diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/core/binaryrecordingextractor.py b/src/spikeinterface/core/binaryrecordingextractor.py
index 521f30013d..217f5ba693 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/core/binaryrecordingextractor.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/core/binaryrecordingextractor.py
@@ -156,7 +156,16 @@ def get_binary_description(self):
 class BinaryRecordingSegment(BaseRecordingSegment):
     def __init__(self, datfile, sampling_frequency, t_start, num_chan, dtype, time_axis, file_offset):
         BaseRecordingSegment.__init__(self, sampling_frequency=sampling_frequency, t_start=t_start)
-        self._timeseries = read_binary_recording(datfile, num_chan, dtype, time_axis, file_offset)
+        self.num_chan = num_chan
+        self.dtype = np.dtype(dtype)
+        self.file_offset = file_offset
+        self.time_axis = time_axis
+        self.datfile = datfile
+        self.num_samples = (Path(datfile).stat().st_size - file_offset) // (num_chan * np.dtype(dtype).itemsize)
+        if self.time_axis == 0:
+            self.shape = (self.num_samples, self.num_chan)
+        else:
+            self.shape = (self.num_chan, self.num_samples)
 
     def get_num_samples(self) -> int:
         """Returns the number of samples in this signal block
@@ -164,7 +173,7 @@ def get_num_samples(self) -> int:
         Returns:
             SampleIndex: Number of samples in the signal block
         """
-        return self._timeseries.shape[0]
+        return self.num_samples
 
     def get_traces(
         self,
@@ -172,9 +181,14 @@ def get_traces(
         end_frame: Union[int, None] = None,
         channel_indices: Union[List, None] = None,
     ) -> np.ndarray:
-        traces = self._timeseries[start_frame:end_frame]
+        data = np.memmap(self.datfile, self.dtype, mode="r", offset=self.file_offset, shape=self.shape)
+        if self.time_axis == 1:
+            data = data.T
+
+        traces = data[start_frame:end_frame]
         if channel_indices is not None:
             traces = traces[:, channel_indices]
+
         return traces
 
 
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/core/tests/test_binaryrecordingextractor.py b/src/spikeinterface/core/tests/test_binaryrecordingextractor.py
index e8815e1c6b..634c2903d2 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/core/tests/test_binaryrecordingextractor.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/core/tests/test_binaryrecordingextractor.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from spikeinterface.core import BinaryRecordingExtractor
-
+from spikeinterface.core.numpyextractors import NumpyRecording
 
 if hasattr(pytest, "global_test_folder"):
     cache_folder = pytest.global_test_folder / "core"
@@ -32,5 +32,25 @@ def test_BinaryRecordingExtractor():
     assert (cache_folder / "test_BinaryRecordingExtractor_copied_0.raw").is_file()
 
 
+def test_round_trip(tmp_path):
+    num_channels = 10
+    num_samples = 50
+    traces_list = [np.ones(shape=(num_samples, num_channels), dtype="int32")]
+    sampling_frequency = 30_000.0
+    recording = NumpyRecording(traces_list=traces_list, sampling_frequency=sampling_frequency)
+
+    file_path = tmp_path / "test_BinaryRecordingExtractor.raw"
+    dtype = recording.get_dtype()
+    BinaryRecordingExtractor.write_recording(recording=recording, dtype=dtype, file_paths=file_path)
+
+    sampling_frequency = recording.get_sampling_frequency()
+    num_chan = recording.get_num_channels()
+    binary_recorder = BinaryRecordingExtractor(
+        file_paths=file_path, sampling_frequency=sampling_frequency, num_chan=num_chan, dtype=dtype
+    )
+
+    assert np.allclose(recording.get_traces(), binary_recorder.get_traces())
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_BinaryRecordingExtractor()