Bryston BDA-1 DAC, any thoughts?

in the last 2 years I have had these DACs

PS Audio DL3

Benchmark USB DAC1

MHDT Labs Havana (stellar, btw)

Musical Fidelity TriVista

Bel Canto DacIII

Tube Audio Design PreDAC

Berkeley Alpha

Bryston BDA-1 (current and future)

I tested the Bryston and Berkeley at the same time, and I did think the Berkeley was all around a little better, more extended, extremely rich, but the Bryston was bit warmer, and the Berkley did not justify, in any way the extra cost. I couldn't be happier with the Bryston, it's great.

Give the PS Audio Perfect Wave DAC a listen. I love mine.

So the Bryston has no volume control of any kind, with or without the remote?

The BDA-1 is not a preamp(it's just a great dac)I use to own
a Benchmark Dac-1,it is a dac and pre in one,you could connect it direct to an amp.

i thought the music hall 25.2 dac was much better than the benchmark dac after changing the tube inside the 25.2. also, you have a choice of either solid state or tube output on the 25.2.