Please note: some of what follows is a combination of heresy and inferences so please take it for what you will. Wouldn't you just like to lock them both in a room for a few hours. It still has USB connectivity, which Linn continues to shudder at. The current BDP-1 clearly has network connectivity, and from your description functions as a standard UPnP renderer. Apparently Bryston were claiming that network streaming compromised sound quality, which is the exact opposite of the line taken by Linn, then and now. Early versions of the BDP-1 were explicitly not streamers or renderers the data source was, I think, USB only. (17-04-2015 16:32)DavidHB Wrote: There is a story I have not got to the bottom of. Looking forward to a weekend of audiophile experimentation and I'll report back. (17-04-2015 21:48)krutsch Wrote: I'll say this: transcoding with sox at high precision into WAV/24 from Minim to the Bryston is the best sound I've personally experienced. The MinimStreamer User Guide indicates that, as transcoding is done in memory, this is likely to be a network issue. I will also try serving up my parallel FLAC library with no transcoding and see what happens. (17-04-2015 21:48)krutsch Wrote: What I am doing now is using MinimStreamer to transcode my ALAC library to WAV/24, but I've experienced some drop-outs with 192/24 files. I really value the accessibility to my music that the combination of MunimServer and Bubble DS give me. SQ is my first priority, but not any improvement at any price. I would prefer the uPnP route, because I like the way I have configured MinimServer to organize my library and I love Bubble as an app. (17-04-2015 21:48)krutsch Wrote: I am going to load my library this weekend on a pair of USB Flash drives and see if I experience any change in SQ between USB Flash and network access - both NAS direct, as well as uPnP. I'll say this: transcoding with sox at high precision into WAV/24 from Minim to the Bryston is the best sound I've personally experienced. What I am doing now is using MinimStreamer to transcode my ALAC library to WAV/24, but I've experienced some drop-outs with 192/24 files. I am going to load my library this weekend on a pair of USB Flash drives and see if I experience any change in SQ between USB Flash and network access - both NAS direct, as well as uPnP.
(17-04-2015 16:32)DavidHB Wrote: The current BDP-1 clearly has network connectivity, and from your description functions as a standard UPnP renderer. It would be interesting to know how you get on with those, as the reviews say that the Bryston has good format support.Īnd as regards your final question, I think that we are only now beginning to learn how aspects of digital data manipulation and transmission can affect sound quality (even when the bits and bytes of the digital file remain completely unchanged), and that's before we get into the whole realm of digital to analogue conversion.
You mention that you're using MinimStreamer but don't say whether it's transcoding, radio streams or both you've tried with the Bryston. There is a story I have not got to the bottom of. If the sound quality is what you want, it looks like a good value package.
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