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No plans - we offer the 9B in a 2,3,4 and 5 channel version.james
...the 9B with 2 channels? since when? i always thought the minimum was 3 channels... al.
It's not really 'official' but we will do it.james
Here are my thoughts on one potential new/improved product that Bryston should be working on.First a preamble -- Bryston has managed to create a new version of its op-amps that have astonishingly good S/N numbers (~140db), and they sound amazing. These are used in the BDA-1. My proposal is a new 2U tall stereo pre-amp combining the circuit topology of the BP26, but replacing the op-amps with those from the BDA-1. The power supply would be in the enclosure, on left side on a vertically mounted (separate board), separated from the remainder of the enclosure with some hefty metal (to keep any power supply noise out). The analog board would be the updated BP-26 -- possibly using the solid state analog volume controls used in the BP-16, and microprocessor controlled relays to select the input source. (Like the BP26, it would have 2 balanced inputs, 6 unbalanced inputs. (possibly eliminate the tape loop), 1 or 2 unbalanced outs, 1 balanced out). The second (possibly optional board) would be essentially a BDA-1 (minus power supply) without the output op-amps (they would not be needed as the signal from the dacs would go into the op-amps on the analog board.)An advantage of this approach could be as much as 20 to 30db lower noise than the BP-26.I'm not the director of engineering at Bryston, but I have met the guy (Chris Russell) and he strikes me as being very smart -- I'm sure he has thought of this -- and I wouldn't be surprised if they are considering it. Or perhaps they just update the BP26 with the new op-amps and leave it otherwise as-is. That should be relatively quick and easy to do. (Either option would make a nice break from the difficult and long project that the SP3 has almost certainly grown into.)-- Ian.
^^^^ if they start making em in China, NP.
or maybe try something novel like selling factory direct? If the middleman markup was eliminated I'm sure they could be cost competitive.
How about throwing a one of those choke filters in on a 4B, like what you have on the 14B?
Sorry folks - factory direct does not work for specialty companies. james
seems to work quite well for specialty companies such as Salk Audio... What about my orginal re-question of utilizing the custom output developed for the BCD/BDA in the BP26?
Does Bryston support Mac yet?
Hi Ryanz - if you mean for software upgrade purposes.. sorry no.james
Sorry. Yes, for software upgrades. Do you think Bryston will ever do so?
