The Amp Quits Agin -- Am I Missing Something?


I have a 4b-ST I left on for about 4 hours Friday night only to return to find that one of the channels had died in my absence. While I was gone, the system was on, but not being used. I haven't really investigated at all to guess what may be wrong, other than to determine that that CD player and the preamp are still working fine. The left channel on the Bryston seems to be working fine, as does my left speaker. The right channel, however, appears to be completely dead (even the left LED is dead) and I have no idea what may or may not have happened to my left speaker. I'd love to not have to send the amp back to the shop (again, it was there in February for a muting switch) and am hoping that I might have missed something obvious. Any thouhgts? Thanks.
mezmo

Showing 1 response by sdcampbell

I own a Bryston 4B-ST, and have a couple of suggestions for you:
1. Check the switch on the rear panel for the "Bridged/Individual" mode to be sure that you have not accidentally set it to "bridged" (which would cause the amp to operate in only one channel).
2. Check the fuses (under the panel next to the power cord connection).
3. If neither of the two steps above result in a "fix", then send an E-mail to James Tanner at Bryston. Go to Bryston's home page (www.bryston.ca), and at the bottom of the home page there is a link for technical questions. Tanner is terrific about providing fast answers to E-mails he receives.

If your amp does have an actual electrical problem, you can remove the non-functioning amplifier module for the dead channel and send only that module to Bryston for replacement or repair. Bryston will sometimes send you the replacement immediately while the module from your amp is in transit to Bryston's U.S. repair facility (in Vermont, as I recall).