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Industry Circles => Bryston Limited => Topic started by: amghoon on 13 Feb 2018, 06:31 pm

Title: upgrade to 14b3 or 7b3?
Post by: amghoon on 13 Feb 2018, 06:31 pm: Hi all,

I just bought a refurbished 4b3 and am loving it. It's my first Bryston product. I'm running it with a Schiit Freya tube pre and LS50s. Since the LS50s are just temporary, I'm wondering if I should swap it for a pair of 7b3s or a 14b3 as I know I'll always be curious if I should have spent the extra $$ and went with one of the big boys. For those that have heard the 4b3 and one or both of the others, is there a big difference?

Thanks in advance for any input!
Title: Re: upgrade to 14b3 or 7b3?
Post by: amghoon on 13 Feb 2018, 06:35 pm: Oh and I should add room size is 13X23 and most listened to music types are classic rock and EDM
Title: Re: upgrade to 14b3 or 7b3?
Post by: john1970 on 14 Feb 2018, 10:18 am: I recently traded in a 4B SST2 towards the purchase of a pair of 7B3 amps, but have never done a comparison to the 4B3. The 7B3 will definitely go louder than the 4B3 and has more current capacity. If you do decide to upgrade to the 14B3 or a pair of 7B3 I would definitely go for the pair of 7B3s. The 7B3 has more capacitance per a channel, additional heatsink, and are lighter than a single 14B3 amp.
Title: Re: upgrade to 14b3 or 7b3?
Post by: Grit on 14 Feb 2018, 10:25 am: What differences did you hear between the 4BSST2 vs the 7B3's did you hear that you'd attribute to version differences (SST2 vs S3) vs power and capacitance (4 series vs 7 series)?
Title: Re: upgrade to 14b3 or 7b3?
Post by: john1970 on 14 Feb 2018, 10:43 am: Quote from: Grit on 14 Feb 2018, 10:25 am
What differences did you hear between the 4BSST2 vs the 7B3's did you hear that you'd attribute to version differences (SST2 vs S3) vs power and capacitance (4 series vs 7 series)?

That is difficult for me to say because I changed speakers at the same time and I am quite sure changes to the transducer would be the most significant.
Title: Re: upgrade to 14b3 or 7b3?
Post by: Grit on 15 Feb 2018, 11:55 am: Oh yeah, that would be nearly impossible to isolate. Glad you're pleased with the whole package though. That's what counts!