Bryston bDp-1Usb DigitAl MUsic plAyer
Canadian manufacturer Bryston has a new digital music player, the BDP-1USB, which joins the flagship BDP-2 in the company’s music player line-up, and becomes the entry-level model in the company’s range. ‘ The BDP-1USB is Bryston’s most affordable high-performance music player, designed specifically for those customers using one of many popular USB external DACs available on the market,’ said John Davies, of Sennheiser Brands, which distributes Bryston in Australia. The BDP-1USB handles music libraries of up to 30,000 tracks—from MP3 to high-resolution files stored on external USB or NAS drives. Chris Russell, CEO of Bryston, told Australian Hi-Fi Magazine that requiring owners to use their own external USB DAC meant they’d been able to make the BDP-1USB affordable without reducing quality. ‘ By building the new player without including the premium-grade internal sound card featured in the BDP-2 we’ve reduced the cost without any penalty in sound quality and opened the world of high-resolution audio playback to a broader audience,’ he said. ‘ With the increased prevalence of USB DACs available at a wide range of prices, the BDP-1USB opens the door for music lovers seeking Bryston performance and build quality in an affordable package.’ Onboard features include UPnP compatibility, Squeezebox emulation, DoP (DSD over PCM), four data USB inputs/outputs plus one for powering external hard drives, 100mbps Ethernet, and gapless playback. You can control the BDP-1USB via a web browser or from any Apple or Android phone or tablet. For further information, please contact Sennheiser Australia on 1800 648 628 or visit the website at en-au.sennheiser.com
The Z210 CD Player uses eight separately regulated power supplies, massive reservoir capacitors and proprietary DAC decoupling to power a high-quality Cirrus Logic 24/192 fifth-order Delta-Sigma DAC, an output filter using close tolerance metal film resistors, precision polypropylene film/foil capacitors and high-speed low-distortion FET input op-amps, and an isolated low-jitter master clock. Each CD player comes standard with a Myryad System Remote Control and is equipped with Myryad’s ‘Smart My-Link’ for intelligent system operation with other Myryad products.
Myryad’s new Z240 integrated amplifier is rated with an output of 50-watts per channel into 8Ω loads and 70-watts per channel into 4Ω loads. It’s designed around a short, direct signal-path that has just a single high-speed low-loss film coupling capacitor in-circuit, and a 2.2kg toroidal transformer that fronts a power supply stage comprised of discrete ‘soft recovery’ ultra-fast rectifier diodes and ample storage. ‘ The Z240 delivers extended, weighty and controlled bass, open and detailed midrange, and refined top-end air and sweetness,’ said Lewis. For further information, please contact Final Link Audio on (03) 9746 0394 or visit the website at www.finallink.com.au