Bryston 2bsst

There's a review of the 2B SST in issue #77 of UHF Magazine. It was postive review. They compared it to their review of the original 2B from many years ago.

There is no mention of the highs being bright or unnatural to their taste; however, it may be bright to your taste. I do not know what your reference is, or what your preferences are.

A couple of quotes: "Brass was bright but not hard..." (pg. 36); "If an amplifier is at all harsh or strident, not to say downright flinty, we'll spot it right here. But we didn't. It still sounded like a Stradivarius, with no hint of screechiness..."(pg. 35)

I had the 3BST and 4BST with NHT 2.5 speakers (not a great combo). I had similar issue with the highs. I switched to the 7B-SST and the slight hardness in the highs was no longer present. I beleive in general the SST line is softer on top.

I own (and enjoy) a 2BSST, i had troubles with it being analytical and uninvolving with too bright of highs and for the most part unmusical when i had it paired with a PS Audio PCA-2. I have since switched to a tube pre amp and absolutly love what im hearing. Initially after swapping pre amps i still had spitty highs, but i played with speaker placement and all is well. I feel this amp is neautral and puts out what it recieves based off of my experience with it. I do prefer a musical sound over a detailed sound though. I dont know how power hungry your speakers are but i feel my vons could use a little more power. If you think you 3BST is a little low on the juice then maybe save for a 3BSST or 4BSST. I dont have any experience with the older Bryston gear so i cant compare, sorry.

Thanks for the replies (and I welcome more of them). Sounds like there's a good chance the sst series would solve my issues. I don't have any power issues, so I'll just wait til the best deal comes up on a-gon for a 2bsst or maybe a 3bsst if priced low enough.