Bryston BDP-1 & MinimServer

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(17-04-2015 16:32)DavidHB Wrote:  The current BDP-1 clearly has network connectivity, and from your description functions as a standard UPnP renderer. It still has USB connectivity, which Linn continues to shudder at. Wouldn't you just like to lock them both in a room for a few hours ...

You mention that you're using MinimStreamer but don't say whether it's transcoding, radio streams or both you've tried with the Bryston. It would be interesting to know how you get on with those, as the reviews say that the Bryston has good format support.

I am going to load my library this weekend on a pair of USB Flash drives and see if I experience any change in SQ between USB Flash and network access - both NAS direct, as well as uPnP. I would prefer the uPnP route, because I like the way I have configured MinimServer to organize my library and I love Bubble as an app... but SQ is always paramount.

What I am doing now is using MinimStreamer to transcode my ALAC library to WAV/24, but I've experienced some drop-outs with 192/24 files. I will also try serving up my parallel FLAC library with no transcoding and see what happens.

I'll say this: transcoding with sox at high precision into WAV/24 from Minim to the Bryston is the best sound I've personally experienced. Looking forward to a weekend of audiophile experimentation and I'll report back.