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Dave’s Faves – Bryston A1
Bryston A1 Speakers $4990 Per Pair (47.5h, 9.25w, 17d, 71 lbs, 88dB, 4 ohms, Walnut, Black, Boston Cherry, Walnut Expresso) Bryston’s A1 is my favorite tower on the market for the popular $5k per pair price point! There are hundreds of competitors at $5k. But none do everything that the Bryston A1 does. Before reading about A1 here, please take a minute…
Dave’s Faves – Bryston A3
Bryston A3 Speakers, $3290 Per Pair (37.5h, 9.25w, 15d, 53 lbs, 87 dB, 6 ohms, Walnut, Black, Boston Cherry) Bryston’s A3 is THE speaker that separates the men from the boys. Or, more specifically, A3 distinguishes muscle and upper crust quality manufacturing, from mediocrity and spotty reliability. A3 is priced right there with a zillion Chinese imports. It is built to a…
Dave’s Faves – Hegel V10 Phono Preamp
Hegel V10 Phono Preamp, $1650 Hegel Music Systems’ new V10 is my favorite phono preamp. Please don’t look past V10 just because it’s so inexpensive. In today’s world phono preamps of $6k are middle of the road pricing! You’ll want V10 for its lack of noise. It won’t add noise to your record playing experience. Keeping the noise floor low allows you…
Dave’s Faves – Bryston BR-20 Preamp / DAC
Bryston BR-20 Preamp/DAC $6800 (4.5h, 17w, 13.5d) Bryston’s new state of the art preamp/DAC has been dubbed “BR” to honor Bryston’s Brian Russell, who died in 2020. Brian was Bryston’s outgoing national sales manager for 45+ years. Bryston honors Brian with this designation. All Bryston preamps up to now have been dubbed BP. The $6800 price tag DOES include Bryston’s new BR-20i…
Dave’s Faves – Bryston BHA-1 Headphone Amp
Bryston BHA-1 Headphone Amp $2695 (2.75h, 17w, 12.25d, black or silver) Bryston’s BHA-1 does for headphones, what huge, Bryston monoblock amps do for speakers. Not only is BHA-1 stone cold quiet, but it makes any headphones start and stop like lightning. The speed and control of BHA-1 is as good as it gets. What you’ll find is, even modest headphones benefit from…
Dave’s Faves – Bryston Mini A
Bryston Mini A, $1665 Per Pair 15.5h, 8.5w, 8.25d, 12 lbs, 87dB, 4 ohms To get more background on Bryston speakers please take a minute to read “Bryston Speakers”. The background story and speaker technology is described there. This entry is specific to the Mini A. The warranty on all Bryston speakers is 20 years! Mini A: 3-Way Design Bryston’s Mini A…
Dave’s Faves – Bluesound Node 2024
Bluesound Node 2024, $550 {8.7 x 1.8 x 5.7 in, 2.5lbs} Streaming music is massive fun! You can listen to almost anything you want in very high quality. Please start your streaming life with a Bluesound Node. The latest Node is called Node 2024. I’ll just call it Node for the rest of this piece. Bluesound is made by NAD. Bluesound is…