Bryston speakers

Hi James,

We're eagerly awaiting our demo Middle T. Looks like they will arrive in the next few days.

The Model T are an incredible value, we have them anchored by the mighty 28Bs in our 26 x 13 listening room. These svelte beauties are jaw dropping…they fill the room with deep, tuneful bass. Mids are transparent and beautifully detailed and the top end is composed and crystal clear.

The fun continues...

Sincerely,
Robert
 
Servingko

Bryston Loudspeakers

I have been enjoying my Middle T's for almost three weeks now and all I can say is "amazing"! It's very easy to look at a speaker and think, "what's the big deal? A box and some drivers - how different can they be from similar designs."

It's this thinking that has spawned countless would be speaker companies and thousands of DYI projects that aren't quite there. These are sooo "there" in all aspects and have me contemplating a complete five channel setup.
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: NEW BRYSTON SPEAKER DEALER

September 2014

We would like to welcome ‘Altronics Stereo 2000’ in Toronto’ as our latest Bryston Speaker Dealer.


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MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston Speaker Distributor


September 2014

Hi Folks,

Bryston would like to welcome: ‘AV DESIGNS in MALASYIA’ as our latest Bryston Speaker Distributor.

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September 2014

Hi Folks,

I will have the PDF shortly for the latest review in Sound and Vision Magazine of a complete Bryston speaker Surround system.


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Some of my favorite quotes:

• With final placement of the Mini T’s settled, what I encountered was exceptionally neutral, uncolored reproduction ... with as complete an absence of discrete response anomalies as I’ve ever heard.

• The bass the “compact” Mini T Brystons could hurl into the room was truly astonishing. Rich high-frequency content like brushed cymbals were virtually perfect.

• Stereo listening whetted my appetite for multichannel. The result was outstanding! These Brystons are immensely transparent speakers. Nor were the Mini T and its mates impressive only on the big stuff. From the lowest C to the highest harmonics, were as convincing as I’ve ever heard from reproduced sound.

• These are, in short, very, very well-executed loudspeakers and finished to Bryston’s long-established high standards, speakers that will fully reveal what is on a recording for better or for worse.
 
September 2014

Hi Folks,

I will have the PDF shortly for the latest review in Sound and Vision Magazine of a complete Bryston speaker Surround system.


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Some of my favorite quotes:

• With final placement of the Mini T’s settled, what I encountered was exceptionally neutral, uncolored reproduction ... with as complete an absence of discrete response anomalies as I’ve ever heard.

• The bass the “compact” Mini T Brystons could hurl into the room was truly astonishing. Rich high-frequency content like brushed cymbals were virtually perfect.

• Stereo listening whetted my appetite for multichannel. The result was outstanding! These Brystons are immensely transparent speakers. Nor were the Mini T and its mates impressive only on the big stuff. From the lowest C to the highest harmonics, were as convincing as I’ve ever heard from reproduced sound.

• These are, in short, very, very well-executed loudspeakers and finished to Bryston’s long-established high standards, speakers that will fully reveal what is on a recording for better or for worse.


Here's the link folks.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/q8fah0u3pwke427/Sound and Vision.pdf?dl=1
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston Speaker Distributor


September 2014

Hi Folks,

Bryston would like to welcome: ‘AVITECH Audio Video Solutions’ in Austria as our latest Bryston Speaker Distributor.


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MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Baiyun show in Guangzhou China


September 2014

Hi Brian and James,

We have just finished the Baiyun show in Guangzhou China this past Sunday.

The response towards the Bryston Model Model T loudspeakers was very positive.

We were one of the very few best sounding rooms in the show, with the:

• Bryston BP26 Preamp

• Bryston 28BSST Amps

• Bryston Model T Spks


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Thanks and best regards,
Michael Chan
Richcoln Company Limited
 
Hi Folks,

The Bryston Mini T speaker has done well at the studio level but it looks like the Middle T is starting to make inroads as well.


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MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston Model T’s – A Little Magic

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As I've indicated in other threads, at the end of August, after hearing the new Model T's once again, I decided to go ahead and bite the bullet and order a new pair, to replace my Tannoy Turnberrys. I had seriously been considering upgrading to the Tannoy Kensington's but, I simply could not ignore how I kept reacting to the Modet T's.

I first heard the Model T's when James Tanner had them for their inaugural debut at TAVES in Toronto. These speakers were the revelation of the audio show and I think many, very many audiophiles and audio gurus were shocked by the sonic qualities of these speakers. I know I couldn't stop talking about them. If the reviews that keep surfacing on a regular frequency are any testament, then these speakers are at least worthy of a proper audition, by any audiophile.

I brought them home over the weekend and had them all unpackaged and hooked up by late Saturday afternoon. After somewhat placing them where I wanted them to be, I turned the juice on and waited to see if I would as astonished as I had been the previous times I have listened to these speakers.

Out of box, they provide the kind of music sensation you'd expect of much much, MUCH more expensive speakers. It only takes a matter of moments before you are tapping your foot to the beat of the music, while you stare in disbelief, shake your head in puzzlement trying to figure why they are as good as they are.

It has been stated many many times already that these speakers are phenomenal as creating a presentation of the musical stage that is simply uncanny. Up, down, left, right and front to back, you can see, feel the stage. The sound is good, very good, but it's the imagery and dynamics that simply stumps you. Then the clarity, the tonality seem to make the stage come alive. You do get the sensation of being 'there'. And.. all from redbook CDs.

Now, to be fair, these are not gorgeous or sumptuous speakers, like Sonus Faber Stradivarius speakers are, for example. While aesthetics is in the eye of the beholder, the Model Ts, while not austere either, are pretty simple and straigthfoward in looks. They look like what a pair of high column speakers ought to look like - about 5' high, 14' across with an array of 6 to 8 drivers. Perhaps, it might be more precise to say they look 'common'.. there is little that is unique about them. They are very solid and quite massive at 105lbs each. The finish is very nice, especially in the Rosewood veneer, and strangely enough I think they actually look better with the screens in place, giving a fully black front, that in my case seems to blend well with my set - up. Setting these speakers on a set of outriggers does add to their overall look, in a good way. They came well packaged and draped in a black cloth bag which I think was a nice bonus. The speaker terminals are at the base of the speaker, which means you don't have to worry about speaker cables hanging down the speaker, or having to buy slightly longer cables. Perhaps these are small points, but in the end, they matter.

The real question is do they sound as good? Are they possibly better? I cannot say for sure. That is beyond my level of expertise. But, I will say this. I have heard SF before and loved them... however, the SF, did not captivate me, stump me, the way the Model T's did, and still do. In my audio life, so to speak, I have owned, Tannoys (Cheviots, Turnberrys), ProAcs (Response 1.5 and D38) and now Bryston Model T's. Even my wife mentions how strong my reaction has been to the Model T's.. and I quote.. "I've never seen you get this excited over any piece of audio gear"... I'll say it this way.. Imagine being able to go to a live concert, but without having to endure all the distractions that occur in a live setting.. that is what I think these speakers do.. better than anything I have heard.....

If you are considering a new pair of speakers and have a budget of over 10K, 20K, 30K.. 40K... then ADD these speakers to your list and don't be surprised if you find that all of a sudden you have a lot of extra bills to spend on other toys..

I was also a little nervous about how they would match up with McIntosh electronics... okay, that is something I should have not have been concerned about. I would even dare say that the combination is quite spectacular.

I do not know what magic James Tanner and the rest of his buddies at Bryston did to produce a speaker,that, in my humble opinion, is going to send shockwaves throughout the audio industry. They certainly have sent shockwaves through my audio soul... and that is really all that matters.

Rock Hau

MAIN: Electronics:McIntosh: C2200FG, MC501's, MCD500, SonoS Connect, Chang Lightspeed
Cables: Wireworld - XLR Silver Eclipse 5.2 Interconnects: Speaker Cable 6.0 Silver Eclipse. Nordost - Vishnu Power Cables.
Speakers: Bryston Model T (Passive)

Alternate: Peachtree Decco, SonoS Connect, ProAc Response1.5,


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MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston Middle T Speaker Review


October, 2014

Please see attached the latest review in Home Theater Review.com Magazine of the Bryston Middle T loudspeaker. Brent says it will not win any beauty contests but gets FIVE STARS for PERFORMANCE.
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Bryston Middle T Floorstanding Speaker Reviewed

Favorite quotes:

• I'm just gonna cut to the chase and say that the Middle T sounded so good that I listened to it mostly just for pure pleasure. That's not usually the case with speakers I have in for review; typically I focus on getting the review done

• When I spun Rahsaan Roland Kirk's "Three for the Festival" from We Three Kings, I experienced some of the most amazing imaging I've heard.

• Next the king of non-so-great recordings: Todd Rundgren. Even though Todd's voice sounds crude, coarse, distorted, and oversaturated on his first sorta-hit, "We Gotta Get You a Woman," I've never heard him image so precisely on this tune. The hand claps in the second verse -something that's barely noticeable on most of the systems people would hear this tune on - sounded eerily real, almost like I was right next to Todd when he was adding them. I noticed so many new details in this recording yet the sound was never, ever even slightly hyped-up or bright. I only wish all those audiophiles who think exaggerated treble equals detail could hear this speaker do its thing.

• Whatever percussion instrument Dybdahl was whacking on sounded like it was absolutely real, stretching across to fill my living room from side to side. Above all this sonic chaos, Dybdahl's voice floated, sounding impeccably clean, clear, and full. The whole experience was simply amazing. If every trade show demo were this good, a lot more speakers would be sold.

• Every summer seems to have one song you can't get out of your head. For me, 2014's chanson d'été is Tom Vek's irresistible "Sherman (Animals in the Jungle)." I'd say it was a perfect fit for the Middle T, except that almost everything seems a perfect fit for the Middle T. The grating synth punches in the intro sounded colossal, wrapping all the way around behind my head as if I'd had surround speakers set up. The quartet of 8-inch woofers totally brought the boom, slamming out Vek's incessant, insistent beat with all the power, ease, and clarity of a great subwoofer. As usual with this tune, I kept cranking it up and cranking it up, yet I heard not a trace of distortion in Vek's voice.

• Pining to put the high-res capability of the Sony USB DAC to use, I put on the 24/96 version of Yes's "Long Distance Runaround." What I noticed most here was Chris Squire's bass, which just sounded so perfect, so flat, and so tight, with no notes sticking out and every subtlety of his fingering and picking right out there. With a lot of speakers and subs, the bass is too sloppy to get the attack on both kicks. With the Middle T, both kicks sounded completely clear and detailed, giving me a realistic sense of the felt beater striking the drum head.


Brent Butterworth
Home Theater Review
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston Middle T Review – Canada Hi-Fi


October, 2014

Please see the link below for another rave review on the Bryston Middle T loudspeakers by Canada Hi-Fi magazine.

Bryston Middle T Loudspeakers Review | CANADA HiFi Magazine

Favorite quotes:

“In terms of aesthetics, I think the Middle T is a good looking speaker, especially in the wood finishes – mine came in a Natural Cherry. The cabinet itself narrows as you move backwards from the faceplate, diffusing the sound waves within the speaker. I am primarily interested in a speakers drivers, and I wouldn’t spend extra money on a fancy cabinet unless it was stunningly gorgeous. I think Bryston has hit the cabinet price versus performance versus beauty ratio right on the head”.

“The speed at which bass from the Middle T’s can bloom and then disappear is astonishing. The bass capability made me laugh and shake my head in amazement.”
PS – I am pleased to announce that the reviewer purchased the speakers for his own system!
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Model T – Report from the Field.


Hi Rock,
So, you've had the Bryston Model T’s for a few days now. Anything new to report?
Prepress


Hi, thanks for the query, but how to answer your question without gloating?

I continue to be very amazed by how these speakers represent the sound stage, how accurate they are in giving you that 'live' stage feeling. A couple of friends have mentioned, "it's like being there", which is certainly the feeling I get.

These speakers make me want to turn the volume up and they respond beautifully. This is something I rarely do because I like to relax and just enjoy ambient music. I could sit back and just listen all day. I feel little to no listener fatigue.

I have switched back to the 8 ohm taps from my 501's as James Tanner suggested, which I think is a better option.

Overall, I would say I have connected with this speakers more emotionally than I have with any other speaker, or any piece of equipment.

I don't want to boast these speakers, simply because I own them. However, I think anyone who is considering some speakers, and is looking for that feeling that makes you want to get up and dance... must, and I mean MUST audition these speakers... and at their price point.. ~$7500... you simply cannot lose.

Rock Hau
 
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My timing wasn't impeccable in the Bryston room—everyone was chatting away—but what I could hear over the din sounded quite nice.

Doing the honors, as far as I can tell from the handwritten list, were Bryston's BDP-2, BDA-2 DAC, BP26 preamp, 28BSST2 Mono amps, unidentified power conditioner (ED: Bryston BIT), and Bryston Middle T loudspeakers ($5400/pair), the last to be reviewed by Kalman Rubinson in our February 2015 issue.

Jason Victor Serinus
Stereophile
 
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