[HsvHeelFan]

Hey everyone,

I'm new to this Forum.  I've been lurking here for a pretty good while and feel a bit outclassed, audio-wise, by this forum.

I got my start with a small Pioneer receiver and awful speakers in the late 70's.  In early 1984, I upgraded to an all Yamaha system consisting of:

Yamaha 100x2 Intergrated Amp
Yamaha CD-2 CD player (purchased in March of '84)
Yamaha EQ
Yamaha Tuner
Yamaha DirectDrive Turntable with Ortofon OM-10 cartridge
Yamaha dual head Cassette Deck
Yamaha NS-1000 speakers

Why did I choose Yamaha? Well, back then, there were no good audio stores here.  The local audio store carried Kenwood, Nakamichi, Yamaha and Bang & Olufsen and Polk and ESS Speakers.

I was cluelessly happy with my audio system for years.  In the mid 90's I moved up to KEF Q70 speakers.  The impetus to get a different speaker from the NS-1000 was that the lovely wife didn't like the wide footprint of the Yamaha's.   During the speaker auditions,  I listened to a variety of KEF's and other speakers up to 10K a pair.  Due to budgetary reason's, the "point of diminishing returns" made the pick the KEF's which I still use.

Later on, the Yamaha Integrated Amp got tired and after nuking my KEF Tweeters, twice, I bought a big Velodyne 15 in powered Subwoofer, which is still in the system.

After nuking and replacing my KEF tweeters for a third time, a friend that I work with suggested that I borrow his Bryston (that was powering a Wilson center channel speaker) in Mono mode.  My friend has a pair of the big Thiel's and Goldmund monoblocks driving them.  He also owns a Proton 3 channel amp along with a Spectal Imaging amp and CD player.

By this time, my audio store was carrying Parasound, Adcom, Conrad Johnson and maybe McIntosh.

I took home a Parasound PH850 pre-amp and the Parasound 200 watt/ch amp (I don't remember which the model number) and I borrowed my friends Bryston.  It was a 4B that was approved as a THX amp.

I hated the sound of the Parasound amp. Switched the Parasound amp out with the Bryston and was immedialte FLOORED at how good the Bryston sounded.  Unbelievable!!

Even though I work in a High Tech field, for a high Tech company, I've been a musician for 40 years.  Starting out with piano and eventually playing Tuba.  I've held the principal Tuba chair in the Orchestra that I'm in since September of 1978.  The Symphony typically has 6 classical and 3 pops concerts a season.  Guest Artists that I've performed with have included Bevery Sills, Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, Marilyn Horne, Dave Brubeck (twice), Peter Nero, Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Kathleen Battle, Jane Bodle and Craig Shulman from Broadway, the lady that does "The Little Mermaid" voice for Disney, Amy Grant, The Moody Blues and others.

I bought my 4B-ST in September of 2001 in Franklin, TN.  i still use the Parasound as my pre-amp and I still use the KEF Q70s and the big Velodyne for my sub.  The Velodyne doesn't do much, since the 4B does such a great job of powering the system.   I no longer use my turntable and I'm now on my 4th CD player.  I'm currently using a Denon DCM-390.

Since I have the "best seat in the house" at Symphony Concerts, sitting next to the 3 trombones, I'm well aware of what live music sounds like. 

The Bryston 4B-ST makes me happy with the music that it provides. It's truly the best money I've ever spent on audio, bar none.  I love the soundstage width and depth.  I like that I can hear that not all the french horns may hit the big notes at EXACTLY the same time.  I love how the pizzacato runs in Telarc's Time Warp - Love Theme from Superman run from the cellos all the way up through the violins and back with complete even-ness through the mid range.

My music collection consists of around 500 cds and are fairly equally split between Rock and Roll, Jazz and Classical.

My 2 benchmark CD's are Telarc's "Pictures at an Exhibition" with the Cleveland Orchestra (the 1st cd I purchased) and Alan Parson Project "I Robot".  CD purchase number 2.

I eventually plan on getting a Bryston pre-amp to drive the 4B-ST.

My Bryston 4B-ST continues to provide hours of musical enjoyment and I'm very glad for that.

I also enjoy getting a glimpse into the rarefied air of high end audio that's here.

HsvHeelFan

[James Tanner]

^ Sir you made my day!

james

[1oldguy]

Hi...Playing with the Moody Blues must have been very nice.Always have been one of my Fav bands.

[James Tanner]

Hey everyone,

I'm new to this Forum.  I've been lurking here for a pretty good while and feel a bit outclassed, audio-wise, by this forum.

I got my start with a small Pioneer receiver and awful speakers in the late 70's.  In early 1984, I upgraded to an all Yamaha system consisting of:

Yamaha 100x2 Intergrated Amp
Yamaha CD-2 CD player (purchased in March of '84)
Yamaha EQ
Yamaha Tuner
Yamaha DirectDrive Turntable with Ortofon OM-10 cartridge
Yamaha dual head Cassette Deck
Yamaha NS-1000 speakers

Why did I choose Yamaha? Well, back then, there were no good audio stores here.  The local audio store carried Kenwood, Nakamichi, Yamaha and Bang & Olufsen and Polk and ESS Speakers.

I was cluelessly happy with my audio system for years.  In the mid 90's I moved up to KEF Q70 speakers.  The impetus to get a different speaker from the NS-1000 was that the lovely wife didn't like the wide footprint of the Yamaha's.   During the speaker auditions,  I listened to a variety of KEF's and other speakers up to 10K a pair.  Due to budgetary reason's, the "point of diminishing returns" made the pick the KEF's which I still use.

Later on, the Yamaha Integrated Amp got tired and after nuking my KEF Tweeters, twice, I bought a big Velodyne 15 in powered Subwoofer, which is still in the system.

After nuking and replacing my KEF tweeters for a third time, a friend that I work with suggested that I borrow his Bryston (that was powering a Wilson center channel speaker) in Mono mode.  My friend has a pair of the big Thiel's and Goldmund monoblocks driving them.  He also owns a Proton 3 channel amp along with a Spectal Imaging amp and CD player.

By this time, my audio store was carrying Parasound, Adcom, Conrad Johnson and maybe McIntosh.

I took home a Parasound PH850 pre-amp and the Parasound 200 watt/ch amp (I don't remember which the model number) and I borrowed my friends Bryston.  It was a 4B that was approved as a THX amp.

I hated the sound of the Parasound amp. Switched the Parasound amp out with the Bryston and was immedialte FLOORED at how good the Bryston sounded.  Unbelievable!!

Even though I work in a High Tech field, for a high Tech company, I've been a musician for 40 years.  Starting out with piano and eventually playing Tuba.  I've held the principal Tuba chair in the Orchestra that I'm in since September of 1978.  The Symphony typically has 6 classical and 3 pops concerts a season.  Guest Artists that I've performed with have included Bevery Sills, Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, Marilyn Horne, Dave Brubeck (twice), Peter Nero, Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Kathleen Battle, Jane Bodle and Craig Shulman from Broadway, the lady that does "The Little Mermaid" voice for Disney, Amy Grant, The Moody Blues and others.

I bought my 4B-ST in September of 2001 in Franklin, TN.  i still use the Parasound as my pre-amp and I still use the KEF Q70s and the big Velodyne for my sub.  The Velodyne doesn't do much, since the 4B does such a great job of powering the system.   I no longer use my turntable and I'm now on my 4th CD player.  I'm currently using a Denon DCM-390.

Since I have the "best seat in the house" at Symphony Concerts, sitting next to the 3 trombones, I'm well aware of what live music sounds like. 

The Bryston 4B-ST makes me happy with the music that it provides. It's truly the best money I've ever spent on audio, bar none.  I love the soundstage width and depth.  I like that I can hear that not all the french horns may hit the big notes at EXACTLY the same time.  I love how the pizzacato runs in Telarc's Time Warp - Love Theme from Superman run from the cellos all the way up through the violins and back with complete even-ness through the mid range.

My music collection consists of around 500 cds and are fairly equally split between Rock and Roll, Jazz and Classical.

My 2 benchmark CD's are Telarc's "Pictures at an Exhibition" with the Cleveland Orchestra (the 1st cd I purchased) and Alan Parson Project "I Robot".  CD purchase number 2.

I eventually plan on getting a Bryston pre-amp to drive the 4B-ST.

My Bryston 4B-ST continues to provide hours of musical enjoyment and I'm very glad for that.

I also enjoy getting a glimpse into the rarefied air of high end audio that's here.

HsvHeelFan

I love it when customers with this level of exposure to live sound respond so positively to our products.

james

[VOLKS]

Welcome to the group

[Phil A]

Welcome to the group

Ditto

[HsvHeelFan]

The Moody Blues concert was sort of funny.

The Orchestra that I'm in doesn't play Rock and Roll shows very often.  Normally, we play in a Concert Hall that is very forgiving, acoustically speaking.

The Moody Blues concert was in the nearby 8,000 seat arena. (Our home Concert Hall seats 2,100).

The Orchestra and the Moody Blues were set up on an elevated stage in the middle of the arena.  All instruments were mic'd and there were monitors everywhere, so every musician would be able to hear the complete mix (provided by the sound man from the mixing board).

At rehersal, the Moody Blues road manager or guest conductor said "Beware! The monitors are going to be at 93db".  I thought okay, that won't be to bad.

I couldn't tell the monitors were even on!  Sitting next to a hot bass trombone player with his bell 2 ft from the side of your head, the monitors might as well not have existed.

Beverly Sills played here in 1980 or 1981.  It was the last year she was actively touring.  That was the most magical musical evening.  Itzhak Perlman and the 2 Dave Brubeck concerts were also very good.  Russell Gloyd, Brubeck's conductor and the band are outstanding and just genuinely nice people off stage.

Tonight, I've been listening to Vince Guraldi and his Peanuts Christmas album along with Michael Buble' and some Sinatra. I'm about to play some Pink Floyd.

HsvHeelFan

[werd]

"Even though I work in a High Tech field, for a high Tech company, I've been a musician for 40 years.  Starting out with piano and eventually playing Tuba.  I've held the principal Tuba chair in the Orchestra that I'm in since September of 1978." 

Hi

Tuba is the bomb, i love tuba. Some of the best bass lines i have ever heard were laid down by the tuba in this band at the Sask Jazz fest.
 http://www.rosebudus.com/dozen/

Thought i was listening to a great acoustic bass playing/live mix. Totally loved it when i first discovered it was a tuba doing it all. The bass is so full and floats off the stage. Bryston is full of live neutral presentation and that will sit well with you.

[Robert D]

Welcome

Robert

[vegasdave]

Cool story, HsvHeelFan!

Now ya need to upgrade to the SST or SST2 4B!