Bryston BDP1- loading problem

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

So please remind me again how computer audio actually makes it EASIER to listen to music with HQ reproduction? I would very much like to get involved but I do not like to spend my free time gnashing my teeth, so I'll stick to my primitive transport and DAC, or my iPod in a Wadia i170.

Why are we not lambasting audio mfrs for marketing expensive components that do not have the bugs ironed out? Would we tolerate this from, e.g., auto mfrs?

Neal

For those who are interested in this, a little update for you:

I have converted all of the 150G of AIFFs i had to FLAC (became about 60-70GB of them) and I have added another 30-40 GB of FLAC files (ripped from CD to AIFF with all the album artworks and then using AudioGate (from KORG) to convert to FLAC), put them on the same drive, and the PBD-1 takes less than 2 min for the initial update, and less than 30sec for subsequence turn-ons. Then I can use my laptop/iphone to access the BPD-1, create playlists, play and display all information and artwork from the album. I 'm happy with that result!

Yet, I would love to see Bryston somehow fix the problem with AIFF loading time, because as you know, many of us already have had a huge library of music saved under WAV, AIFF..etc.

Through email exchanges with Bryston's software engineer, solving the AIFF loading time is on top of their list now, hopefully they will solve this issue in the next firmwares.

So remind me again why a manufacturer charges over $2000 for a product that cannot be used with a standard codec like AIFF, so one has to spend hours reconverting to accomodate this mfr., and THEN, the mfr SOMEDAY will issue firmware to deal with this. I have nothing but respect for Bryston generally, but they got in over their heads on this one. Not quite ready for prime digital time.

Wake me up when computer audio is as easy to use and reliable as my transport and DAC.

Neal