I owned a B100 for 5 years (gone for a year now) and at 12 o'clock it was way too loud for my Dyn C1's 4 ohm (85db). Mine did not have a dac. Watt's can be very deceiving IMO. 2 examples when I owned mine. First the Nain XS @ 60w sounded much stronger than the B100. Second the Octave V70SE 70W (Tube integrated) sounds as powerful as the B100 but the Octave has a world more 'control' with the sound. That's what I upgraded to. Don't get me wrong the B100 is a great unit. You may want to audition the B100 at a dealer if possible.
Any Bryston B100 owners? Help please
Hi.
Today I auditioned a Bryston B100 with the built-in DAC (privately, not at a dealer).
The sound was clean; no questions there.
However, the output level seemed strangely low, for an amplifier that is 100 watts/ channel.
To get a moderately-loud volume level, I had to have the volume knob at the 12-oclock position or higher.
Something just didn't seem right about this to me.
The Bryston dealer I spoke to said that 12 o'clock should be essentially full gain.
The speakers were not exotic nor inefficient -Paradigm mini monitors. I also tried another pair of speakers with the same results.
I compared the Bryston to an Arcam Alpha 9 (75 WPC), and the Arcam seemed to have a higher output level.
Does anyone have any experience with this amp?
Also, can anyone confirm whether the amplifier section of this unit still has the 20-year warranty, depute there also being a DAC inside?
The local dealer stated that because of the DAC, the warranty on the whole unit is limited to 5 years.
This seemed to contradict the warranty card in the box, and doesn't seem sensible to me.
Thanks!
Today I auditioned a Bryston B100 with the built-in DAC (privately, not at a dealer).
The sound was clean; no questions there.
However, the output level seemed strangely low, for an amplifier that is 100 watts/ channel.
To get a moderately-loud volume level, I had to have the volume knob at the 12-oclock position or higher.
Something just didn't seem right about this to me.
The Bryston dealer I spoke to said that 12 o'clock should be essentially full gain.
The speakers were not exotic nor inefficient -Paradigm mini monitors. I also tried another pair of speakers with the same results.
I compared the Bryston to an Arcam Alpha 9 (75 WPC), and the Arcam seemed to have a higher output level.
Does anyone have any experience with this amp?
Also, can anyone confirm whether the amplifier section of this unit still has the 20-year warranty, depute there also being a DAC inside?
The local dealer stated that because of the DAC, the warranty on the whole unit is limited to 5 years.
This seemed to contradict the warranty card in the box, and doesn't seem sensible to me.
Thanks!