Bryston electronics is showcasing its forthcoming SP3 surround processor with HDMI at CEDIA Expo in Denver.
Bryston indicated that there will likely to be three versions of the SP3 available, including an audio-only version, an audio processing/video switching version, and an audio processing/video processing model as well. Current plans indicate that versions two and three would boast eight HDMI inputs with two HDMI outputs. The audio-only configuration would have a single HDMI in and out.
The SP3 will have two pairs of balanced inputs, a set of 7.1 balanced outputs, a set of 7.1 single-ended outputs, six pairs of single-ended analog inputs, one set of 7.1 single-ended analog bypass inputs, one stereo single-ended analog bypass input, two RS-232 inputs, one Ethernet input, one Infra red input, one Microphone input, and one stereo headphone input. The SP3 will also include several digital inputs, including optical, coaxial, and USB. There will also be an optical digital output provided.
The two video-capable models are expected to have eight HDMI inputs and a pair of HDMI outputs, while the audio-only version will have just one HDMI in and one out.
The SP3 will also include several digital inputs, including optical, coaxial, and USB. There will also be an optical digital output provided.
Bryston also announced the BDA-1 an external stereo DAC using fully discrete Class-A proprietary Bryston analog circuits, two independent linear power supplies and dual Crystal CS-4398 DAC chips.
The key to the BDA-1’s inherent flexibility is an impressive array of inputs for USB, COAX, OPTICAL, AES-EBU and BNC equipped digital devices. For audio outputs, the BDA-1 offers both balanced XLR as well as unbalanced RCA stereo connectors on the rear panel. The BDA-1 is RS-232 software upgradeable,
It uses dual Crystal CS-4398 hybrid multibit/delta-sigma DAC chips, which operate in one of three oversampling modes based on the input sample rate. Single-speed mode supports input sample rates up to 50 kHz and uses a 128x oversampling ratio, double-speed supports up to 100 kHz and uses 64x oversampling, and quad-speed mode goes up to 200 kHz and uses 32x oversampling.