PRE and AMPS same brand ? or different brand?


Is it better to buy let's say a Bryston pre amp and Bryston's amps than to mix companies like using a Classe pre and a bryston amp ?
I've heard few people in here talking about special synergy going in between same company products... i can easily think that a certain company designs all their products to be used together and work well together so this could in fact enhanced the sound reproduction quality of the equipment if they are all matched..

isn't that what people call a balanced system ?
what some are really trying to achieve, to have a system that works all well together ?
so it would be just simpler to listen, choose a company from wich u like the sound, and then buy the products line ?

i would like to have comments on that please..

thank you :)

Jin
jinmtvt

Showing 1 response by bob_bundus

Jin just get started with whatever you can reasonably afford, & experiment with synergy later on as the budget allows. I've seen this work both ways so you never know, but if you wait & wait until it's completely affordable then the stuff may even be obsoleted by then? Regarding bridging, I suggest against doing that simply because damping factor degrades by half when you bridge an amp, so degraded control of the speaker by the amp is inevietable.
One approach that many of us take in order to balance out a system is to tune it with cabling & tweaks. This includes interconnects, speaker cables, upgrade AC cords, vibration control & isolation products, tube rolling (if tubes are in the picture), AC power conditioning, even your listening room itself.