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Woofers
Bryston First of all, Bryston makes its own drivers, and complete speakers, in its own factory in Canada with a TWENTY YEAR warranty. Bryston doesn’t source its drivers, woofers or others, from vendors. The result is that Bryston has total control over what goes into its speakers. For today’s discussion, we’re talking woofers. Bryston makes a prodigious 8” woofer that is used…
Rogue RP-1 Stereo Tube Preamp
Rogue RP-1 Stereo Tube Preamp $1800 (3.2h, 15.25w, 14.5d, 17 lbs, Black or Silver) Rogue Audio of Pennsylvania has made warm sounding tube electronics since 1996. Founder Mark O’Brien has especially been known for offering affordable gear- to go along with some big guns too. Imagine that- cost effective, fine sounding gear made in the USA. This could be the “secret” to…
A Bryston Mini A Tale
About four months ago customer Jim called me about distortion in his system. He has a nice array of gear based a Bryston Mini A speakers. His are about six years old. He still has 14 years of warranty left on them. There’s no rush to bring them in. Yet virtually any other speakers would be out of warranty by now. Yep,…
Bryston Tower
Bryston has an anechoic chamber it uses for test purposes in loudspeaker design. However one of the limitations of an anechoic chamber comes from measuring very low frequencies. The anechoic chamber has limited accuracy below 85Hz. In order to obtain completely accurate measurements of the very long sound waves that come from low notes, Bryston has a 100 foot tower upon which…
Should I Bi-amp?
Bi-amping is running two amps into one loudspeaker. Does it make sense to consider this? Bryston speakers, among many, are set up to allow bi-amping. The top set of binding posts connects to the mid/tweets. The lower set goes to the woofs. There are jumpers connecting the top/bottom posts so you can run a stereo amp straight in and call it a…
Dave’s Faves – Atoll IN50 Integrated Amp
Atoll IN50 Integrated Amp $1200 (50×2) (3.75h, 17.32w, 12d, 16 lbs) Made in France! Priced as Line Stage With Remote, 3 Year Warranty Optional Boards Available: Phono MM/MC $190, DAC $300, DAC/Bluetooth $500 Atoll’s IN50 is my new fave, inexpensive integrated amp on the market. It has surpassed various NAD and Marantz pieces by a significant margin. And yup, it’s made in…
RIP Anita Pointer
RIP Anita Pointer (1948-2022) I was going through my posts and realized, somehow, unforgivably, I missed recognizing the death of one of my favorite pop singers, the ever energetic and joyful Anita Pointer. She died on the last day of 2022. I thought I had mentioned her in the Jan 2023 newsletter, but now see, that I didn’t. It’s never too late…