Hi jethro,
The BP6 is the preamp section of the new B60 SST. It was a very economical way for us to offer a Bryston preamp at a lower cost.
It does not have Balanced in or out as the BP26 does. It only has 4 inputs. It has the power supply internal.
We have not arrived at a price just yet but it should be about 30% less than the BP26/MPS2
james
One thing I'd really like to see is an SP1.7 with more inputs. I have a multi-format DVD/SACD player, a CD jukebox, cable, a tuner, a PC, plans for a Roku, VCR, cassette. Only the ancient technologies (cassette, VCR, vanilla CD) are going to stay 2 channel analog forever. Everything else offers or will offer optical connections, and someday, most likely, 5+ channels of sound. And here I am with 2 optical inputs, 4 coax inputs, and one 5.1 analog input.
Now I know that for the low-fidelity sources, a selector box is a fine solution - tuner, VCR and cassette can be lumped together. But that makes home automation annoying to implement.
I think a nice, round 10 inputs - all of them available as optical, coax, 2 ch. analog and 6 ch analog - would be wonderful. Yes, it's a lot of golden connectors and it takes a bigger box, but let's face it, people plumping for Bryston are likely to have a variety of devices.
