Jim Winey, Magnepan Founder (1934-2024) Jim created the Magnepan loudspeaker design, and company. He’s one of the last of the old school guys our business was fortunate to have. He was an inventor, and then an owner/operator. Magnepan is among the most unique and successful of all speakers. It has the advantage of low mass without the problems of stats. And let…
Bryston Middle T Speakers, $8600 Per Pair Walnut, Walnut Expresso, Black Ash or Boston Cherry (39.5h, 10.5w, 18.4d, 82 lbs, 88 dB SPL, 4 ohms) The Middles Bryston created quite a splash in the industry when it brought out its Model T over a decade ago. Model T is a great, large, powerful speaker. It’s a big boy to have in your…
Bryston A2 Speakers $3990 Per Pair In Expresso Walnut! Walnut, Black, Boston Cherry & Expresso Walnut (39.5h, 9.25w, 17d, 63 lbs, 87dB, 4 ohms) Bryston has just come up with a luscious new finish, EXPRESSO WALNUT, for one of its best valued speakers, the uber impressive A2. Did you know they’re made in Canada with a 20 year warranty? A2 has been…
Speakers have a rated impedance. Most are rated at 4, 6 or 8 ohms. There’s a catch word in the spec that says “nominal.” That means average. Speakers, in fact, can vary dramatically in their impedance, given different frequencies. This matters because all amplifiers are happy with 8 ohms. Most are OK with 4 ohms. However some amps have switches to throw…
There’s more than one amplifier brand on audio’s Mt Rushmore. There is no question that one of the brands that belongs there is Bryston of Canada. There’s also no question that Bryston is the most reliable AND has the best warranty, which is 20 years! Bryston’s Model 4B Cubed ($7500, 300×2) is more than enough amp for almost all of our customers….
Bryston integrated amplifiers give no ground to their separate counterparts. The new Bi-200 is literally constructed from the Bryston BP-19 Preamplifier and 3B Cubed power amplifier into a single chassis offering the best of both products without occupying extra space and costly interconnects.
Having received my Model T-10s over a week ago, I’m only now getting some time to listen. They are being used with the BAX-1, a pair of 7B3s for the woofers, and a pair of 4B3s for the mids and tweeters.
Yesterday I was able to run the first room measurements to see how the low frequencies in the room looked, and with an eye to whether any EQ adjustments in the low frequencies may be justified. The woofer placements, spread between top and bottom, do really seem to make for a smoother response.