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Jun 28, 2011 at 10:50 PM Thread Starter Post #1 of 2,442
Hardertaskthinking

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Dear all,
 
Some of you may have heard of Bryston, the well-known maker of audio equipment for both the Consumer and Professional market.  Quite a number of its current line of products have received critical acclaim and these include the BCD-1 CD player, the BDA-1 D/A converter, the recently released BDP-1 Digital player and the 28B-SST2 1,000 watts monoblock amplifiers.  What many people love about Bryston, besides the high build and sound quality of its products, are its 20-year transferable warranty, parts & labour, on its analogue products and its 5-year transferable warranty on all its digital circuits.
 
Coming our way (probably September) is the first Bryston headphone amplifier the BHP-1.  I know there are already many excellent headphone amplifiers at a wide spectrum of prices available in the market.  But if you guys are considering a sensibly priced, high-quality headphone amplifier may want to wait out for BHP-1's arrival before making any decisions now.
 
Here's a picture of the prototype:
 

 
[Disclaimer: I am only a happy Bryston equipment owner and I am not in any way related to, or have any financial interest in Bryston]
 
Jun 28, 2011 at 11:10 PM Post #2 of 2,442
Sensational - thanks for that. Bryston make excellent higher end kit, and many here will be familiar with their DAC, but that doesnt always translate to an 'automatically' brilliant headphone amp. I look forward to hearing more about this amp.
 
Jun 28, 2011 at 11:20 PM Post #3 of 2,442
It is not going to be inexpensive with the separated power supply.
 
I was a happy Bryston owner and their products are above par. I used to have the combo BP26 pre and the 4BSST. For SS gear, they are expensive but they worth every penny.
 
Happily waiting for an audition at a local dealer when available.
 
 
 
Jun 28, 2011 at 11:39 PM Post #4 of 2,442
I had a Bryston 1B preamplifier back in the early 1980s.  I was working for a Linn-Levinson dealer, and although I could afford an LP-12 turntable on my 50% salesman accommodation, no way I could ever afford Levinson electronics on what I was paid.  The Bryston was OK, but I ditched it in favor of the preamp that is still in my Head-Fi profile 30 years later.  I guess Bryston entering the headphone-only amplifier market means that it has attracted the attention of old-line high-end manufacturers.  Can an Audio Research headphone amplifier be far away given Head-Fi folks' love for tubes?
 
Jun 28, 2011 at 11:47 PM Post #5 of 2,442

 
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attenuated 3db said:
I had a Bryston 1B preamplifier back in the early 1980s.  I was working for a Linn-Levinson dealer, and although I could afford an LP-12 turntable on my 50% salesman accommodation, no way I could ever afford Levinson electronics on what I was paid.  The Bryston was OK, but I ditched it in favor of the preamp that is still in my Head-Fi profile 30 years later.  I guess Bryston entering the headphone-only amplifier market means that it has attracted the attention of old-line high-end manufacturers.  Can an Audio Research headphone amplifier be far away given Head-Fi folks' love for tubes?
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Well, I would like to see Krell,  Audio Research, Cary Audio jump on the band wagon  ,,,,
 
 
 
Jun 29, 2011 at 4:54 AM Post #6 of 2,442

Apparently, there are 2 versions of the BHP-1 to be released:
 
1) one with an internal Power Supply Unit (users do not need the additional power supply unit MPS-2 pictured)
2) one without an internal Power Supply Unit and needs to be plugged in to the MPS-2 (a good option for current owners of Bryston BP-26 pre-amplifier with which the MSP-2 comes by default.  The MPS-2 can power up 4 different Bryston components) http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=BYMPS2
 
I am particularly keen to test out the BHP-1 myself because preliminary information suggests that it can more than adequately drive heavy loads like the HE-6.  It will be really interesting to see how it compares to the soon-to-be-released Hifiman EF-6 and RSA Darkstar.
 

 
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acdoan said:
It is not going to be inexpensive with the separated power supply.
 
I was a happy Bryston owner and their products are above par. I used to have the combo BP26 pre and the 4BSST. For SS gear, they are expensive but they worth every penny.
 
Happily waiting for an audition at a local dealer when available.
 
 
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Jun 29, 2011 at 6:14 AM Post #7 of 2,442
The XLR outputs of their BDA-1 sounded much nicer to me when going into a balanced amp than the RCA.  The result took me by surprise!
 
Jun 29, 2011 at 6:52 AM Post #8 of 2,442
Interesting. Hopefully Bryston have gone out of there way with the design to ensure it sounds demonstrably better than the headphone stage on their amps/pre-amps.
 
Jun 29, 2011 at 9:22 AM Post #9 of 2,442

 
Quote:
hardertaskthinking said:
Dear all,
 
Some of you may have heard of Bryston, the well-known maker of audio equipment for both the Consumer and Professional market.  Quite a number of its current line of products have received critical acclaim and these include the BCD-1 CD player, the BDA-1 D/A converter, the recently released BDP-1 Digital player and the 28B-SST2 1,000 watts monoblock amplifiers.  What many people love about Bryston, besides the high build and sound quality of its products, are its 20-year transferable warranty, parts & labour, on its analogue products and its 5-year transferable warranty on all its digital circuits.
 
Coming our way (probably September) is the first Bryston headphone amplifier the BHP-1.  I know there are already many excellent headphone amplifiers at a wide spectrum of prices available in the market.  But if you guys are considering a sensibly priced, high-quality headphone amplifier may want to wait out for BHP-1's arrival before making any decisions now.
 
Here's a picture of the prototype:
 

 
[Disclaimer: I am only a happy Bryston equipment owner and I am not in any way related to, or have any financial interest in Bryston]
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Look like the BP26 design. Do you know the dimension ?
 
 
 
Jun 29, 2011 at 10:55 AM Post #10 of 2,442
There is a different "leaked photo" here???
 
http://canadahifi.com/index.php/bryston-bhp-1-headphone-amplifier/
 
Jun 29, 2011 at 7:24 PM Post #12 of 2,442
ACDOAN, seriously - quoting an entire post, with images, to ask a simple question ? Please consider those who arent on T1 Ethernet with a broadband pipe into the basement.
 
Jun 29, 2011 at 10:09 PM Post #15 of 2,442


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macedonianhero said:
I'm glad to see that some of the big boy speaker gear manufacturers are starting to pay attention to us.
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Speaker manufacturers ? To my simplistic way of thinking, there shouldnt be a huge chasm between the ability to build a good preamplifier and the ability to build a dedicated headphone amp - always happy to hear otherwise from Ray or someone who knows that of which they speak.
 
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