Bryston active speakers

MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston Middle T Active … Dario in Italy

August 2017

Hi James,

I have finally had the opportunity to test for a few weeks the Bryston Active Middle T loudspeakers system.

GEAR:

• Bryston 4B3 cubed power amp for low + another Bryston 4B3 Cubed for midrange + Bryston 2.5B3 Cubed for the high frequencies.

• BAX-1 Digital Electronic Crossover

• Bryston Middle T Active Speakers

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It hasn't been an easy task because for the first time in my life (I have owned a lot of expensive gear and auditioned much more at shows and at friend's homes) with this Bryston setup I kept hearing to music itself and not to the electronics involved in sound reproduction.

This to say the quality is so high in terms of timbre, with amazing dynamics and huge but believable soundstage the music really seems played as I remembered at live concerts.
All the instruments seem in the right place, perfectly located in the stage with razor shape definition.

I mainly listen to Classical music, Blues and Jazz with a strong preference to medium/small acoustic ensembles, so a performance so natural and realistic is really a must!

James, I really think going active is the future if a great leap forward in music reproduction is the final goal.

Dario Camuzzini
Italy
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston Active System – The Inner Ear

August, 2017

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THE COMPONENTS FOR WELL-TEMPERED AUDIO — TRI-AMPED LOUDSPEAKERS

Last weekend, I listened to three well-arranged audio systems at Bryston’s V/P James Tanners home.

The Bryston Middle Ts driven with the Bryston 28B Cubed mono blocks in room 1.

The Bryston A2’s with the 7B Cubed mono blocks in room 2.

Finally, in room 3 the Active Model T with the new (and amazing) 3-channel model 21B mono blocks. Each 21B amp is actually a 7B Cubed and a 4B Cubed in one chassis.

A pair or 21B amplifiers will drive the Model Ts in an active configuration whereby the bass drivers are fed with the 7B and the midrange and tweeters are handled by the 4B and of course an active system needs an electronic crossover so the Bryston BAX-1 Digital Crossover.

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It was the winning system and, although powered by more electronics than the other two systems, it rendered the musical material exceptionally well with an organic quality that almost completely transcended the complicated system arrangement.

The stunning performance made it impossible to find a signature sound and rivaled, possible outperformed, some the best audio I have ever heard!!!

Ernie Fisher
The Inner Ear Magazine
 
Hi James

I purchased the Active Middle T's recently.

I followed your suggestion and I moved the active Middle Ts a little bit wider apart, so now the speakers are almost 2.5 meters far from each other.

Wow...! I understand the importance of off axis response, as the soundstage is bigger, even more realistic while the center focus is still fantastic.

I continue to be amazed how much control at low frequencies and how similar to real life the musical reproduction is listening to active Middle Ts. The coherence is so perfect the speakers actually disappear.

Thanks.
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: New Bryston Active Speaker Dealer

August, 2017

Hi Folks,

I am very pleased to announce the appointment of another dedicated Bryston Active Speaker Dealer.

Welcome to: ‘Audio By Mark Jones’

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Mark has a fully ‘Active Bryston System’ on display consisting of the following:

• Bryston Model T Expresso Walnut Active Speakers

• Bryston BAX-1 3-way Active Digital Crossover

• Six channels of Bryston Amplification

Having a dedicated listening room to allow customers to hear how much better Active Speakers can sound is paramount and I thank Mark for his commitment to this concept.

In a market where customers are asking for more value added from their dealer the in-home setup and calibrated active Bryston speaker system is a perfect fit.



“James, keeping in mind that I am accustom to the best gear on the planet --- CH Precision, Tenor, Magico, Kronos etc… These Active Bryston Model T’s sound just awesome !!!”

Mark Jones
Audio By Mark Jones
http://www.audiobymarkjones.ca/bryston-active-system-in-the-house/
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Absolute Sound - Middle T Active Demo

Hi Folks,

AUSPICIOUS DEBUT!!!

Nice response to our Bryston Middle T Active system demo from The Absolute Sound Magazine

Check it out on page 112 in the October 2017 issue of TAS!

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Today I took a break from cooking Canadian Thanksgiving dinner and sat out on my front porch to drink a coffee.

Supertamp was playing in the living room. I was amazed by the sound mix so far away. Base mids and highs all were balanced and sounded just fine.

It made me reflect that the Bryston T with BAX are the best all around speakers, most consistently musical, I have ever owned. This is referenced against solutions I still own costing many times more.

Don't just take my word for it. Please take the time to go to TAVES in TO this coming weekend and listen for yourself. ( My assumption is they will have a demo, but I don't know, just guessing).

I predict Active Crossover two channel solutions are going to flourish when the message finally gets out. Hats off to the pioneers like James.

Cheers
Drew W.
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: New Bryston Active Speaker Dealer

October, 2017

Hi Folks,

I am very pleased to announce the appointment of another dedicated Bryston Active Speaker Dealer.

Welcome to Audio Ark in Edmonton Alberta

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Audio Ark will have a fully ‘Active Bryston System’ on display consisting of the following:

• Bryston Model T Walnut Active Speakers

• Bryston BAX-1 3-way Active Digital Crossover

• Six channels of Bryston Amplification

Having a dedicated listening room to allow customers to hear how much better Active Speakers can sound is paramount and I thank Audio Ark for their commitment to this concept.

In a market where customers are asking for more value added from their dealer the in-home setup and calibrated active Bryston speaker system is a perfect fit.
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston Active Speaker Dealer Demo

October, 2017

Hi Folks,

This weekend we are demoing the new Bryston Middle T Active system at Audio Video Therapy in New Hampshire.

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Gary Dayton from Bryston will be there with Active Middle Ts, the new BP-17³ preamplifier and more.

Please come by if you have a chance.

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MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston Demo … TAVES 2017 … UHF Magazine

October 2017

Bryston's push for active speakers

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The original Bryston Model T speaker (the biggest one) was a passive loudspeaker, like most speakers. That is to say, it had an internal crossover network made up of capacitors and other parts.

You can still get it that way. But at recent shows, including TAVES in Toronto last weekend, Bryston was showing an active version, one with an amplifier channel for each driver or driver group. With an electronic crossover replacing the passive one.

Now, Bryston is an amplifier manufacturer, and the cynics will say that this is a plot to sell more amps. In fact, active speakers do offer a real advantage. To make active speakers easier to implement, Bryston makes the 21B amplifier, shown here, with three channels. Two of them can drive a pair of active Model T's. And the six-channel 24B can do the job all by itself.

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We have to say that the result was convincing, despite the rather poor rooms at the Toronto Congress Centre.

Particularly impressive was Jean Guillou's organ arrangement of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, a recording that is notorious for including a 32-foot (16 Hz) pipe.

Impressive!

Gerard Rejskind,
UHF Magazine.
 
Hi James,

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I just heard a demo of the BAX1 digital crossover in the new active speaker system put on by Gary Dayton at Audio Video Therapy in New Hampshire.

It’s a brilliant product.

It’s about time someone stepped up against the endless fiddling and fussing with passive crossovers which I think has gone about as far as it can

Bob
 
James,

I have been interested in expanding my Bryston system from my BDP-2 and BDA-3 to include a BP-17 cubed and a 14b3 for the Model T.

Now I would like to go Active but need to do it in a more gradual fashion for financial reasons.

I would prefer not to end up with two 4b3 and 7b3 amps and like the 21b3 concept.

Could I power two Model T signature speakers passively using one 21b3? and then later get another 21b3 and the DAX-1 to run the Model Ts active without the external cross-overs?

Thanks,

Mike
 
Hi Mike

Welcome sir!

Yes to your question - just se the External passive crossover with 2 of the channels on the 21B - probably the two 4B channels to keep the power equal and then when ready ditch the external crossovers and add the second 21B and the BAX 1 Digital Crossover and your set.

I can not stress enough how much of a leap going active is to the performance of the speakers.

james
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: New Bryston Active Speaker Dealer

November, 2017

Hi Folks,

I am very pleased to announce a dedicated Bryston Active Speaker Dealer.

Welcome to: “Absolute Audio Video” in Calgary, Alberta

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Ross and James will have a fully active Bryston system on display consisting of the following:

• Bryston Middle T Active Speakers.

• Bryston BAX 3-way Active Digital Crossover.

• Six channels of Bryston Amplification.



Having a dedicated listening room to allow customers to hear how much better Active Speakers can sound is paramount and I thank Ross and James for their commitment to this concept.

In a market where customers are asking for more value added from their dealer the in home active Bryston speaker system is a perfect fit.


James Tanner
Bryston
 

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Hi James,

If you recall I'm the person who reviewed your Bryston Mini T speakers for The Inner Ear magazine.

I've been convinced for years now that the correct way to do a multi way speaker is with an electronic crossover and multi amps.

I'm really glad to find another manufacturer who realizes the potential of the format and is actively pursuing it.

Allen Edelstein
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston Active Middle T Demo – Capital Audio Fest

November 2017

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Well James, I am nowhere near experienced enough in high end audio to critique your new active speaker system, but I have a system that would list for twice what the full Bryston setup in your room cost, and what I heard has really got me thinking.

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Unfortunately my wife and I did not make it to your room until the end of the day Sunday. We were unable to spend as much time as I would have liked listening to different types of music. I would really like find another opportunity to demo this setup again, as I would have to sell off most of my system to facilitate the purchase.

Considering that I am contemplating selling what I would consider some world class gear, that took me a couple of years to assemble, to enable me to purchase your latest achievement, should be pretty high praise as to what we heard.

The tonal balance, and clarity of the active version was astounding. Not to mention the bass! I kept asking Gary if he had a sub hiding in the side room. My wife and I were both VERY impressed!

Congratulations on quite an achievement!

Regards, Rob.
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston Active Model T Demo – TAVES 2017

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TAVES Consumer Electronics Show 2017 Show
Report by George de Sa, NOVO Magazine

Bryston Limited

With a friendly greeting from Brian Russell, President of Bryston, I entered their room and found a chair beside James Tanner, VP Marketing & Sales.

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James was demonstrating Bryston’s Active Speaker System, this year with something new, an all-new 3-channel amplifier, the 21B3. Since a Bryston Active speaker setup requires three amplified channels per side to drive it three-ways, the 21B3 fulfills this need with a single-chassis 3-channel form-factor.

There are two Bryston Active systems currently available – the Model-T and the Middle-T. The system playing was a Model-T Active system (a pair of crossover-less Model-T speakers with a Bryston BAX-1 DSP Active Crossover. The speakers were finished in an attractive expresso brown wood veneer.

With a Bryston BDP-3 digital player, BDA-3 DAC and BP26 preamp, this system delivered spectacular sound-staging and clarity; projecting images well above my head and with a level of immediacy and control that was mesmerizing!

Bryston was also showing off on static display, their new 24B3 amplifier ($9,000), with 6-channels of amplification. The 24B3 is meant to serve as a lower cost alternative for the 21B3 in the Bryston Active Speaker Systems, delivering the 3-channels of amplification per side at half the price of a 21B3.

There were two new active subwoofers also on display – the Model T 12” subwoofer, with 2 x 12” drivers and a 600 Watt amplifier and a Mini T subwoofer with twin 8” drivers and 600 Watts of power.
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Announcing the Bryston Mini T Active Speaker

November 2017

Hi Folks,

I am pleased to announce the introduction of the “Bryston Mini T ACTIVE” speaker.

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The Active Mini T joins the Model T and Middle T Active systems to round out our Bryston Active Series of speakers.

These Bryston active speakers are used in conjunction with our dedicated BAX-1 Digital Active Crossover and six channels of amplification to provide a level of performance unobtainable with the current passive systems available today.

Active loudspeakers are those in which the drivers (woofer, mid-range, tweeter) are directly connected to the output of an amplifier. There are no "passive" components (large resistors, capacitors, coils etc.) in the signal path between the amplifier and the loudspeaker driver(s).

An Active System can bring a much higher resolution and dynamic control to your audio system.

The differences are not subtle and speakers like the Bryston Model T Active loudspeakers take the performance to the next level of accuracy.
 
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