What do you like most about Bryston?

vegasdave · « **on:** 23 Jan 2010, 08:42 pm »

The sound, the build quality, warranty, etc.

I know this is hard, but just pick one thing, haha.

Discuss.

1oldguy · « **Reply #1 on:** 23 Jan 2010, 09:43 pm »

In all honestly the People.You won't find better in any company out there.Sincerely.

predrag · « **Reply #2 on:** 23 Jan 2010, 09:57 pm »

In one word: honesty

1ZIP · « **Reply #3 on:** 23 Jan 2010, 10:04 pm »

Integrity of;

Build

Performance

Sound

Sales

Customer Service

etc.

werd · « **Reply #4 on:** 23 Jan 2010, 10:09 pm »

I like the amount of staying power/experience that the company brings. 40 years in the business gets you all stuff we can talk about here. Because lets face it many companies come and go and there not many privately owned businesses in this market that can last. You don't get all the benefits of what Bryston offers or other long standing audio brands from a company that is under 10 years old.

Phil A · « **Reply #5 on:** 23 Jan 2010, 10:13 pm »

Ditto to all the above. Everything that has even been made will or can break at some point. The thing that separates great companies is no matter how good their product is and how few problems they have is how they handle those few problems and stand behind their promises.

Mad Mr H · « **Reply #6 on:** 23 Jan 2010, 11:15 pm »

Analogue warantee sells the product, Then you get it home and get the pleasure of the quality of audio makes every £/$ worth it.

john1970 · « **Reply #7 on:** 24 Jan 2010, 12:09 am »

What I like about Bryston:

1) Excellent state-of-the-art product at reasonable prices.
2) Very transparent non-colored sound
3) Made in North America.
4) Excellent service (so I have heard never had to use it!)

Cheers,

John

SFOX · « **Reply #8 on:** 24 Jan 2010, 01:13 am »

All of the above

drummermitchell · « **Reply #9 on:** 24 Jan 2010, 01:21 am »

All of the above,but when things get really get out of whack,Bryston goes way beyond customer service,as I found out,truly Superb customer service,they really go out of their way to satisfy.

vegasdave · « **Reply #10 on:** 24 Jan 2010, 01:41 am »

The one thing that I like most is the sound. There might be other brands that do this and that better. But, Bryston has the most overall presentation.

SHV · « **Reply #11 on:** 24 Jan 2010, 03:00 am »

Honesty...Fair return on money spent.

Steve

alexone · « **Reply #12 on:** 24 Jan 2010, 09:36 am »

...that this company fulfills all my needs in terms of audio.

al.

Laundrew · « **Reply #13 on:** 24 Jan 2010, 05:47 pm »

What is not in the audio...

Be well...

Stu Pitt · « **Reply #14 on:** 24 Jan 2010, 11:16 pm »

The sound quality is first and foremost. If it didn't sound good, who'd have bought it? If I didn't like the sound, it wouldn't have mattered if it had a lifetime warranty and the best customer service of all time.

vegasdave · « **Reply #15 on:** 25 Jan 2010, 01:22 am »

Exactly.

HsvHeelFan · « **Reply #16 on:** 25 Jan 2010, 03:12 pm »

The sound is why I bought mine.

I replaced a Yamaha Integrated amp that was giving up the ghost. A friend loaned me a THx rated 4B. He used the Thx rated 4B to drive a center channel speaker, in mono mode. He also had a Proceed amp driving his rear surround speakers and Goldmund Monoblocks driving his big Thiels.

I borrowed a Parasound PH850 pre-amp and a big Parasound 2-channel amp ( I don't remember the model number but it was supposed to be comparable to the Bryston in output) from the local dealer and had the Bryston for the weekend.

I replaced my Integrated amp with the Parasound/Parasound combo and then with the Parasound/Bryston. I intended to listen to both sets all weekend. After a couple of hours with the all Parasound lineup, I replaced the Parasound amp with 4B Thx. I was floored at how good the Bryston sounded.

The Parasound amp sounded very similar to the Yamaha Integrated Amp that was dead.

The Bryston brought clarity, detail, control, sound stage width and depth. I never knew audio could sound that good. So, about a month later, I bought a 4B-ST from a dealer in Franklin, Tennessee.

The 20 year warranty was an added bonus.

Having my Yamaha amp killing my KEF tweeters when it decided it would flake, wasn't appreciated.

HsvHeelFan

Laundrew · « **Reply #17 on:** 25 Jan 2010, 06:49 pm »

Quote from: HsvHeelFan on 25 Jan 2010, 03:12 pm

Having my Yamaha amp killing my KEF tweeters when it decided it would flake, wasn't appreciated.

HsvHeelFan

I had a Sony amplifier do this also to a pair of my KEFs

Be well...

turkey · « **Reply #18 on:** 25 Jan 2010, 06:51 pm »

Built like the proverbial brick you-know-what.

95Dyna · « **Reply #19 on:** 25 Jan 2010, 07:14 pm »

I like the dead silence and absolute neutrality. Assembling a system is so rife with variables that these attributes greatly simplify the diagnosis of sound that is too bright/dark, bass shy etc. Right off the top you can eliminate the amp and preamp and go straight to the source, cables, recording and/or speakers. Oh, and did I mention the beauty of the 19" silver faceplates with handles, then there's the 20 year warranty. I almost forgot, James Tanner and the good people at Bryston who make no effort to hide behind their dealer network.