Bryston BDA-1 used V/S Wyred 4 Sound DAC 2

Thank you Kbarkamian,
It is comforting to know I made a good decision. As an option , I was also trying to get a used Reimyo DAP777 OR Yamamoto YDA-1 which would be nearly the price of a new Bryston BDA-1 . But there was not one on offer and could hardly wait , so got BDA-1. I would wonder how those Reimyo or Yamamot would sound compare to Bryston . But for the time being only look forward to enjoy Bryston .
Thanks

All apple computers have a toslink out-put so you could used a computer with the Bryston anytime.

My Benchmark DAC1-HDR has a "good" USB imput that sounds very bad compared to the toslink. USB has a long way to go still. I have owned a number of DACs over the years so I am not just knocking the benchmark, I have yet to hear a USB based DAC that sounds good.

James63 - I found the complete opposite in my system when comparing the optical out of a mac mini and an inexpensive m2tech hiface connected to the coax input on my dac. The usb to spdif converter was a significant improvement. Of course everything is system dependent. I was using a cheap coax cable with the hiface and a well reviewed glass toslink with mini connector for the optical. Maybe the Benchmark has a much better optical input than my dac.

"Maybe the Benchmark has a much better optical input than my dac."

This is possible and I will not argue with what you heard, you heard it not me. I actually have both connections (USB/toslink) hooked up and can switch between the two from my chair using the apples MIDI setup.

On the benchmark the USB is much brighter and forward. I use a cheap $20 IXSO optical cable. I had a Peachtree Audio Nova (returned it) I tried as a DAC that also had both USB and optical input and had the same result. All in all the optical was much more refined. I have not tried a "highend" USB cable though.

Both the Peachtree Nova and the Benchmark do not have exactly what I would consider "good" USB inputs. The Benchmark is better than what Bryston implemented, but still far away from the async USB configurations of the Ayre, Wanvelength, Wyred, or Firewire implementations such as the Weiss DACs (Note: I did own the Benchmark DAC1 USB for 2 years).