Pete, I got both of my Bryston amps very lightly used (both just under a yr. old) within the last couple of yrs. I use a Bryston SP1.7 as a preamp. I usually shop at Gifted Listener Audio in Centreville, VA. I got the SP1.7 and my Thiels there. They don't carry every model and I constantly rib them to carry more Bryston, Thiel and Ayre vs. what they have now (they finally got Maggie 20.1s so some of my pestering helped), but it is small store with outstanding service. My friend used to work there for about 5 yrs. part time and I did virtually all of his deliveries/installs with him. I started out as more into HT but then after dropping off so many high end systems I 'd come home and while my system did music very well for a HT, it was not up to snuff with music only systems.
