emrelights1973
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Having a green Light is a bonus!
i wish it had a remote!
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Bryston plays well with Naim source
Having a green Light is a bonus!
i wish it had a remote!
I am not young but young at heart and ears!WOW, I love Naim's and Bryston's products. Wish I was young again.
I am not young but young at heart and ears!
Any impressions or opinions?Was able to find a demo unit at Audioadvisor. $1424. tts the F model. Pairing with an AK2000, PEF21 silver dragon dual male 3 pins and HD800S.
Any impressions or opinions?
I find Schiit DACs like Gumby or Yggy pairs well with it.
Although Spec'd not to have gobs of power, but it actually is quite strong. I think the gain is high.
Bass generally is noticibly good improvement. It's one of those amps that's solid-state, but don't sound solid-state.
The gain could be too high depending what DAC you are pairing it with. With BDA-2 I had to do a mod lowering the gain by 12dB. Otherwise I could not go past 10:30 on the volume knob even with big planars like HEKv2. The mod is reversible, Bryston did it for roughly $100 CA including shipping.. This is a great amp for HD800S, HEKv2, even IEMs like Campfire Vega scale up with BHA-1.Any impressions or opinions?
I find Schiit DACs like Gumby or Yggy pairs well with it.
Although Spec'd not to have gobs of power, but it actually is quite strong. I think the gain is high.
Bass generally is noticibly good improvement. It's one of those amps that's solid-state, but don't sound solid-state.
The first time I realized how great this amp sounded was in the audio shop trying out the Utopia. I was listening to Jazz at the Pawnshop and was blown away how realistic the Jazz bar background chatter sounded. I realized then a headphone setup can sound realistic. Luckily the Ayre codex provided a realistic timbre and depth the imaging. Then later I found out Codex sounded similar to Gumby.The gain could be too high depending what DAC you are pairing it with. With BDA-2 I had to do a mod lowering the gain by 12dB. Otherwise I could not go past 10:30 on the volume knob even with big planars like HEKv2. The mod is reversible, Bryston did it for roughly $100 CA including shipping.. This is a great amp for HD800S, HEKv2, even IEMs like Campfire Vega scale up with BHA-1.
Funny thing is, people say that about other amps. The word neutral gets tossed around a lot. The way I see this amp is, it doesn't have harsh treble characteristics that a lot of sold-states can have, and bass response is quite good, particularly on Sennheisers with good tight gripped response with elevated quantity than usual. The driver control is quite good that the dynamic drivers respond quickly. This is noticible. It's not a warm amp in the mids people will find with HD650 as it can get warm in the mids depending on the amp.This amp is one of the most neutral sounding amps I have ever listened to. I too ran it with a black dragon cable and the amp IMO doesn't really add much to anything. Its just so neutral sounding. I sold mine off a long time ago because I was never truly satisfied with it but I will say, build is excellent, and if you like an amp that doesn't add much if anything to the sound then yeah it's a great choice. In SE mode I disliked this amp a lot but in balanced mode I was pleased with the output.
Funny thing is, people say that about other amps. The word neutral gets tossed around a lot.
Understandable. Just because it has such characteristics I mention doesn't mean this amp glosses over fine details, it's quite transparent.Funny as it may sound, this is one of the most neutral sounding amps I have ever listened to. Most amps color the music some to one extent or another. I was paying this Bryston a compliment actually. Though I ended up not enjoying this amp myself due to being a bigger fan of tube amps, I can't deny that it is a solid choice for headphones.
In my experience the HD600 wasn't the best pair for it but I did like the LCD2 on it.