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The BDA-1 is the Canadian company's first standalone DAC. It's slim, only 2.75" high, with the engraved company name, model number, and infrared sensor grouped at the extreme left of a front panel of polished aluminum. Farther to the right are two columns of four LEDs each that comprise the sample-rate indicator, which identifies the selected input's signal frequency and whether the BDA-1 has locked to it. Closer to the center is the Upsample control, which governs the conversion of the incoming digital signal synchronously to 192kHz or 176.4kHz. The Upsample LED turns green for 192kHz, red for 176.4kHz. Digital sources are selected by pressing one of eight pushbuttons just right of center: two TosLink, four S/PDIF (coaxial), one AES/EBU XLR, and one USB 1.1, the last accepting only signals with sample rates at or below 48kHz. An LED above each pushbutton lights green for an incoming PCM datastreams and red for other types, including multichannel Dolby Digital streams.
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...5-8 pico-seconds, with a rise at the low end of the spectrum to about 20 pico-seconds" Bryston BDP-1 Music Server and BDA-1 DAC - HomeTheaterHifi.com "Though there is a display, there are no fans, no CD drives, no keyboards, no DAC circuitry, and no built-in routers to produce noise, RF interference, or heat, or to tax...
Cool Which interfaces use a future-proofed industry standard protocol? Which have a solid clock? Which interfaces utilize linear power supplies? Components and their region of manufacture/assembly are irrelevant... mostly because the well funded marketing campaigns are made and distributed RIGHT HERE IN THE U.S. Too bad the music industry at large doesn't (and will never again, ever)...
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