Thankx Phil.
But the questions remain. What percentage of the Amplifier is made up of analog components and digital. This gives an idea as how much money need to be spent on a repair if a digital circuit fails outside the warranty.
Similarly, for processors. Also a discussion what is considered as digital and what is considered as Analog would be great.
Hi Guys,
Phil got it right on. As we moved into digital designed equipment we realized the same rules do not apply. The main differences are:
1. Digital circuits are IC based and as a result you can not repair them the same way you can with discrete circuits. You replace the whole IC or chip or sometimes the whole circuit board..
2. Digital technology changes move along at a much faster pace so offering long term warranties on IC's and chips that are no longer made or supported is not possible.
3. Bryston as a company wants some level of history with these new digital technologies before we feel confident to offer more than a 5 year life span.
As a perfect example of how things are truely different with these new technologies are the drives in our new CD players. They are warrantied from the manufacturer to us for '30 days'.
All our current Bryston amplifiers (other than the new D130Z) are fully discrete circuits so there is no digital circuits involved therefore 20 years warranty. The Processor, the CD Player and the new External DAC all have sections of digital technology in them. The digital board in the processor is about 30% of the total cost. The parts (DA Section) in the BP26, B60, B100 etc are about 10% Digital. The CD Player and the new External DAC are about 30% Digital.
james
