Bryston Bdp-3 Issue?

Yes I run the jays transport actually kind of the opposite kind of reserved voice table pretty balanced so it’s the digital coming in

thanks for replies

That’s a VPI turntable

@hiend2 I suspect the following to be the root cause -

Network components in close proximity to your electronics and cables - router, modem, extender, switch, etc. - this causes EMI and RFI that gets picked up by your streamer and translates to noise and jitter that is then transferred to the DAC and the DAC clock is struggling therefore you get dirty top end and smearing. Why does the CD transport sound amazing you ask? That’s because when you’re using spdif or AES/EBU to connect CD transport to DAC the Jay’s Audio OCXO clock is what that digital chain relies on and that clock is superb plus you’re spinning physical media and there’s no network garbage that can enter Jay’s 

Your USB cable is not shielded well enough to reject noise. I don’t know what that silnote usb is like but USB cables make a hige difference 

Your BDP-3 streamer is OK but doesn’t match the quality of your cd playback. There are better units out there. Lumin U2 and Aurender N200 will be a step or two above the Bryston in my opinion. 

audphile1

Lumin U2 and Aurender N200 will be a step or two above the Bryston in my opinion.

I dumped Aurender in favor of the Bryston, which I think sounds w-a-y better. Of course, it lacks the Aurender's sexy interface.

@cleeds 

I had seen the Manic moose 🫎 interface (Lumin is right there too as it sucks) and the only thing worse is the Bryston’s way of accessing BDA3 settings thru an IP address. Upgrading the firmware on my then BDA3 DAC was one of the worst user experiences ever. I almost bricked it. Lol

Bryston sound is good though so that’s nothing to complain about.