Well, I have to tell you that I hooked up my 4B3 last night and expected to listen for a half hour or so. Not at all what happened! After playing the very first track on my Middle Ts which I’ve had for some time now. I was nothing short of mesmerized. To say that the amp transformed my system would be an understatement. EVERYTHING was so much better…
The Soundstage editors and staff have announced the new Bryston 4B Cubed stereo amplifier has attained SOUNDSTAGE Hi-Fi Reference Component status! Described its sound as “virtually faultless,” praised its “ability to drive just about any speaker with ease,” and declared that it “may well be the best value today in a high-end, high-powered, solid-state amplifier. If I were in the market for a new amp, I’d buy the Bryston 4B3 without hesitation.”
I was blown away by its amazing transparency, absolute control, and very smooth, very linear sound. In my system, its sound was nearly flawless — no matter what I listened to. I couldn’t imagine the sound being much better, at least in terms of accurate reproduction.
Let me tell you I never been a fan of Solid State at all. I owned/tried so many SS amp and gave up few years ago and been only own the tube amplification since. However this 4B3 amp just open up the whole new world to me.
Hardly any other amplifier can look back to such a long product history as the Bryston 4B amplifier, which was introduced in 1976. Let’s repeat it again, yes in 1976! Only its little sister the Bryston 3B, which has been available even longer, and the likewise legendary Naim NAP 250 can look back at a similarly long family tree…