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Bryston BCD-1 impressions?

Would owners of this CD player give us their impressions of its sound and performance?

Also, what they compared it with and how it stacked up against the competition?

The little press that there's been so far (a couple of paragraphs in Absolute Sound, a couple of reviews in Europe [Italy]) has been very positive, but I'm real curious to hear what Audiogoners have to say about their hands-on experiences.

Thanks.
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baxman
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Just a headphone system:
DNA Sonett v.1 modified
Bryston BCD-1
Sennheiser HD800 stock
Shunyata Hydra V-ray II
Shunyata Venom Defender
Shunyata Alpha Digital power cord
Shunyata Diamondback(Hydra,amp)(considering upgrades)
Cardas Golden Reference int.
Moon Audio Blue Dragon headphone cable
Dedicated 12ga romex line.(probably overkill for a headphone system but....I like it!) 

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twoleftears OP
5,318 posts
 
I am, too, though now eyeing the BCD-3.
itzhak1969
515 posts
 
From my experience dedicated CD transport will always sounds better than regular CD player used as a transport to external DAC , Maybe the inner dac at the CDP increasing the jitter or interrupt the digital signal flowing to the external DAC
I don't know.My cheapo Cambridge Audio CXC transport defeated  every CDP I owned as a transport to my Mcintosh DAC.
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jafant
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Nice sytsem- baxman

will you upgrade to the BCD-3 ?
itzhak1969
515 posts
 
Basic CD transport (with no inner DAC) and the new Bryston BDA-3 DAC will better option than the BCD-3 .
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