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New headphone amplifier from Bryston
As a rule, always use the lowest gain setting on any amp, or preamp unless you cannot achieve the desired volume with the volume knob For the bryston hpa this is very much the case. Lower gain means lower noise in MOST circuits. Use lower gain and turn volume up to safe comfortable listening...- FormosaWest
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New headphone amplifier from Bryston
Definitely not bright. Very very neutral character. Coming from a warm amp or tubes in relative terms one might mistake it as bright, but bright it is not. ... Id have a hard time finding something more neutral.. Neither bright nor warm.- FormosaWest
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New headphone amplifier from Bryston
Cheers Murray! good find. something like this might be necessary. if bryston produces a second gen bha i'll e first in line. it sounds so goood.- FormosaWest
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New headphone amplifier from Bryston
motorized or unmotorized pots are noisey and cause sound quality issues and wear out ... i really dislike them. this wouldnt be a great way to add a remote function for volume. digitally controlled (by rotary encoder) relay-controlled resistor-based attenuators can be made to offer 0.5db...- FormosaWest
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New headphone amplifier from Bryston
a small drive-only enclosure, using the bdp to control playback and bda to decode the audio? i like this idea! Better - yet... id suggest a CD/DVD-A/SA-CD/BR transport/drive integrated within a bdp, or bdp-like, digital player. As the transport alone is incredibly simple and the drive...- FormosaWest
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New headphone amplifier from Bryston
a small drive-only enclosure, using the bdp to control playback and bda to decode the audio? i like this idea! Better - yet... id suggest a CD/DVD-A/SA-CD/BR transport/drive integrated within a bdp, or bdp-like, digital player. As the transport alone is incredibly simple and the drive...- FormosaWest
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New headphone amplifier from Bryston
Personal review of BHA-1 I have the bha-1 headphone amp and the bda-1 dac patched to an iMac by aes/ebu via an April Music Stello u3, giving a full compliment of supported sample rates by xmos. By a-b comparison, the onboard usb is less impressive and not as versatile, so im pleased to have the...- FormosaWest
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SQ difference from wire gauge???
Hahahahaha! i need to lay off the late night coffee! thought id summarize. Hope you prefer the remastered edition. so glad you have world class sense of humour. :D may this thread rest in peace.- FormosaWest
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SQ difference from wire gauge???
This heated debate shouldnt be about whos right or wrong. certainly it shouldnt be about putting others down for experiencing things differently. We all do.- FormosaWest
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New headphone amplifier from Bryston
Quote: I cant tell you if its better or different, but i can tell you i love my bda-1 i play audio from my imac via audirvana through april music stello u3 usb-aes/ebu. It helps me separate my components well from my computer, and sounds terrific. Never a hiccup. Just absolutely pure...- FormosaWest
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New headphone amplifier from Bryston
Quote: Any favourite cans so far? All around? For classical? market research must be pretty nice ;)- FormosaWest
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New headphone amplifier from Bryston
Quote: Mine is exactly the same... A bunch at the very beginning, then a whole lot of nothing, then just before the end, it jumps in output. occasionally i wish it appeared more linear, but i see the benefit of how it is and its not a problem for me. Wish it had a cross-feed feature...- FormosaWest
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May 5th - Vancouver, BC Meet 2013
So down! It'll be exam time, but i'll for sure take the afternoon off to come hangout. Andrew- FormosaWest
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It's Done! Power Cord Shoot-Out-- 22 Power Cords Reviewed!
I know exactly what you mean ol'cheez. I feel like I can hear differences in power cords, but I cant help but doubt myself. My trained scientific logically minded brain wants peer reviewed double blind random controlled head to head and tells me to smarten up and be happy, but my eccentric...- FormosaWest
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It's Done! Power Cord Shoot-Out-- 22 Power Cords Reviewed!
Power cables.. i get it, but then again i don't, My brain tells me the nicest looking and feeling cables must sound the best,... But my mood does more to that effect than cables themselves as ive already decided what i like or don't without any audition. That goes for the stock cables.. They...- FormosaWest
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Bryston BHA headphone amp performance as a two source preamp Vs dedicated bryston pre.
Im looking for some thoughts from those of you who are experienced with bryston's headphone amp as a pre amp, stereo speaker systems, and dedicated bryston preamps. Does anyone own both the bryston 26 pre and the bha? Im building a bryston system, my first serious stereo system. Very...- FormosaWest
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New headphone amplifier from Bryston
Thank you for the advise. I appreciate it.- FormosaWest
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New headphone amplifier from Bryston
Quote: Wise and apparent! Though im only just acquiring my first bryston equipment, I've known the bryston reputation and quality for years. Bryston must be proud of their designs. I love the coherent, consistent functional approach to design taken. Thank-you bryston for designing such...- FormosaWest
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New headphone amplifier from Bryston
Just bought my bryston headphone amp! Cant wait for it to arrive and sit with my bryston dac. Unfortunately all the online retailers i found who sell the hhpa-1 to canada and had stock, where in the usa and had black only. most didn't ship to canada. I couldn't find local stock and local new...- FormosaWest
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New headphone amplifier from Bryston
Quote: I respect your point of view and others might like to see the prices dropped but, I've always been of the thought that bryston sits at the ideal price point to consistently offer premium high end hi fi equipment. Anything that could compromise that would be a bad decision in my...- FormosaWest
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