Hi All,
OK I got this sorted out.
The original 14B ST had serial numbers starting with 140001. The new 14B SST's had serial numbers starting at 000001.
When we switched to the SST's we increased very slightly the size of the transformers to allow more headroom above the current 600 watt rating. Other than cosmetics this was the only change.
So in reality the 14B ST has always been an SST design and other than the small power supply change are identical.
james
James,
reading your post above, I am getting a little angry about my 14B (S)ST relabelling issue again!
I get the feeling that I am being told anything just to be calmed down.
The stories, however, insult my intelligence.
The first story was that "it's a SST because the front panel switch, the warranty card and the check out sheet say so", while the back clearly reads 14B ST, the serial has the 14B ST format of 14xxxx, the check out sheet obviously had been manipulated and on top of that, I found out that my amp was the 14B that had been tested at several German audio magazines where at least one photo in a review clearly shows my serial and at that point it still was ST with a ST front panel switch. This clearly shows the amp has been relabelled. Then Sun Audio told me that they modified the amp into an SST. However, since this would have meant exchanging the transformers, as you explained above, this surely wasn't feasible at that time.
What really bothers me is that Bryston has its part in the cover up activities. Instead of admitting that something has gone wrong and fixing it, the issue is being played down.
No matter how small the difference in performance might be, it is not o.k. to mislead customers about the true identity of an (S)ST amp! That definitely is not the way I want to be treated as a customer!
Whom should I trust regarding anything concerning this amp, considering what happened so far???
Dissapointedly
Markus