2
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Re: Bryston BDA-3 Has Arrived
I've been using my BDA-3 for about 3+ years now ... it's a wonderful sounding DAC! Good luck getting it set up. Mine's been very low maintenance and I was even able to get my Logitech programmable remote to send the appropriate codes to the DAC to change sources and power on/off
Electronics: Pass Labs XP-22, Pass Labs X250.8
Digital: Sony UBP-X800M, Auralic Aries G1, T+A DAC 200
Analog: Pro-Ject X2 w/ Ortofon 2M Black, iFi Phono3 Phonostage
Speakers: Janszen Audio Valentina P8, SVS SB13-Ultra
Other: David Laboga Custom Audio/Shunyata/Audioquest cabling, PS Audio PowerPlant 15
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January 18, 2023, 10:38 PM #3
Re: Bryston BDA-3 Has Arrived
Speakers- Dynaudio Contour 1.8 Mk II, Amp - Pass Labs X150.5, Preamp - McIntosh C2600, Turntable - Music Hall MMF-9.3, Cartridge - Goldring Eroica LX, Phono PreAmp - Sutherland Insight, Digital Playback - Rotel RCD-1072, DAC - Bryston BDA-3, Headphones - Sennheiser HD-660S, and Drop + Dan Clark Audio Ether CX. Headphone Amp - Bryston BHA-1
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January 19, 2023, 03:57 PM #4
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Re: Bryston BDA-3 Has Arrived
Congrats Jack. Impressions?
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January 19, 2023, 07:42 PM #5
Re: Bryston BDA-3 Has Arrived
Congrats Jack, enjoy!
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Brian
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January 19, 2023, 10:24 PM #6
Re: Bryston BDA-3 Has Arrived
Speakers- Dynaudio Contour 1.8 Mk II, Amp - Pass Labs X150.5, Preamp - McIntosh C2600, Turntable - Music Hall MMF-9.3, Cartridge - Goldring Eroica LX, Phono PreAmp - Sutherland Insight, Digital Playback - Rotel RCD-1072, DAC - Bryston BDA-3, Headphones - Sennheiser HD-660S, and Drop + Dan Clark Audio Ether CX. Headphone Amp - Bryston BHA-1
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January 19, 2023, 11:02 PM #7
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Re: Bryston BDA-3 Has Arrived
Jack-
Congrats on the DAC! Been a BDP3 happy camper for over four years myself.
Bryston as you know has stellar customer service.
Can you elaborate on the USB issues you experienced and how they were corrected?
Enjoy the Sounds!
JohnAKA J2Ordan
McIntosh C1100/MC3500II/MR85/MCD205.
Legacy Focus SE/VPI Classic1/Denon103R/Bryston BDP/BDA3's.
MostlyDIYCablingDHLabs&Morgami.
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January 20, 2023, 12:20 PM #8
Re: Bryston BDA-3 Has Arrived
John, I was not getting any resolution except 48 kHz when I played my HiRez files. I sent a couple of emails to Bryston and then Adam Tanner called me and he basically took control of my PC from his end and did the trouble shooting and got all the right settings in place. It would have taken me a month of Sundays to do what he did in 15 minutes.
Speakers- Dynaudio Contour 1.8 Mk II, Amp - Pass Labs X150.5, Preamp - McIntosh C2600, Turntable - Music Hall MMF-9.3, Cartridge - Goldring Eroica LX, Phono PreAmp - Sutherland Insight, Digital Playback - Rotel RCD-1072, DAC - Bryston BDA-3, Headphones - Sennheiser HD-660S, and Drop + Dan Clark Audio Ether CX. Headphone Amp - Bryston BHA-1
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January 20, 2023, 05:00 PM #9
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Re: Bryston BDA-3 Has Arrived
Very good Jack.
Getting a PC to play nice with one's audio system can be most daunting.
glad it worked out!
JohnAKA J2Ordan
McIntosh C1100/MC3500II/MR85/MCD205.
Legacy Focus SE/VPI Classic1/Denon103R/Bryston BDP/BDA3's.
MostlyDIYCablingDHLabs&Morgami.
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