Bryston BDP1- loading problem

This is a big deal for me. I'm considering the BDP 1 for two reasons - quality of sound (based on reviews and customer feedback) and ease of use (not interested in having to setup a PC). However, I'm not interested in having to convert files for the the BDP 1 to operate correctly.

I will be at RMAF and will visit Bryston. My decision is still on hold until I see what's their plan.

Thanks,
Mike

ONe thing not mentioned was that the card reader in the bdp is only 4-GIGS it is not supposed to store your collection,it's main purpose is to read whatever cd or songs you want from either a seperate HD or thumb drive
then once loaded it is completely in it's own and then goes to the Superb audio card and a pure class A circuit as well as excellent digital supplies down stream very well thought out. I have the dac and listened to them with and without the player the sound is better with the bdp player. No dac on it's ownis as good even at 4x the cost.I sold my Mdwright Sony 5400, which wwas very good this leaves it in the dust. for $4k this is a steal and the future. p.s if you downloaded any 24/96 or higher files it makes sacd sound broken it is that good. I am using flac files and have a 1t external drive I bring with me for demos.Once the file issue is out of the way you will have nothing to complain about and Remember it is Not A Server it does not load librarys that is what your external hard drives or thumb drives are for.

Are you not exceeding the file format limitations for FAT32 with those drives? I thought drives of that size require NTFS file systems? Win XP, for example, cannot format a volume greater than 32 GB in FAT32.

The files are not all loaded on the flash drive at the same time they load as fast as your drive will allow on my external HD it is a Seagate NTFS file if you are spending this much on electronics for under $100 you can get windows 7 home 64 which is totally NTFS. fat 32 is way outdated,for the thumb drives I have a super speed Patriot.
The cheapo $10 drives are NG they are way to slow for $40
I spent for this 16gig I bought 2 just to play at least 10 cds per drive it actually sounds better with the external drive .I am using a AUdioquest Coffee usb cable ,Yes the accuracy of even a usb cable matter less timing errors and even the dialectric has a Voltage on it more precise sounding . They also make excellent BNC cables for around $400. The better the cable the more resolotion.I am experimenting with digital cables $1k is my limit though.

10-12-11: Dhl93449
Are you not exceeding the file format limitations for FAT32 with those drives? I thought drives of that size require NTFS file systems? Win XP, for example, cannot format a volume greater than 32 GB in FAT32.

The 32 GB limit is just a limitation of XP's formatting capability, not of the FAT32 file system. Third-party partition management programs can create FAT32 partitions having much larger sizes, which XP and other OS's will then be able to read and write.

Based on the conventional standard of 512 bytes per sector, a FAT32 drive can be as large as about 2.19 TB (Terabytes).

FAT32 also has a limitation on the maximum size of an individual file of about 4 GB, which can often come into play in video applications. It is also much more prone to data loss and corruption than NTFS, for instance if power happens to drop out at the wrong instant. A downside of NTFS, though, is that Mac OS's can't write to it without third-party software.

10-03-11: Audioman58
One thing not mentioned was that the card reader in the bdp is only 4-GIGS it is not supposed to store your collection,it's main purpose is to read whatever cd or songs you want from either a seperate HD or thumb drive ...

I have assumed that what the BDP-1 is attempting to do during the excessive amount of time Jaytea has described is to create some sort of index of what is on the drive.

Regards,
-- Al