danman, forget those guys...we know what the good stuff is! I agree that Bryston deserves more respect, but consider this...there's no such thing as bad publicity!
True............all publicity is good! However, I am just a little disappointed by the ML site because I own both Bryston and ML but my opinions of their sound together were never respected after the incident of a few weeks ago! I did not realise that some people on that forum were so short sighted that they cannot believe another product powering them besides the 3 or 4 models they all use at 2 to 3 times the price is at least as good and sometimes better depending on personal taste.
I know I should not bring this topic up because you all know what it does to me however, to be honest, I was very peed at the notion of snobiness that I received from them based on people that never even heard the set up in the first place! I was so happy to have listened last week to see for myself and at the same time also listen to other models. This gave me a better perspective of what this combination sounds like in the right settings.
Even before this event took place I did notice that everytime I would ask certain questions concerning ML products, some people would answer quite bluntly if they did not think it was relevent. It seems that some only want to pretend how much they think they know and are so rapped up in their little minds that they forget to just listen to music! It is not a forum I plan on returning to anytime soon and I am sure they don't want me anyways! 
well you are welcome here.
One thing that we all have to deal with, are certain fallacies about the sonics of Bryston equipment. Most have not heard recent equipment manufactured by the company. So they tend to spout off thoughts they really have no knowledge of. That forum is no different than any other forum. There are posters on the site that know what they write and then there are others that just wish to hear themselves and they want acceptance so they write what they think the majority would approve of.
Now if their speakers only sounds good on 2 or 3 products, then they seem to have a problem with their product. Knowing ML, they match well a large number of electronics.
Having owned hundreds+ and I mean + of systems over the years, there are few mainstream products I have not owned. Bryston owners have nothing to apologize for. So I would not be concerned with what they write or Dudley.
Now when you sit and listen to your system, can any of you hear diffused/ hazy mids and highs? I doubt it. Any of you that own ML, can you hear diffused/ hazy mids and highs? I doubt that as well. As one poster on that site stated, Dudley needed to clean out his ears. Even another writer at Stereophile wrote that he had not heard ML sound as good. Well, who knows what frame of mind Dudley was in?
Who cares? Nor should we care if some other site prefer other electronics over what we have settled on. I really could care less. I have owned the ML CLS and the last thing I would think with the Bryston is how Dudley described it.
Perceptions and old news is sometimes hard to live down. So there is a perception that Bryston is bright/ etchy yada yada yada. Well, we all know that is not true and if most were to listen to Bryston blindly, they would have a definite different opinion on it. I know I have changed my mind about it.
I really could care less what they or other sites write about the equipment I presently own. At the end of the day, it is not going to affect what I own or prefer. If Bryston was so bad, then there would be no demand for our equipment on the secondary market (used). Well that is not the case. The equipment keeps it's value and is definitely easy to sell.
If it was such a poor match, I am sure ML themselves would not be asking Bryston to demo with them. NOR would James be owning a pair matched up with our equipment.
