Bryston?

You don’t hear much about Bryston around here because the gear performs and  doesn’t have problems. I bought a BP25 preamp and 4bST amp in Y2K and had no issues in 19 1/2 years, selling them with 6 months left on the warranty.

The replacements are a BP26 preamp and 4b3 amp and the newer components are even better sounding than my previous units, in a surprising way.

If you have questions James Tanner has been there for as long as I can remember and whenever I’ve emailed an inquiry he has responded promptly. He sends emails of product reviews and owner comments on a regular basis.

@bslon 

"You don’t hear much about Bryston around here because the gear performs and  doesn’t have problems."

Exactly!

I have a Bryston BDA-3 DAC that I think is excellent.  Had their streamer DAC, BDA-3.14 which has a raspberry pi card in it.  That piece stopped streaming for whatever reason and in subsequent phone calls to Bryston they offered a brand new BDA-3.  That is great customer service. 

The BDA-3 is a class A DAC in a magazine which you all know of.  When I asked Bryston why there is not a BDA-4 the reply was "we've been working on it, but are not satisfied it is better than the BDA-3". 

Regards,

barts 

@bslon

"You don’t hear much about Bryston around here because the gear performs and doesn’t have problems."

Exactly!

It’s not just about problems. Sometimes people have questions of interest and more. It’s easy to find Bryston amps and such on the used market, and it’s also interesting to fun and understand what/why people are selling, upgrading, and what other Bryston models people are upgrading to, and why.

Doing a search here on Agon there seems to be less chatter about Bryston compared to many other brands. Maybe there is another forum where Bryston owners and fans hang out?

Thanks to all for the updates on Bryston. Sounds like they are still doing, or trying to do, what they always did, but with rarely anything new to talk about. Also seems the 20-year warranties could still be a strong selling point for those young enough to care and not inclined to audiophiliac hobbyism.