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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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itzhak1969
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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
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Basic CD transport (with no inner DAC) and the new Bryston BDA-3 DAC will better option than the BCD-3 .
baxman
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Thanks Jafant, I enjoy it immensely. There is a very good chance I will upgrade to the 3 eventually but I'm still happy with the BCD-1, although it is 8 years old it's not showing any signs of giving up yet. When it does, there is about a 95% chance that will purchase the 3 (will audition first). 
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jafant
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Keep me posted- baxman.
I look forward to your review of the 1 vs 3 and auditioning impressions!

Happy Listening!
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