Bryston Model T review

MoFi MasterDeck Turntable, $6000 If you’re looking for a great turntable, with a great tonearm, MoFi has unbeatable values. The UltraDeck at $1500 is an easy choice as the best bang for your buck. There are a hundred reasons why. You can read about them at Dave’s Faves. If you’re willing to go north of UltraDeck, please consider MoFi’s new MasterDeck. It’s…

Axiom M60, $2000 per pair: 37.5h, 9.25w, 15d, 92 dB, 8 ohms KEF Q11 Meta, $2200 per pair: 44h, 12.5w, 15d, 89 dB, 4 ohms Let’s compare two speaker candidates that are asking for your vote at about $2k per pair. Where Are They Manufactured? Axiom is owned by Bryston. Bryston & Axiom drivers and speakers are made in their own house…

RIP Roberta Flack (1937-2025) Roberta Flack has always been on my short list of favorite singers. Roberta wasn’t a belter. She sang beautifully. In fact, she sang SO artfully that she revealed shortcomings in the recording equipment of her time. The noise floor and dynamic range of tape wasn’t up to Roberta’s range. “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” came…

Atoll IN200, $3330, 120×2, Built in France, 3 year warranty PS Strata Mk 2, $3500, 150×2, Built in US, 3 year warranty Atoll’s IN200 is my favorite integrated amp value at about $3k. It runs $2900 in line stage form. It runs $3330 with on board DAC and phono, which I’ve spec’d here to be apples to apples with the PS. PS…

Bryston Bi-200 rave from France

Please Support N American & Euro Manufacturers In the Jan 2025 British hi-fi news, there is a review of a new Quad branded preamp and power amp. There are numerous references to Quad’s founder, Peter Walker, who founded his iconic English company in 1936. On the cover there’s even a reference to Quad’s “return.” The problem is, these “Quad” branded pieces have…

Start your new system with this tremendous bang for the buck package. Each product is outstanding in its own right and you save a few pennies in this package. Speakers Speakers have more to do with your system’s sound than any other product. We recognize that every part of the system is important, but speakers provide the window to your musical world….

Atoll IN100, $2100, 100×2, Built in France, 3 year warranty Musical Fidelity A1, $1779, 25×2, Built in China, 2 year warranty A customer just stopped in shopping for an integrated amp. He has been reading about a Musical Fidelity he said is getting good press. The mags thinks it’s good because it’s class A. The customer wondered if we have anything as…

New Bryston Speakers are here! Can you guess which models…?

I want to point out a fabulous pairing of audio components- right there with peanut butter and jelly. This $6500 combo is an impeccable duo to get the most out of your speakers! A wonderful sounding music system needs a high performing amplifier at its heart. You want to drive your speakers with the equivalent of high water pressure to maintain taut…

I always love getting new hi-fi mags. Can’t wait to open them. Let’s see what’s up. *On the cover is a Goldmund power amp. I go to read about it on p102 and see it’s $89k. Now I don’t need to read about it. It’s fine with me if companies make expensive gear. They can spend all they want advertising it. It’s…

The Bryston BP-19 is a rock solid, audiophile preamp without a “house sound” imparted on your music which is major plus for many audiophiles.

Quality Control. Everyone talks about it. Few companies pay real attention to it. Very few employ it to the Nth degree. Let’s take a look at how Bryston and Axiom are setting the bar high for speaker QC. Construction Advantages Bryston of Canada goes well beyond what its competitors do to assure that you’ll end up with highly resolving and durable speakers…

As Covid was subsiding in 2022, it struck me that there was PRECIOUS LITTLE affordable audio gear that WAS NOT manufactured in China, or Malaysia. I didn’t, and DON’T like, that hundreds of brands of audio gear that you might suspect are N American or Euro built, AREN’T. In fact, these brand names, with the help of the audio press who turns…

Isotek Elektra V5 Mains Conditioner $2000 (4.1h, 17.7w, 13.7d, Black or Silver) Isotek has taught us that Mains Conditioners absolutely, positively, need be an integral part of your system because they IMPROVE your sound! We can measure it with our meter. More importantly, we can hear the improvement through even a mid level audio system. We’re at the point in the hi-fi…