Designed as a companion to Bryston's well-respected BDA-1 DAC, the BDP-1 is a high resolution digital audio player with no DAC of its own. Sort of like a disc-less transport. Takes in digital audio data from its USB port, so your music stored in a USB hard drive and thumb drive would work. the BDP-1 can also connects to a NAS drive on a network through an ethernet connection. Sorry no wifi at the moment. The Linux-based machine connects to an external DAC via SPDIF outputs.
Features
Connects to external USB drive (one thumb drive included)
4 x USB ports (2 front, 2 back)
16-bit and 24-bit compatible
44.1kHz to 192kHz and everything in between
Fanless, Linux based
AIFF, FLAC and WAV compatible
1 x AES/EBU and 1 x BNC SPDIF outputs
Galvanic isolation of inputs
Controllable through a soon-to-be-released iPod/iPhone app
Well, at US$2,100 and no Wifi? It must sound really really good to win people over from Windows or Mac based solutions, let alone a squeezebox touch's excellent digital output over wifi. Or if you want to go overboard with the Mac, there is always the Mach2Music (a modified MacMini with Solid State Drive for $1,495).
