I live in Canada (Ontario, where Bryston is located) and there is a rather large following here. I was at one time but no longer. Good product. Reliable and good value for the money but it is mid-fi gear at best. Good all around, great at nothing no matter which model. Build is acceptable. For example you mention the 4B. Please take a look at the transformer size and capacitance, At 300W 8ohm I would want much, much more internal goodies. I bought the Pass Labs X350.5 and with a 1.5KVa transformer and 0.15 Farad of capacitance will utterly blow a 4B in any version away
Anthem or Bryston Pre and Amp
I am moving from a AVR to a dedicated 2 channel setup and am ready to pick up an amp and preamp. My budget is around 15K so I am leaning towards picking up either the Anthem STR pre amp and power amp or going with the Bryston 4B3 amp with BR-20 pre amp.
Both have phone app control which I like to be able to control volume, etc.
Has anyone heard both or have an opinion on which would be the better system for music ranging from rock to jazz? I am running Ascend Acoustic Sierra towers.