What kind of DAC is the Bryston bda-2?
The Bryston BDA-2 is a very fine outboard DAC. It improves upon the BDA-1 in distortion, and adds an asynchronous USB input to be used for playing music with a digital output to the DAC. A few years ago, you could not get this performance at $5,000, so at $2,395, this DAC is a no brainer for consideration.
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What kind of PCM does the bda-2 support?
The BDA-2 supports high resolution PCM from your choice of sources including disc players, servers, and streaming systems and converts it to ultra clean analog audio. If you are in it for the music and not the format-wars, the BDA-2 is a great choice.
What makes the bda-2 Audio Converter so special?
What makes the BDA-2 special is that even though the BDA-2 was introduced in 2012, its performance is still regarded as top-notch among today’s worthy competitors. The BDA-2 supports high resolution PCM from your choice of sources including disc players, servers, and streaming systems and converts it to ultra clean analog audio.
Is the bda-2 a 32 bit DAC?
Compared to the BDA-1, the BDA-2 uses 32 bit DACs (AKM). Over the past couple of years, I have seen manufacturers who produce digital components moving towards the 32 bit arena. Of course, there are no 32 bit music or movie sound tracks, but 32 bits gives the DAC some headroom so that no bits are truncated during processing.
What’s the difference between the BDA 2 and 3?
From my reading of the forum and Greenhill’s review in Stereophile, the 2 and 3 sound similar and the main difference is the HDMI. I also have the Mytek Manhatten, which is a clear step up from the BDA 3, and is going for around $3K used, and will play MQA.
Do you need a USB key for a bda-2?
Apple’s Macintosh operating system natively supports USB Audio Class 2 devices such as the BDA-2 in versions 10.6.4 and above. Microsoft Windows users need to install the driver supplied by Bryston on a USB key (literally the USB “stick” resembles a metal key).