In Reply to: Finally Mac Mini Compared posted by fmak on April 9, 2012 at 05:00:01:
A guy over at Audiocircle compared a 'highly-modded' MacMini vs. the Bryston BDP-1. Anyone care to post comparisons of Computers vs. Digital Streamers or comment on his findings?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mini ingredients:
Mini configuration (bought used on Ebay) $600
Pure Music software player $139
Wireworld Platinum Starlight USB cable $439USB alternative:
April Stello US USB-to-SPIF converter $449Bryston setup:
BDP-1 music player (Street price) $1800
Morrow Dig4 AES/EBU cable $210
3rd party power cord for BDP-1 $100-$400
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"I didn't throw bombastic symphonies at it but played Mahler's 4th (Ivan Fischer, Channel Classics 24/192) and Shostakovich's 5th (Cleveland Orchestra, Telarc SACD rip at 24/176k). I also used a Bill Frisell cut from gone, like a train that gets a bit congested (great tonality on that album!!). In each case the BDP-1 sailed through with less fatigue and less congestion and timing issues than the Mac Mini via USB. I simply chalk it up to my jitter argument ; i.e jitter to me sounds like what looking through sunglasses in the rain looks like...slight smearing and halos.""I believe one other aspect that the BDP excels in is jitter, or the lack thereof. I think some of the micro-detail is gained there, but the biggest winner is complex piano music."
Edits: 04/10/12
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- MacMini vs Bryston BDP-1 Compared - Dynobot 07:13:56 04/10/12 (28)
- RE: MacMini vs Bryston BDP-1 Compared - AbeCollins 14:33:06 04/11/12 (27)
- RE: MacMini vs Bryston BDP-1 Compared - Dynobot 16:19:27 04/11/12 (26)
- RE: MacMini vs Bryston BDP-1 Compared - AbeCollins 16:36:49 04/11/12 (25)
- RE: MacMini vs Bryston BDP-1 Compared-It's - fmak 21:57:02 04/11/12 (22)
- RE: MacMini vs Bryston BDP-1 Compared-It's - AbeCollins 22:51:23 04/11/12 (21)
- RE: MacMini vs Bryston BDP-1 Compared-It's - fmak 23:02:22 04/11/12 (20)
- RE: MacMini vs Bryston BDP-1 Compared-It's - AbeCollins 23:38:00 04/11/12 (19)
- RE: MacMini vs Bryston BDP-1 Compared-It's - Bob_C 17:39:03 04/12/12 (0)
- don't even bother to go down that path - bwb 06:48:10 04/12/12 (0)
- RE: MacMini vs Bryston BDP-1 Compared-It's - Ryelands 01:56:47 04/12/12 (16)
- RE: MacMini vs Bryston BDP-1 Compared-It's - AbeCollins 08:53:21 04/12/12 (12)
- Linear supplies etc. - John Swenson 14:52:50 04/16/12 (1)
- RE: Linear supplies etc. - Tony Lauck 19:02:27 04/16/12 (0)
- RE: MacMini vs Bryston BDP-1 Compared-It's - Ryelands 10:56:02 04/12/12 (0)
- Not a single occurence of the word "listen" in the whole post? - carcass93 09:08:28 04/12/12 (8)
- RE: Not a single occurence of the word "listen" in the whole post? - AbeCollins 14:07:19 04/12/12 (7)
- " power conditioning upgrades have little effect on gear"? - carcass93 19:36:03 04/12/12 (6)
- RE: " power conditioning upgrades have little effect on gear"? - AbeCollins 20:34:39 04/12/12 (5)
- RE: " power conditioning upgrades have little effect on gear"? - rick_m 09:34:27 04/13/12 (1)
- tikis and tassels - Tony Lauck 11:39:13 04/13/12 (0)
- RE: " power conditioning upgrades have little effect on gear"? - Tony Lauck 07:48:31 04/13/12 (2)
- Those cryptic "tweaks that don't work" again.... - carcass93 09:10:49 04/13/12 (1)
- RE: Those cryptic "tweaks that don't work" again.... - Tony Lauck 10:34:45 04/13/12 (0)
- You should realize by now that it doesn't apply to Mac and its owners - ... - carcass93 05:53:12 04/12/12 (2)
- Hey cracass93, see my comments to Ryelands - nt - AbeCollins 08:40:18 04/12/12 (1)
- Why? - carcass93 08:58:35 04/12/12 (0)
- RE: MacMini vs Bryston BDP-1 Compared - cfraser 17:42:15 04/11/12 (0)
- RE: MacMini vs Bryston BDP-1 Compared - Dynobot 16:42:47 04/11/12 (0)