Bryston Middle T Speakers, $8590pr

(39.5h, 10.5w, 16.5d, 81 lbs, 88 dB SPL 4 ohms), Walnut, Black Ash or Boston Cherry

Optional Outriggers $300 per pair

To get more background on Bryston speakers please read the yellow tab at the bottom of our home page titled Bryston speakers. The background story and driver info is described there. This entry is specific to the Middles. Warranty, 20 years!

Middle T

The $6-10k per pair price category is filled with “good speakers.” But none of them have the deep, gut wrenching, room quivering impact of Bryston’s Middle T. Bryston has put just as much effort and quality into its Middle T, as it has its bigger brother, the Model T. Middle T is just a bit shorter, not lesser.

I’m happy to say that if you asked me, what’s the best value in a heavy hitting, no holds barred tower at less than crazy money, I wouldn’t hesitate to tell you it’s the Bryston Middle T. The Middle has muscle that can grab you by your boot straps because it’s built like a cement mixer.

The market is flooded with far east speakers that purport to be full range. What you see from the US and Europe is barely stronger. Compared to the Middles, they’re just pretenders. The Middle T produces floor board quaking testosterone! It is a true full range reproducer that absolutely belies the size of its cabinet.

The Middles start with a pair of Bryston’s 8” woofers. These boys weigh 15 pounds each and dwarf what you’ll see from the other guys. You’re lucky to get half that from the competition!

Middle T has an 82 pound CRW cabinet built like Ft. Knox. It is internally braced north/south and east/west. The sheer abundance of solid materials and attention to detail within Middle T sets the table for its staggering performance.

The Middles use a single tweet and midrange element, which is half the quotient of Model T. Yet it’s still patently astonishing what the Middles can bring to your party.

Middles were created primarily to offer a less imposing shadow in your living room. They’re just under 40” tall and don’t dominate your vista. The Middles look downright modest in most listening rooms. But the sound… holy BOMBAST! Even if you spend $25k plus for big dog Magicos or YG’s, you’re buying a “difference” rather than an improvement. And in terms of durability, Bryston flat out wins!

If you want the weight and impact of a live performance in your home, but don’t want the size or price of Model T, you’ll be thrilled with the Middles! Middles have the same smooth, highly resolving top end with the same broad dispersion. There’s no hint of bite or sizzle to its sound.

Middle T is a highly refined musical tool that is Steinway Smooth. It will render your music with an uncanny size and robust flavor, regardless of the musical genre. It’s fair to say, if you never heard the Model T, you could live happily ever after with the Middles.

But of course… we have the Model T too.