Why does Bryston need to jump thru so many hoops? You guys have been making players and amps for years now; track record should count for a lot with the feds. It's not like a totally new, revolutionary circuit is coming out.
The difference is that in the old days you just had to get safety and hydro approvals in the country the product was manufactured in. Now you have to get approvals for all the countries you ship too. CE for Europe. CCC for China , CSA for Canada - the list goes on.
So these testing companies have sprung up that you have to deal with to get these approvals and even though we have been doing this for 50 years and have not burned any of our customers houses down yet that counts for nothing as its a money grab. (For CCC in China they have to send representatives from China to check out your plant - at your expense). It costs many thousands of dollars per unit (even each model of amp has to be tested independently - 2B,3B,4B etc.). That's why we as a responsible manufacturer are at a disadvantage as many other companies just ignore these requirements. i'm rambling - sorry.
Also the tests they run border on insanity in my opinion because they are exercises in 'what -if' scenarios which in the real world would never occur.
james
