Bryston BDP1- loading problem

Another recommendation to post over at the Bryston Circle in Audio Circle. James Tanner (Bryston part owner/VP) is the moderator and answers a lot of questions. If he can't answer it, he brings it to engineering.

James is truly a great guy to deal with. A real class act.

Al: Yes, I connected it to the bottom rear USB port.

I posted on that forum, no response yet. James did email me back, saying it might be the choice of file (AIFF vs FLAC). I might take a shot to convert those 150GB from AIFF to FLAC just to see how that goes (feel tiring just thinking about it !!)

If it's true that the BDP-1 takes less than an hour to load 150GB FLAC vs more than 12 hours (still havent finished loading) to load the same amount of AIFF, i STRONGLY think Bryston should really do something about this since not all of us have access to FLAC

Interesting. It seems as though all the streamers that have mid or hi fi pretensions are buggy. I have the Marantz NA 7004 and I have to cross my fingers every time I use it. A local shop deals with all Cambridge Audio Products but they refuse to carry the streamer any more due to customer complaints.
The NAD has gotten blasted in the press and forums as well.
I think I'll stick to polycarbonate discs or laptop hard drives for a while before I start embracing this technology and give it about 5 years to mature.

Jaytea,

A little more to your point.... I have had my Bryston for a couple of weeks now and after I figured out how to set-up the Mpad app I have had no problems of any kind. I am using an Iomega SSD 250 gig hard drive with a lot of AIFF files and, while it's not as much file space as you have, it loads really quick - like two minutes. It seems like something else might be wrong.

I think that it might be worth investing a few dollars to try a usb y-cable such as this one, connecting the two larger connectors to both of the BDP-1's rear ports. If the two rear ports are independently powered (you might want to ask James to confirm that), doing so would double the amount of power that can be provided to your hard drive. I'm still suspicious about the possibility that the drive may be marginally powered, even though it supposedly should work when connected to a rear port.

Alternatively, if you have one readily available you might try connecting the drive via a powered usb hub.

I notice that the descriptions of the Iomega SSD drive Cmo is using indicate that it uses significantly less power than comparable mechanical drives.

Regards,
-- Al