Bryston BDP1- loading problem

For those who are interested in this, a little update for you:

I have converted all of the 150G of AIFFs i had to FLAC (became about 60-70GB of them) and I have added another 30-40 GB of FLAC files (ripped from CD to AIFF with all the album artworks and then using AudioGate (from KORG) to convert to FLAC), put them on the same drive, and the PBD-1 takes less than 2 min for the initial update, and less than 30sec for subsequence turn-ons. Then I can use my laptop/iphone to access the BPD-1, create playlists, play and display all information and artwork from the album. I 'm happy with that result!

Yet, I would love to see Bryston somehow fix the problem with AIFF loading time, because as you know, many of us already have had a huge library of music saved under WAV, AIFF..etc.

Through email exchanges with Bryston's software engineer, solving the AIFF loading time is on top of their list now, hopefully they will solve this issue in the next firmwares.

So remind me again why a manufacturer charges over $2000 for a product that cannot be used with a standard codec like AIFF, so one has to spend hours reconverting to accomodate this mfr., and THEN, the mfr SOMEDAY will issue firmware to deal with this. I have nothing but respect for Bryston generally, but they got in over their heads on this one. Not quite ready for prime digital time.

Wake me up when computer audio is as easy to use and reliable as my transport and DAC.

Neal

Thanks for the update, Jaytea. It's strange that there was no problem with your first drive, containing a considerably smaller amount of AIFF data. Perhaps that gives them a clue, and perhaps it explains why they didn't catch the problem sooner.

Best regards,
-- Al

Nglazer: I totally agree with you.

Al: Yes, They did test it with 120GB of AIFF and that took about 4 hours or so!

Manufacturers should always test their products in every possible way before release it to the market. But no product is perfect, including very expensive ones.

I used to own an Avid Acutus Reference turntable a few years back, it costed like 14K and has NO fine-tune speed adjustment, and speed error is 1% (that is a LOT), and if you want to adjust the balance of the platter, you have to put it on a post and adjust the screws under the feet , then bring it back to your rack and that all messed up! Although it sounded extremely good, I sold it and never get that brand back, because I have many other choices,( even though now they have new versions that changed all that)

Throughly engineered, tested products have better chance of having loyal customers, otherwise, they might not be go back to those brands.

With Bryston BPD-1 player, I decided to keep it because it is a very very promising design, even though at this moment it has a BIG problem loading a large library of AIFF files, but at least it works fine with FLAC as the manufacturer promised. I just find it really weird that they AND the reviewers never mentioned this short coming to buyers.

I kept updating this post because I want to share my experience with people who are interested in this products so they can make up their minds AND with hope that Bryston will try to fix this problem.

Thanks all for your suggestions .

This is a big deal for me. I'm considering the BDP 1 for two reasons - quality of sound (based on reviews and customer feedback) and ease of use (not interested in having to setup a PC). However, I'm not interested in having to convert files for the the BDP 1 to operate correctly.

I will be at RMAF and will visit Bryston. My decision is still on hold until I see what's their plan.

Thanks,
Mike