Bryston active speakers

MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston Middle T Active … Turns Pro

June 2017

Hi Folks,

I am pleased to announce that Peter Moore of ERoom Mastering has purchased our Bryston ‘Middle T ACTIVE Speakers and BAX-1 Digital Crossover’ for his Mastering Studio.

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Peter Moore is a Canadian music producer who was first recognized for his innovative recordings of the Cowboy Junkies, produced on a shoestring budget.

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Nominations: Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Historical Album, Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Song

Movies: Hard Core Logo 2



Peter’s credits include:

Neil Young, Garth Hudson, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Oscar Peterson, Diana Krall, Neko Case, Bruce Cockburn, Murray McLauchlan, Finger Eleven, Sloan, and hundreds of others.

He has Won 2 Genie's, won 2 Gemini's. Nominated twice for a Juno.
 
James Tanner - Bryston said:
I feel the next performance jump comes with Active designs.

james
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I have the same feeling too, i had the possibility to hear the same speakers with passive and then active crossovers and and i realize that the best way to achieve the holy grail in audio is with active crossovers. With active crossovers you have a ''bonus'' you can control the gain separately for high, mid and low frequencies, and that translates into a better integration with the listening room.
 
Hi allforhifi

CONTROL - is the operative word.

When you have the amplifier output stage directly connected to the speaker driver the ability to control its motion and behaviour increases dramatically.

Also active crossovers - especially digital ones - allow the designer to control the 'on and off' axis polar response and sound power to a much tighter tolerance. It is not a subtle difference.

james
 
James Tanner - Bryston said:
Hi allforhifi

CONTROL - is the operative word.

When you have the amplifier output stage directly connected to the speaker driver the ability to control its motion and behaviour increases dramatically.

Also active crossovers - especially digital ones - allow the designer to control the 'on and off' axis polar response and sound power to a much tighter tolerance. It is not a subtle difference.

james
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That's it :tup:
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston Middle T Active – L.A. Show

June 15, 2017

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LA Audio Show Report:
Loudspeakers - by Neil Gader

Auspicious Debuts

The Bryston Middle T goes active

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Bryston demonstrated a tri-amped, fully active version of its three-way, four-driver, mid-sized floorstander, the Middle T.

Rather than housing active elements internally like most pro studio monitors, Bryston allows the end user to retain “have-it-your-way” control by adding external amplifiers, including, Bryston hopes, something along the lines of its own B3 Cubed series amps and the BAX-1 DSP Electronic Digital Crossover.

Listening to a selection of Nickel Creek alt-bluegrass, and some sax-driven jazz, I was reminded how often I gravitate towards active loudspeakers.

The immediacy and speed and bass control with slam is so persuasive that it just gets a little addicting.

Neil Gader
Absolute Sound Magazine
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Vancouver HI-Fi Center Audio Show

June 2017


Hi Folks,


Great Bryston Active speaker setup and sound at our dealer in Vancouver:


Hi-Fi Center

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This is a full Active Bryston system:

• Model T Active Speakers

• BAX-1 Active Digital Crossover

• 14B Cubed Amplifier

• 7B Cubed Amplifier (2)

• 4B Cubed Amplifier

• BP26 Preamplifier

• BDP-2 Digital Player

• BDA-3 DAC

• BIT 20 Isolation Transformer’


As one customer commented – “I WANT IT ALL!”
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston Active System Cables – Straight Wire

June, 2017

Hi Folks,

Straight Wire was so impressed with the sound at the recent Los Angeles Audio Show with the Bryston Middle T Active Speakers they decided to do a custom set of speaker cables for us exclusively available through Bryston Dealers and Distributors.

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They are a colour coded (black & red) plus and minus tri-wired package with each pair numbered (1 to 6) to provide easy connections and no confusion at the amplifier and speaker terminations.

The Expressivo Grande II is utilized for the bass.

Two runs of Expressivo II for mids and highs

Black sheath with 2 foot open at the amp end and 1 foot open at the speaker end

Cables can be ordered with Spades or Expandable Bananas.

MSRP $3250 - 8 foot Pair
 
Hi James,

I would be very interested in reviewing the active Middle Ts.

I was just telling some of the other guys how good the active Model Ts that were demonstrated at HiFi Centre sounded this past weekend in Vancouver.

Like the Cubed amps, very precise and linear sounding from top to bottom. Sounded like a much more expensive speaker system and a lot of expensive speakers don't integrate as well or sound as coherent throughout the entire audio band.

Regards,
Roger Kanno
Associate Editor
Soundstage Magazine
 
Hi James,

Greetings from Italy.

My MIDDLE T’s ACTIVE

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Everything arrived safe and sound. And I must admit, the Middle T's Active as well as the 4B3s are simply magnificent!

I will send you some pictures soon.

Best regards,
Dario
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston Active Model T’s with BAX Crossover

James

First impressions..... My Model T’s with new BAX Active Crossover

Two words: Extremely impressive!

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Much better than I would have ever imagined possible. You are rivalling my love of ESL mids and highs with outstanding bass.

Perhaps the best overall setup that I have owned...and I have owned a lot of various speaker technologies. Very few with an acceptable WAF.

The Tri-amping I have done over the last three years on my Model T’s was an improvement over the passive Signature crossover but the BAX is night and day better, and I am the first to admit I was as skeptical as they come.

Of course the engineer in me wants to understand how is this possible? Lol. My guess is the phase alignment of the drivers is much better with the BAX.

The pro crossover equipment I have used has no such real capability except for a crude time delay of crossover curves to account for different driver locations in a venue.

So far I am just using the default settings. I used the user interface for 10 minutes to fiddle but just reset everything back to flat for now.

Time for that beer!

Drew
 
Testsystems

Re: BRYSTON MODEL T ACTIVE SPEAKERS

Listening to the Signature Ts ACTIVE playing Roger Walters's The Wall at 95 dBa according to the B&K SPL meter.

The 7Bs are cooking but the sound is just FANTASTIC.

Deep and clear. Not a hint of over driving distortion.

Absolutely amazing. A concert in my living room........
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Saskatoon – Model T Active Setup

July 2017

Hi Folks,

Great Bryston Active speaker setup and sound at our dealer in Saskatoon.


Hi James,

I have attached a recent picture of the active system in the Bryston Room.

It is absolutely fantastic as the performance is profoundly realistic with rich deep bass, liquid midrange and air in the top.

Any album I have put on has been fantastic!

David Puls
Pulsworks Audio Arts
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston Model T Active – Tom in Singapore

July, 2017


Thanks James!

I just played my new Bryston BAX-1 Digital Active Crossover on my Model T Signatures for a short while...

Absolutely superb!

It’s such a refined and polished sound now...and the sound stage and detail is incredible...

It’s not like day and night compared to the passive Xovers...which speaks a lot for the excellent quality of the passives...But it’s a whole new level now in terms of resolution and detail...

Awesome!

Later...I played my MD collection...all from Radion recordings over 20 years...and I never heard this kind of detail...details I have never heard before...complete accuracy...like a veil has lifted! ����

By the way, the Hana cartridge also came for my BLP-1 Bryston Turntable ...and it sounds great out of the box ...superbly balanced sound...exactly what I was missing all the time…����

Cheers and thanks for making it happen James!


Best regards,
Tom in Singapore
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston Model T Active – Vancouver Audio Show

July, 2017

Hi James,

I recently had the opportunity to hear the latest Bryston Active Model T system at the Vancouver Hifi Centre Audio Fest.

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I am particularly interested in the Middle T.

Other than the main speakers in a 5.1 set up, are there any special connection regarding the other speakers? I am thinking of using the Mini T for rears/surrounds as well as the Mini T centre Do you foresee any issues going that route?

The sound quality with the Bryston Active Model T was truly one of a kind.


ALAN CHONG
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston Middle T Active – Customer Feedback

July, 2017

Hi James,

Sorry for the delay in writing you back the first impressions about the Middle T actives and 4B3s / 2.5 B3s set of amps I have received more than 10 days ago.

I was out of town for work so after a couple of days of having this marvelous set in my home I was still unable to set it up immediately. However, I have now had the opportunity to assemble the complete Middle T Active system. I mounted the complete Bryston Middle T Active set: 2 x4b3s + 1 x 2.5B3 + Active Middle T's and Bax-1. Unfortunately I had only the chance to warm up the system for a couple of hours and just see how wonderful these amps and speakers look. I will send you some pictures soon.

And I must admit, the Bryston Active Middle T system is simply magnificent!

Even if your goal (l agree jewelry doesn't have any relevance in playing music) was not to build jewelry pieces of furniture but musical devices the look is magnificent, and the new improvements really achieved new standards for your brand esthetically and functionally.

Sorry for my not perfect English, but my main language is Italian. Will be back soon!

Regards,
Dario
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston Model T Active – Customer Review - Drew

July, 2017


Well I have had the new Bryston BAX-1 with Tri-amped Signatures ( Qty. 4 7BSST2 for the Low and Mids, and a 4BSST2 for the Highs) now for three weeks and I thought I would follow up with my longer term observations, as first impressions can sometimes be wrong.

I would have to say the following has been demonstrated day in day out with all kinds of music formats:

1. The speakers are extremely musical and inviting with all music formats. I really can’t find something about them that I don’t like!

2. They are well balanced both at low volume and at high volume, which is an unusual comment since most passive speakers have a sweet spot volume and when you go below they sound flat and lifeless. The ear and most drivers are non-linear so perhaps there is some software magic in the background. No idea…. but I like the net result. It is very well behaved and as I said above very musical.

3. They are also extremely “clear” akin to an electrostatic driver. I have heard on a few occasions an instrument in the background I had not remembered hearing before during past sessions. Perhaps it is just old age. LOL

4. This clarity of sound makes it very easy to up the volume without realizing how really loud you have the SPL. This is a common observation with good sound systems. Distortion gives us audio clues that we are “loud”, not so much with the BAX - Signature combo.

Really that is it. One very happy customer.

Well done James and team.

Cheers
Drew
 
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