Bryston speakers


Got to see the British Invasion Tour Saturday night at the local Music Hall in Tarrytown..incredible to see Denny Lane, Billy J Kramer, Hollies, Searchers. Peter Asham of Peter and Gordon, and others, Chad and Jeremy were terrific and I bought a live concert cd they were selling. They signed it for me and Denny Lane signed my Rockshow blu ray that I had brought along. Great to meet all of them after the show. I played the C& J concert cd Sunday and it sounded so live on the Mini A's it was like being back in the hall. It is a beautiful acoustic live performance. The Mini A's are breaking in nicely now and anything I throw at them sounds top notch. I also added the use of my Velodyne subwoofer to accompany the speakers so more to follow.

PS: I did use the speakers for HT fronts and they handled surround fine. Guardians of the Galaxy was a good test with the music tracks that play directly from the fronts.

Gene
 
Re: Bryston speakers

Got to see the British Invasion Tour Saturday night at the local Music Hall in Tarrytown..incredible to see Denny Lane, Billy J Kramer, Hollies, Searchers. Peter Asham of Peter and Gordon, and others, Chad and Jeremy were terrific and I bought a live concert cd they were selling. They signed it for me and Denny Lane signed my Rockshow blu ray that I had brought along. Great to meet all of them after the show. I played the C& J concert cd Sunday and it sounded so live on the Mini A's it was like being back in the hall. It is a beautiful acoustic live performance. The Mini A's are breaking in nicely now and anything I throw at them sounds top notch. I also added the use of my Velodyne subwoofer to accompany the speakers so more to follow.

PS: I did use the speakers for HT fronts and they handled surround fine. Guardians of the Galaxy was a good test with the music tracks that play directly from the fronts.

Gene
 
I would love to know what kind of acoustic treatments he has on his walls. My room is similar in shape.
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: 2015 CES Report


March 2015


Been a while since I posted here but just thought I'd share my experience, as I was able to go to the 2015 CES this year

A real shocker (closer to the realm of reality as far as price goes) was the Bryston Mini-T speaker.


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These speakers are stand mount, IIRC they're 22" tall.

The sound radiating from these was absolutely stunning and very full range for a more compact loudspeaker, I believe they're about $3200 the pair.

Mattsk8




ED: - System on demo was:

Bryston 7B SST2 Mono Amplifiers
Bryston BP26 Preamp
Bryston BDP-2 Digital Player
Bryston BDA-2 DAC
Bryston Mini T Loudspeakers
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston SUBS


March 2015

Review of Bryston Model T Subs
3/16/15

I’ve seen lots of reviews and comments on Bryston’s fabulous loudspeaker line, however little on their subwoofers.

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I was fortunate enough to acquire a full surround set of the Model T loudspeakers and a pair of model T subs all at once. The demo of the Middle T at CES 2014 just blew me away to the point that I just had to have the best Bryston had to offer. The subs in my system are driven by a Bryston SP3 processor with the crossover set at 80Hz. Connection is made with Wireworld Eclipse Series 7 balanced cables.

The Model T subwoofer is an amazing product that outperforms any other subwoofer I have heard as well as integrates perfectly with the speakers. The subs never stick out sonically. The DSP controlled built in amplifier provides what seems like limitless power without any hint of clipping. Yes, absolutely no clipping. It sits in the room looking and sounding very relaxed as it fills in the bottom end of any content. It will also rock your house with the most challenging movie.

Like the Bryston loudspeakers, they are comfortable playing at all volume levels while always seeming to ask for more. The transient response is quick and clean. The long sustained rumbles are handled gracefully. The only thing that is in question is if I should call a structural engineer to inspect the house someday.

If there are any ground loops in your system, there is a single screw that can be removed from the rear panel of the sub to disconnect the signal path from earth ground while maintaining the amplifier’s safety ground. This works perfectly, no hum is audible.

As I mentioned last year, the Bryston model T series exhibits everything that one might expect in fine loudspeakers:

• Outstanding clarity, imaging, musicality, and sound staging
• Ability to “disappear”; project sonic images far beyond the enclosures
• Hear details that you have not heard before, even from source material you have owned for decades (!)
• Sound great at all volume levels
• At ease with subtle content as well as those with large dynamics
• Visually pleasing

If you are in the market for a fine subwoofer, you owe it to yourself to audition these.

Respectfully,
Marc Richman
 
Bryston Mini A Loudspeakers

A little more experimenting with the Mini A's. Watched the Hunger Games Mocking Jay Part 1 with the Mini A's as the fronts and they were great. I then shut down all the other speakers including the sub, down mixed the soundtrack to stereo in my Oppo 103, set the fronts to large and used the Mini A's as 2 channel stereo playback of the movie. I used the FL and FR outputs of the Oppo directly into the JC2.

The result was incredible.

The sound and detail jumped out the speakers. Dialogue was perfect and never got lost considering all the other sounds coming from the speakers. It was so good and so much fun that I played more movies and each one was exciting. I had done this in the past with my 805's but they never sounded like this. I lastly put on Planes:Fire and Rescue that I just purchased for the grand kids and I could not turn it off. It was so good that it had me thinking what do I need all these other speakers for.LOL. The bass was so punchy that it was impossible to tell the sub was off.

Every day these speakers continue to amaze me.

Gene
 
Hi James

You must be at the show , Bryston Mini A's came in last night I just quickly set them up in my great room , before my wife came in ,,,

I m speechless ,,, !! The sound stage in these little speakers are amazing ,, I m only playing vocals now ,,, I will burn them more over weekend and move them ,,, will let u know very soon !! Here's is the picture ,,,

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Some how my kitchen cabinets and the speakers are identical in color ,,, they look really good ...

Ram
 
Bryston Mini-T sound = Holy shizzle, these are GREAT.

I received my Mini-T's last week. I set them up yesterday with my new Mc MC75's. I listened to them for 6 hours…..

All I can say is WOW. These speakers are awesome. The build quality is insane and the built in speaker pads and included spikes are just a bonus.

I'm shocked at how much bass these "little" speakers put out. Actually, I'm also shocked at the size. These are no bookshelf speakers. They feel as solid/dense as a rock. Magnetic grills are very cool (not sure why 2 for each speaker?).

I'm SO glad I choose these over the Klipsch.

Huge problem….I want a pair of full size Model T's now!

JWJW
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston Mini T Speaker – First Impressions

March 2015

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“Hi James:

A week of daily use with the Bryston Mini T's and I have some early observations.

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First, they are among the lowest distortion, artefact free stand mount speakers I have ever used. Period.

(Driving them with a 130 WPC Sidaudio 760A Amp). They are so precise, nimble, and dynamic, way beyond their price points. I usually hear these qualities with far more expensive products.

I feel the Mini Ts are bringing the music to me, just as live musicians would, with speed and clarity. The bass, as Jeff said, is just outrageously good.

This will be a very pleasurable review period.”

Andre Marc
 
Posted by scirica

Ok, so I spent a little over an hour with the Model T's today at Audio Systems of Austin (TX). These were the base/passive design. I was very impressed with what I considered one of the most dynamic speakers I've had the pleasure of listening to, certainly at the sub $10k level. Powered by a 4bsst2 amplifier, the low end of these was amazing. I was in a smallish room, sitting only about 8 or 9 feet from the speakers. I'm certain that in a larger room the bass would have sounded even better.

What impressed me most about these speakers was the "warmth" of the sound, almost as if it was running off a full tube front end and amps (but it was all solid state). The imaging was big and focused, with vocals sounding eerily real, hovering tightly right where they should be. The other speakers I am considering are the Focal 1038be. While the be's may have the slight edge at the top end of the frequency range, the Model T's offer more overall top to bottom.

I'll need to spend a bit more time with each before making a final decision, but the Model T's are an amazing value and remind me of a speaker costing at least twice as much. They are now at the top of my list.

Bravo Bryston!


HI Scirica

Thank you for your kind words and glad you enjoyed the speaker. It really is a full range speaker and the warmth you refer to is really a lack of distortion. Most speakers suffer from 'dynamic compression' and I wanted the T Series to allow real world levels without compression.

The room size will affect bass capability as well as you say. How large is your room?

james
 
Hi Folks - Sneak Peak - review coming in Tone Magazine

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James, hello.

I have to tell you, my room has never sounded this good. The Mini T's are on very good SoundAnchor stands (of course, the dedicated stands might even be better) and I am using exceptionally high quality amps, preamps, DACs, and cables with the T, and I'm just astonished how deep the room sounds, and my room is small.

I am not big on soundstage "width". I prefer depth, and I think this quality is what makes speakers supposedly "disappear". The T really is virtually not there..the music just seems to float free of boundaries. Another factor is they are basically distortion free, the kind of micro level distortion that you don't notice is there until it is gone.

This is a superb product. The only tweak I did was to use Anti Cable jumpers.

Cheers.

Andre




Thanks Andre

Yes the off-axis smooth response on the Bryston speakers was something we worked really hard on. Most speakers look good on and off axis over a plus/minus 15 degree window but my goal was plus or minus 75 degrees. Also when you listen to a speaker in a room you are not listening to the on axis near field response - you are listening to the POWER RESPONSE - which is all the energy from the front of the speaker mixed in with all the reflections throughout the room. So if those early off axis reflections are similar to the on axis frequency response your brain preserves it as a sense of space and openness with excellent tonal balance - stop me please - I'm rambling!

Also Andre as you have noticed (very low distortion) my first speakers were Corner Horns and I always remember how dynamic they sounded. I wanted the Bryston speaker to provide real world dynamics without the dynamic compression most speakers suffer from.

Attached are the on and off axis response of a typical Bryston speaker - one is 0, 15 and 30 degree measurement but the one I am most proud of is the 45, 60 and 75 degree measurements.

James
 
Today at 11:16

Hi Folks,

Had to edit do to spell correction.. But here we go again.

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Well.....almost 5 month living with My Bryston mini T's: A real speaker,that sound the way I like! These speakers do set a standard! And a high one! Kind of analog to 70's cars with all today updates and features yet without disturbing the feel of a real car.

They swing and groove, rock and blues, Tump Tump just as walk in the park. Never fatigue and always fun. Big sound stage the way I like...genius crossover points pick by Bryston IMHO.

Regarding the Mini's as a name starter...Hmm I'll Just say that as long as we add after the T's the letters "trannosaurus Dot Rex" then the Mini become more in context :)

So...I grabbed a new second pair (of Mini.T.rex lol) For the other listening room setup. What a performers...standard on their own.

Cheers All,
Itshak Vodzilovsky
Israel
 
HI Folks,

Sneak Peak:

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Review coming in Canada Hi-Fi on the 'Bryston A2' tower speaker - best comment so far:

"IMHO, the mid-bass timbral accuracy, bass slam, and low frequency extension of the A2s compares with speakers in the $10K to $12K range; if not higher."

james
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston A1 Speakers – Customer Feedback


Hello, James.

I apologize for the delay in writing to you about the Bryston A1s. They arrived on the 20th of March. Very quickly.

You wrote in your last message that the A1s should sound amazing in my setup. Honestly, that's a bit of an understatement.

Neighbors from upstairs came down to see whether I'd moved a piano into the apartment, but were stunned to see that the sound was coming from speakers. They stood in the room and couldn't believe their eyes, which said "speakers", for their ears said "piano".

Part of what stands out to me is the bass response. I can't believe the beautiful, deep response I'm getting from those 6-inch drivers. I'm extremely pleased! The speakers are about 4 feet away from the rear wall, and around 3 feet from the side walls. I didn't want to "eat up" any more of the room space, so I went conservative with the speaker placement. Also outstanding in the speakers is their natural sound. I'm surprised to be writing this, since with my system being all-Bryston, it was already natural. The speakers were yet another notch in the natural direction.

Specifically, there is no harshness to the sound, as when a reproduced voice or high registers of instruments may sound strident.

I am completely, absolutely pleased and impressed with the A1s.

Many thanks on your help and thoughts regarding the Model A1.

Sincerely as always,
Michael
 
MEMO: To All Bryston Customers
SUBJECT: Bryston Speakers – Special ROSEWOOD

April 2015

Hi Folks,

My first pair of Model T speakers were finished in a unique Rosewood veneer and everyone who saw them expressed how terrific this particular finished appeared.

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This specific run of Rosewood is very difficult to get and I was not able to build any more speakers using this finish.
We have acquired a batch of this special veneer and will be offering a limited number of speakers employing this select Rosewood.
We can only build a limited number, so please let me know if you have any interest in a custom stereo pair or surround setup utilizing this exclusive finish.


James Tanner
Bryston Ltd
 
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