Nglazer, Thank you so much for your comments. I was beginning to think that I was the only one to have considered these units.
Well I did go ahead on blind faith and ordered both the BDP2 and the BDA2. I'm hoping the learning curve and the sound quality is what I expect. |
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Thanks everyone for the comments.
Joman, Thanks for your comments.I am looking forward to trying the combo out.
About how many hours do you think it took for breakin?
Tboooe,
I sure will post my impressions. I am expecting alot, hope I'm not disappointed.
Tympani,
Yes, the HiDiamond cables are a fantastic contributor to my overall emjoyment. I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 that I'm planning to use as the remote control. I hope that is not too difficult for this 'ole man' to figure it out. |
Joman, Wow 350 hours! I wonder if I could just leave it on 24/7?
I have always believed that the AC quality is a crucial element to obtaining the best sound our equipment can produce.
Did you find the sound to be a bit recessed? I think I read that one of the reviewers thought that, yet many other reviews say that it has a deep soundstage, which I guess could mean the same thing.
Sometimes it's hard to actually believe what some of the "paid" reviewers really think about a product.
I guess I will know for myself soon enough.
Thank you for your response. |
Thanks,Joman and Bhobba for your comments.
Joman, the only Dac I have used thus far has been the Dac inside of my Cary SACD 306 player which I have been very pleased with.
Bhobba, I guess I moved towards trying the Bryston BDA-2 Dac because of the BDP-2 player.
When I read the reviews of the BDP-2 player there seems to be synergy in using both products. |
Tympani, That's very interesting about your comment on the fuses. I have used both HI-FI Tuning and Synergistic fuses. Why do you prefer one over the other?
And can you share with me the fuse sizes and values?
Thanks,
ozzy |
Tympani, Thank you again for your response.
I've been told by the Cable company to use a slightly higher fuse value with the Synergistic fuses. Where did you buy the AMR fuses? |
Tympani, thanks for the info, but I already ordered fuses from Audio Magic. |
Just received my BDP-2/BDA-2 combo. Trying to set it up to use my Samsung tablet as the controller was a little difficult, but I kind of got it to work for now. I'll need to continue to play with it. My songs are on a 1TB Hardrive and that took a while to load, I hope that will be the last it will have to load them.
I can tell it needs lots of break-in time. Sounds a little closed in and not as dynamic as I expect it to. But, only after an hour or so it seems to be getting better.
Every new audio equipment I have ever used always needed extended play time to open up.
I ordered the Audio Magic Super nano fuses. I have been impressed with his products. |
Hey, what the heck size screws are in the top? |
Just found out they are #8 torox what a little pain.
I just installed an Audio Magic Pulse Gen and a PEA inside the BDA-2 Dac and ordered another set for the BDP-2 player. I also installed the Audio Magic Super nano fuses with the Quantum fuse stickers on them.
All of this is so that I can compare this combo with my previous set up. I guess I will need everything to gel together for a while.
And Tympani, yes I am using the HiDiamond P4 and P3 power cords, interconnects, and Digital cable.
I must say that Bryston service is top notch and helped this old Audiogonner with setting up my Samsung Tablet as a remote control. |
Nglazer, Thank you for your response. I'm not sure if the MPOD will work with my Samsung Tablet, but I'll check it tonight. |
Tympani,
I have replaced the HIFI Supreme inside my BDP2/BDA2 units with the Super Audio magic fuses. To my surprise the Audio Magic fuses were just so-so.
So, I then replaced those fuses with Synergistic fuses with the Quantum fuse dots.
The secret to using the Synergistic fuses is to use a slightly higher value than specified because they pop so easily. Instead of a 500MA I used a 1A Synergistic. The sound is much better.
But, I just got some of the AMR fuses you liked so much. I replaced the HIFI Supreme inside my BSG QOL with one of the AMR gold fuses and oh my did it really change the sound of my system. Such better performance especially in the bass.
I am very happy with the sound coming from the Bryston units. But, I also purchased some of the smaller AMR fuses with the intention of trying them later on in the Bryston units.
Did you compare the Synergistic with the AMR in your Bryston? |
Neal, Congrats on the Direct Stream. My first impressions was it was sort of closed in, but be patient and give it time. |
