SP3 Upgrades

James Tanner · « **Reply #40 on:** 5 Jan 2023, 02:30 pm »

Hi EC - email Adam on this - atanner@bryston.com

ec · « **Reply #41 on:** 5 Jan 2023, 03:40 pm »

Quote from: James Tanner on 5 Jan 2023, 02:30 pm

Hi EC - email Adam on this - atanner@bryston.com

Great will do. Thanks

gbaby · « **Reply #42 on:** 5 Jan 2023, 10:13 pm »

Quote from: Mike Pickett on 24 Aug 2020, 06:59 pm

We are now officially using the new HSR82T HDMI board in new SP3 production, and have been carefully rolling out upgrades to existing units. In most cases, the only SP3's that would benefit from upgrading to the HSR82T would be units using older 8 input modules, which makes it a relatively straightforward upgrade.

The upgrade cost would vary from $1000.00 for HDMI only, up to $3800.00 for a full rebuild to current specification.

Thanks,

Mike

Does this mean the SP3 can pass on eARC or Dolby Vision?

ec · « **Reply #43 on:** 5 Jan 2023, 11:12 pm »

Quote from: gbaby on 5 Jan 2023, 10:13 pm

Does this mean the SP3 can pass on eARC or Dolby Vision?

Adam was very responsive. Dolby Vision and HDR yes but no ARC or e- ARC. Bryston can still do the hdmi updates ......if they can get parts / hdmi boards 😞

gbaby · « **Reply #44 on:** 6 Jan 2023, 09:26 pm »

Quote from: ec on 5 Jan 2023, 11:12 pm

Adam was very responsive. Dolby Vision and HDR yes but no ARC or e- ARC. Bryston can still do the hdmi updates ......if they can get parts / hdmi boards 😞

Thanks for the information. Too bad about eARC as there is a work around for the 4k issue by buying players with two HDMI outputs and run one to the SP3 and the other to the television. I purchased a Sony 65A9G for that purpose.

Alphonse · « **Reply #45 on:** 2 May 2023, 04:30 pm »

Hi, updating this thread. James et al, are you now able to get HSR82T HDMI boards (or newer replacement version) from MDS? What is the turnaround time to do an update? Is it still $1000? I have a 2013 SP3 with the original 8 input HDMI board.

Thanks, Al

James Tanner · « **Reply #46 on:** 2 May 2023, 06:21 pm »

Hi Al,

We can no longer get the boards so I assume will will not be able to offer the upgrades going forward.

james

Alphonse · « **Reply #47 on:** 2 May 2023, 08:22 pm »

Sorry to hear that James. What do you think your options are going forward in the multi-channel processor segment?

Al

James Tanner · « **Reply #48 on:** 2 May 2023, 09:01 pm »

I think we will look at some kind of partnership where we do the hardware and they do software.

james

Rod_S · « **Reply #49 on:** 4 May 2023, 11:49 am »

With Bryston no longer being able to get the most recent HDMI boards has the SP3 been discontinued?

James Tanner · « **Reply #50 on:** 4 May 2023, 12:19 pm »

Hi Rod

We can not get the boards any longer so we are stopping production on the SP-3.
We have not been able to build SP-3's for about a year now.

james

gbaby · « **Reply #51 on:** 4 May 2023, 05:51 pm »

Quote from: James Tanner on 4 May 2023, 12:19 pm

Hi Rod

We can not get the boards any longer so we are stopping production on the SP-3.
We have not been able to build SP-3's for about a year now.

james

Are there any SP3s in stock?

James Tanner · « **Reply #52 on:** 4 May 2023, 06:36 pm »

No long gone - sorry

james

WillyP · « **Reply #53 on:** 5 May 2023, 09:09 am »

Hello James,

How long will it be possible to repair a SP3 in case of a failure?

Willy

James Tanner · « **Reply #54 on:** 5 May 2023, 11:46 am »

Hi

Not sure as it would really depend on what went wrong.

james

gbaby · « **Reply #55 on:** 5 May 2023, 03:59 pm »

Quote from: James Tanner on 4 May 2023, 12:19 pm

Hi Rod

We can not get the boards any longer so we are stopping production on the SP-3.
We have not been able to build SP-3's for about a year now.

james

This is sad as I thought that the SP3 would be made in perpetuity.

drummermitchell · « **Reply #56 on:** 6 May 2023, 12:42 am »

Ill take a dip in muddy waters,ain’t talkin blues.
I’ve always had separate preamp whether the 26 ,Vac pre ect.
I’ll even go far back as the arcam av8 processor strictly for movies which I switched out for the Anthem 70.
I needed the latest for me was the Anthem AVM 70 for movies ect.
With the Bryston sp-3 we have 5.1 Neanderthal to me with the 26 pre installed which I liked a lot yrs ago before the vac preamp mk II A.
So now it seems a boat anchor especially is something goes wrong,and even if you can can replace some parts the Whole unit has to be sent back.
Dedicated preamp or preprocessor works for me as if one drops out I can borrow one from dealer or buy a separate unit .
No down time.
5.1 reminds me almost of MONO now a days WTF.
No parts,out dated old news,
Jus sayin cuz I can.
I’ll add I use a Bryston BP-17 cubed for preamp.

Buseto · « **Reply #57 on:** 6 May 2023, 08:32 am »

Quote from: gbaby on 5 May 2023, 03:59 pm

This is sad as I thought that the SP3 would be made in perpetuity.

As a SP3 owner (with one of the first motherboards) I would like to see a successor model and James Tanner hinted in that direction a while ago.

WillyP · « **Reply #58 on:** 6 May 2023, 08:39 am »

Quote from: drummermitchell on 6 May 2023, 12:42 am

With the Bryston sp-3 we have 5.1 Neanderthal to me…
…
5.1 reminds me almost of MONO now a days WTF…

5.1 is perfectly fine for me. That is one of the reasons I went for the SP3.

WillyP

Alphonse · « **Reply #59 on:** 6 May 2023, 08:38 pm »

3.0 SP3 sound quality works very well for me right now. Might go to 5.0 or 5.1 some day. I am hoping Bryston will continue to support SP3 owners for awhile.