Is the Bryston BDP-1 worth $$$ over Apple TV

I started with a 160gb apple tv and a used flat screen monitor. Total investment was less than $200.00 . You can't beat that price to get into a digital server. If you are happy with all of your music formatted in apple lossless and are on a tight budget, this may be the way to go.

I moved on to a bdp-1 and use dbpower amp to rip my music. It was an enormous jump in sound quality. I bought a used bdp-1 and early apple iPad as a user interface, a 1tb drive and a couple 30gb ssd thumb drives for an investment of about $2000.00 .

You will be able to take advantage of higher resolution source material with the bdp-1. Is that important to you?

If you are pc/mac savy, you could probably put together your own pc/mac based server that would out perform the bdp-1 for less than the cost of a bdp-1.

There seems to be so many successful ways to enjoy digital music. I am currently using an IPad to stream Spotify (premium) to an AppleTV2 to a PSAudio DAC into my stereo. This has been my setup for almost a year and I still have little motivation to go back to my lossless files. Vinyl is still my favorite source for sound quality, but I have to admit that my Spotify listening is very satisfying.

I am considering Pure Music software - thoughts? Amarra seems a bit overpriced. I have a Bryston BDA-1 DAC and Apple TV 2nd generation. It appears the BDP-1 may still be the way to go??? Would I be better off with reclocking (synchro-mesh) the data between ATV and the DAC vs the BDP?