BDA-2....................

Hello James,

Can you tell me what is listed on the phase IEC socket BDA-2 ? Right or left ?
In France the phase is right.
 
Hi,

Can you tell me what is listed on the phase IEC socket BDA-2 ? Right or left ?
In France the phase is right.imagesZZM24EFF.jpg
 
From: Audio lab
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 3:31 PM
Subject: Bryston BDA-2

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Hi,

Hope things are going well with you and wanted to let you know that the Bryston BDA-2 DAC has become the new reference DAC for the store.

Aloha,
Tom

Audiolab
851 Pohukaina St,. C-12
Honolulu, HI 96814
Audio Lab
 
From: "john.springer
Subject: *** The Bryston BDA-2 DAC ***
Date: June 6, 2014 at 8:48:08 PM EDT
To: [email protected]

Hi James:

I recently came across Karl Schuster's level-headed and articulate Review of the BDA-2 DAC, so I ordered it from William Hordyk, Owner of Atlas Audio Video Unlimited, as a replacement for my beloved BDA-1.

The BDA-2 is a revelation! I'm not as articulate as Karl Schuster, but his mention of dramatically reduced Harshness & Grain is spot on! Other things he mentioned, such as the Sound Stage extending further back, are also amazing to my ears, and even non-audiophile Friends commented, before it was burned in, that the Audio seemed "Smoother" and "Richer" to them.

Speaking of "Long-Term Burn-In", the BDA-2 has only about 90 Hours on it, and my System keeps sounding better and better! Where will this end?

If you're trying to place me, I am still using a pair of Quad ESL 2905 Speakers, with all-Bryston Amplification, including a pair of 28BSST (Squared) Monoblocks.

Congratulations to everyone at Bryston, and Keep Up The Good Work!

Best Wishes,
John Springer

p.s. The Accepted Wisdom is that one should drive Quad Electrostatics with Tube Amps of no more than 200 Watts, but last Wednesday an Audience of 65 at Oak Bay Lodge were enjoying Canizares playing The Rodrigo Guitar Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic in the Teatro Real in Madrid, and I had the Volume at 3pm (600 Watts?) during his Solo.

Admittedly, I had the 28Bs set to the lower Gain, but I honestly think the BDA-2 made the difference between UNCOMFORTABLY LOUD, and True Front Row Sound Pressure Level with Negligible Distortion. Of course, the Bryston BIT-20 also contributed by feeding Pure Power to everything except the Amps, which each have their own Toroidal Isolation Transformer.
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT:Bryston BDP-1 Customer Feedback

November 2014

James.

Finally joined the BDP club. I picked up that demo BDP-1 yesterday and got it set up with MPOD using my iPhone.

As for the audio quality, it's very satisfying. I have been using MacBook pro and AppleTV for my HT/2-ch system with Empirical Audio Synchromesh and a highly expensive digital cable (the cable does make a big difference for me). But BDP-1 just makes the music the way it is meant to sound like.

To me, it sounds more coherent and timing is just right. Maybe this is what they call phase coherency. I'm not good at explaining with the audiophile terms, all I know is this is now very close to what I've been chasing for 2 years. Have to give up that versatile Apple interface though, which is very hard for me and resisted for a long time, but I feel it is all worth it once BDP-1 started playing music in my rig.

I guess, I'll be buying a BDP-2 soon and move the BDP-1 to the bedroom system.

Kzhtoo
 
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