Bryston A2 Speakers, $3990 per pair

Before reading about A2 here, please take a minute to read “Bryston Speakers”. I cover important information there and won’t repeat it all here.

Now that you’ve suffered through my treatise on Bryston Speakers, let’s dive into A2. Bryston’s A2 at under $4k per pair is among the finest speaker values in our biz!

It offers so much performance in terms of spatial presentation, impact and smooth tonal balance, that it easily goes toe to toe with speakers double its price.

Did you notice that Bryston speakers come with a 20 year warranty? As in, two full decades. If you opened your own speaker company tomorrow you could offer a 50 year warranty. What would it mean? Nothing.

With Bryston, this 20 year warranty is valuable and meaningful. Bryston has been in business since 1963. It has offered a 20 year warranty on its analog electronics forever. 60 years! We have sold Bryston since the mid 80s and I don’t remember any customer having to pay for service on his Bryston electronics bought here. Bryston has a distinct advantage over the other guys in that it doesn’t break very often. But still…please take a moment to drink that in- the value of a real 20 year warranty to customers who buy new.

A2 is in all ways a bigger, stronger, better A3. Here’s why.

A2 features DOUBLES of each driver in a taller, deeper, more heavily reinforced enclosure. By running a pair of tweets, mids & woofs, you start with a larger, more expansive soundstage.

Yet the biggest advantage is that the mids and tweets run with less excursion when used in A2 vs A3. Less excursion means you have less distortion- which garners better transparency and superior power handling.

Using the same two woofs in A2’s larger enclosure buys you about 20% better bass as well. Your logical question should be, is it worth the upgrade? My unambiguous answer is YES, A2 is worth the $550 over A3.

I love A3 for its value. It is a conspicuously better sounding speaker than its imported competitors that dominate the $3k price strata. If you are looking north towards A3 I’m going to twist your arm to stretch to buy it. However…

A2 casts a taller, higher resolution sound stage. The DOUBLES in A2 emanate a massive, and more weighty image, that can more easily convince you that the musical event you’re hearing is in your own living room. A2 maintains Bryston’s smooth, not bright, flavorful sound.

A2 has so much potential that it rewards you for using the best possible electronics with it. A2 will sound good with a nice integrated like an NAD C368. When you step up to C399 the improvement is substantial. You wouldn’t have known that A2 has that much more to give. You step up even further to BR20 and one of the Bryston power amps and WOW! It happens again.

A2 is a fabulous speaker to buy with mid level electronics because it’s so revealing that every improvement you make in your hi-fi journey will be appreciated.

A2 offers tremendous opportunities for you to hear all of the improvements in front of it. A2 reveals the benefits of running a fine mains conditioner, power cables, high end Kimber interconnects and speaker wire. A2 is like a clear window to see your music through. And it does so with lifelike power in the process. A2 is a wonderful, FUN tool to bring more lifelike sounding music into your own home!