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In Reply to: RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? posted by Braxus on March 26, 2014 at 10:42:22:
Nope. They tend to be hard sounding and don't replicate music. While loads of feedback look better on paper, they sacrifice real world performance.
Neutral tone is a different thing altogether.
especially on a power hungry speaker only receiving 30 watts of Class A.
Which delivers 153 watts into 8 ohms (195 into 4) when driven into AB.
View the measured performance
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - Braxus 09:59:18 03/25/14 (175)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - middleground 03:40:41 04/01/14 (4)
- That is all the difference between you and me - Stale 10:01:00 04/03/14 (3)
- RE: That is all the difference between you and me - Austinbob 11:56:50 04/08/14 (2)
- RE: That is all the difference between you and me - Disbeliever 23:50:56 04/08/14 (1)
- RE: That is all the difference between you and me - morricab 01:31:14 04/09/14 (0)
- clinical, soulless, harmonically bleached - Enzo 12:22:08 03/30/14 (0)
- The SST² series - Stale 20:15:26 03/29/14 (1)
- LOL !! - AbeCollins 14:36:24 03/30/14 (0)
- Hard and cold as a dead fish! nt - DKC1 21:32:25 03/28/14 (0)
- Not - morricab 08:00:03 03/28/14 (6)
- Even the 28B SST2? (nt) - mitch2 09:03:47 03/29/14 (5)
- RE: Even the 28B SST2? (nt) - morricab 03:54:15 03/31/14 (4)
- RE: Even the 28B SST2? (nt) - middleground 09:06:36 04/01/14 (3)
- RE: Even the 28B SST2? (nt) - morricab 02:59:00 04/02/14 (2)
- RE: Even the 28B SST2? (nt) - middleground 06:54:15 04/02/14 (1)
- RE: Even the 28B SST2? (nt) - morricab 02:44:16 04/03/14 (0)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - fantja 20:13:43 03/26/14 (2)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - Braxus 20:20:16 03/26/14 (1)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - fantja 10:26:16 03/27/14 (0)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - Alex F. 13:09:02 03/26/14 (81)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - kathrynatrand@hotmail.com 10:50:38 03/27/14 (1)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - morricab 08:22:40 03/28/14 (0)
- Don't you know - E-Stat 16:51:30 03/26/14 (78)
- RE: Don't you know - RGA 17:27:49 03/27/14 (56)
- RE: Don't you know - b.l.zeebub 02:07:48 03/28/14 (55)
- RE: Don't you know - morricab 09:08:15 03/28/14 (53)
- RE: Don't you know - Jottow2 17:28:47 04/02/14 (1)
- RE: Don't you know - morricab 07:47:07 04/03/14 (0)
- You'r mostly just rationalizing your preferences - Feanor 12:03:18 03/28/14 (50)
- RE: You'r mostly just rationalizing your preferences - morricab 16:30:34 03/28/14 (49)
- My "good" and "bad" recordings - Feanor 07:21:33 03/29/14 (48)
- RE: My "good" and "bad" recordings - morricab 13:40:46 03/29/14 (45)
- I have read Cheevers & Geddes - Feanor 07:33:00 03/30/14 (44)
- RE: I have read Cheevers & Geddes - morricab 13:20:37 03/30/14 (43)
- At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - Feanor 13:36:32 03/30/14 (42)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - morricab 14:19:36 03/30/14 (41)
- I have ALREADY defined accuracy ... - Feanor 11:10:24 03/31/14 (1)
- RE: I have ALREADY defined accuracy ... - morricab 15:49:08 03/31/14 (0)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - rick_m 07:57:27 03/31/14 (38)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - morricab 15:34:24 03/31/14 (37)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - RGA 21:58:29 04/02/14 (28)
- I grant Morricab that he's less pompous than you, RGA - Feanor 08:24:44 04/03/14 (1)
- If you were not an Ostrich you would not find my post pompous. NT - RGA 17:36:32 04/03/14 (0)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - morricab 08:18:25 04/03/14 (25)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - RGA 18:13:45 04/03/14 (2)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - morricab 12:52:44 04/04/14 (1)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - RGA 00:53:14 04/05/14 (0)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - Disbeliever 09:12:25 04/03/14 (21)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - morricab 04:09:23 04/04/14 (2)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - Disbeliever 04:31:57 04/04/14 (1)
- RE:"only Class AB does it for me" - rick_m 13:29:23 04/04/14 (0)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - RGA 18:28:31 04/03/14 (15)
- Class A to B switching nonsense - Feanor 08:47:40 04/04/14 (10)
- RE: Class A to B switching nonsense - RGA 01:16:01 04/05/14 (0)
- RE: Class A to B switching nonsense - morricab 12:44:06 04/04/14 (8)
- Let's remember the purpose of class A - Feanor 13:36:57 04/04/14 (7)
- RE: Let's remember the purpose of class A - morricab 04:07:52 04/05/14 (5)
- RE: Let's remember the purpose of class A - rick_m 10:23:09 04/05/14 (1)
- RE: Let's remember the purpose of class A - morricab 12:19:22 04/05/14 (0)
- RE: Let's remember the purpose of class A - Disbeliever 06:35:49 04/05/14 (2)
- RE: Let's remember the purpose of class A - morricab 12:37:50 04/05/14 (1)
- RE: Let's remember the purpose of class A - Disbeliever 00:08:53 04/07/14 (0)
- RE: Let's remember the purpose of class A - RGA 01:21:24 04/05/14 (0)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - Braxus 18:49:24 04/03/14 (3)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - RGA 08:30:35 04/04/14 (0)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - morricab 04:13:31 04/04/14 (0)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - Disbeliever 03:58:40 04/04/14 (0)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - rick_m 10:11:22 04/03/14 (1)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - morricab 05:15:42 04/04/14 (0)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - rick_m 21:32:46 03/31/14 (7)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - morricab 02:05:04 04/01/14 (3)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - rick_m 07:16:33 04/01/14 (2)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - morricab 10:33:04 04/01/14 (1)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - rick_m 11:00:29 04/01/14 (0)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - Braxus 21:53:24 03/31/14 (2)
- RE: At best Cheever defines the euphonic, not the accurate - rick_m 06:35:32 04/01/14 (0)
- There are many reasons they will carry the brand - morricab 02:06:55 04/01/14 (0)
- RE: My "good" and "bad" recordings - morricab 13:33:13 03/29/14 (1)
- On the subject of masking/cloaking - Feanor 07:25:43 03/30/14 (0)
- RE: Don't you know - RGA 07:19:16 03/28/14 (0)
- RE: Don't you know - Alex F. 21:54:52 03/26/14 (20)
- RE: Don't you know - b.l.zeebub 02:14:05 03/28/14 (19)
- RE: Don't you know - morricab 09:11:02 03/28/14 (2)
- This proves your disregard for accuracy - Feanor 13:28:55 03/30/14 (1)
- RE: This proves your disregard for accuracy - morricab 14:31:42 03/30/14 (0)
- I guess that you have never been to a recording , editing or mastering session (N/T) - PAR 04:46:07 03/28/14 (15)
- You are very, very wrong. * - b.l.zeebub 06:15:21 03/28/14 (14)
- You are missing the obvious - Alex F. 12:16:03 03/28/14 (13)
- RE: You are missing the obvious - b.l.zeebub 09:27:20 03/30/14 (10)
- RE: You are missing the obvious - morricab 14:43:01 03/30/14 (9)
- RE: You are missing the obvious - Tony Lauck 17:41:01 03/30/14 (8)
- RE: You are missing the obvious - morricab 04:01:27 03/31/14 (7)
- RE: You are missing the obvious - Tony Lauck 08:00:11 03/31/14 (6)
- RE: You are missing the obvious - morricab 02:34:20 04/01/14 (2)
- RE: You are missing the obvious - Tony Lauck 08:20:44 04/01/14 (1)
- RE: You are missing the obvious - morricab 02:45:24 04/03/14 (0)
- RE: "IMO, solid state equipment should be run 24-7 for best sound." - rick_m 09:32:20 03/31/14 (2)
- RE: "IMO, solid state equipment should be run 24-7 for best sound." - morricab 02:39:30 04/01/14 (0)
- Reply to b.l.zeebub - Alex F. 16:27:20 03/31/14 (0)
- Perhaps - E-Stat 13:24:35 03/28/14 (1)
- Perhaps - Alex F. 14:06:01 03/28/14 (0)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - BCR 03:33:10 03/26/14 (0)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - Disbeliever 00:20:28 03/26/14 (46)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - morricab 09:12:35 03/28/14 (45)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - Disbeliever 10:18:03 03/28/14 (44)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - AbeCollins 09:29:32 03/29/14 (43)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - fantja 21:00:46 03/29/14 (1)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - AbeCollins 14:48:15 03/30/14 (0)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - morricab 13:43:28 03/29/14 (39)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - Disbeliever 00:47:38 03/30/14 (38)
- For which technology? - morricab 04:59:50 03/30/14 (37)
- RE: For which technology? - Disbeliever 13:23:22 03/30/14 (36)
- RE: For which technology? - morricab 15:00:27 03/30/14 (35)
- RE: For which technology? - Disbeliever 06:39:09 03/31/14 (34)
- RE: For which technology? - morricab 10:41:37 04/01/14 (33)
- RE: For which technology? - Disbeliever 11:18:58 04/01/14 (32)
- RE: For which technology? - morricab 03:03:04 04/02/14 (31)
- RE: For which technology? - Disbeliever 06:51:21 04/02/14 (30)
- RE: For which technology? - morricab 09:11:06 04/02/14 (29)
- RE: For which technology? - Braxus 18:45:25 04/02/14 (0)
- RE: For which technology? - Ze'ev 10:56:47 04/02/14 (27)
- RE: For which technology? - Braxus 15:24:43 04/02/14 (24)
- Forget them both - morricab 15:38:18 04/02/14 (23)
- 3B SST... - Enzo 11:56:05 04/03/14 (18)
- RE: 3B SST... - Disbeliever 14:49:07 04/03/14 (17)
- I have owned a couple class D amps - Feanor 07:34:47 04/05/14 (2)
- RE: I have owned a couple class D amps - morricab 12:39:34 04/05/14 (1)
- Granted (nt) - Feanor 19:11:31 04/05/14 (0)
- RE: 3B SST... - morricab 05:19:18 04/04/14 (13)
- RE: 3B SST... - Disbeliever 05:25:54 04/04/14 (12)
- RE: 3B SST... - morricab 13:34:56 04/04/14 (11)
- RE: 3B SST... - Disbeliever 00:25:35 04/05/14 (10)
- RE: 3B SST... - morricab 03:24:08 04/07/14 (9)
- RE: 3B SST... - Disbeliever 03:33:43 04/07/14 (8)
- RE: 3B SST... - morricab 08:03:49 04/07/14 (7)
- RE: 3B SST... - Disbeliever 02:26:41 04/09/14 (4)
- RE: 3B SST... - morricab 14:27:29 04/09/14 (0)
- RE: 3B SST... - rick_m 07:35:26 04/09/14 (2)
- RE: 3B SST... - Disbeliever 23:31:29 04/09/14 (1)
- RE: 3B SST... - rick_m 08:19:35 04/10/14 (0)
- RE: 3B SST... - Disbeliever 08:53:32 04/08/14 (1)
- RE: 3B SST... - morricab 01:38:07 04/09/14 (0)
- RE: Forget them both - Braxus 15:53:49 04/02/14 (3)
- RE: Forget them both - morricab 02:49:25 04/03/14 (2)
- RE: Forget them both - Disbeliever 03:35:59 04/03/14 (1)
- RE: Forget them both - morricab 08:19:30 04/03/14 (0)
- RE: For which technology? - morricab 15:24:33 04/02/14 (1)
- RE: For which technology? - Ze'ev 16:11:00 04/02/14 (0)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - Disbeliever 10:08:04 03/29/14 (0)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - Mr Peabody 20:42:56 03/25/14 (15)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - Braxus 10:42:22 03/26/14 (14)
- I challenge you - TheBrewmaster 19:35:56 03/26/14 (0)
- "Could it be here that people don't like Bryston because it doesn't color the sound" - E-Stat 16:59:44 03/26/14 (0)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - Mr Peabody 16:12:47 03/26/14 (11)
- Krell also gets a lot of flack for not being sweet... - kootenay 09:41:15 03/27/14 (8)
- RE: Krell also gets a lot of flack for not being sweet... - Mr Peabody 17:12:04 03/27/14 (7)
- Just to be clear.... - kootenay 17:30:21 03/27/14 (6)
- RE: Just to be clear.... - fantja 21:05:04 03/27/14 (5)
- RE: Just to be clear.... - AbeCollins 21:16:31 03/27/14 (4)
- IMHO, at the and of the day... - kootenay 23:01:33 03/27/14 (0)
- RE: Just to be clear.... - fantja 22:55:21 03/27/14 (2)
- RE: Just to be clear.... - AbeCollins 10:26:45 03/28/14 (1)
- RE: Just to be clear.... - fantja 13:09:17 03/28/14 (0)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - AbeCollins 19:00:52 03/26/14 (1)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - sudz1234@yahoo.com 22:08:58 03/30/14 (0)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - AbeCollins 20:06:46 03/25/14 (5)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - jimmycj 15:35:47 03/26/14 (1)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - AbeCollins 20:29:26 03/26/14 (0)
- Did Wyred 4 Sound take over AmpZilla ? - EmailTim 21:12:37 03/25/14 (2)
- RE: Did Wyred 4 Sound take over AmpZilla ? - AbeCollins 22:04:14 03/25/14 (1)
- RE: Did Wyred 4 Sound take over AmpZilla ? - EmailTim 22:25:08 03/25/14 (0)
- Was going to say Brystons were nice, but then... - David S. 11:43:29 03/25/14 (0)
- RE: How Good Are Bryston Amps Compared to Other High End? - mkuller 11:12:45 03/25/14 (0)
- I own a Bryston 4B-SST²and am happy. It is a good amp and worth the cost of entry - Elizabeth 10:10:44 03/25/14 (1)
- RE: I own a Bryston 4B-SST²and am happy. It is a good amp and worth the cost of entry - Tony Lauck 17:55:53 03/30/14 (0)
Follow Ups
- "Could it be here that people don't like Bryston because it doesn't color the sound" - E-Stat 16:59:44 03/26/14 (0)