Thiel Owners

That would be my last post on the topic of cable burn in.  Prof can sleep well now :-)

prof

I have a Bryston 4B3 and BP-17(3) demo in a few weeks. I have had several Bryston 4B-SST, SST2 and BP-26 audtions in the past. Really looking forward to the new cubed series audition.   Stay tuned.

Happy Listening!

jafant

I'll be interested of your impressions on any significant differences between the BP-26 and the BP-17c in  high frequency reproduction..

tomthiel ,
Nice observation re spruce soundboards. Although I've pretty much retired from "the scene," I spent many years as a professional classical guitarist. My instrument has a Sitka top. If left unplayed for any longish interval, it sounds terrible at first, and takes days to open up. But open up it does. It is an enormous difference. That's why I choose spruce and not cedar. Cedar tops have a more colored sound, loose vitality as they age, etc. But this is just like my system with the 3.7s. Sounds small and uninviting if not played in a while, but after some hours back in play -- whoa!
Todd

@jafant I heard the Bryston 4B3 + BP17 Cubed with Vandersteen a few weeks ago at a very high end shop. Being a previous Bryston owner I am familiar with the sound. The top end was definitely less harsh and the sound and soundstage was similar to the Benchmark AHB2 (which I just sold).

The only thing that struck me as a negative was that the sound was not projected out from the speakers as much as with the Mark Levinson 585 integrated that I heard 20 minutes earlier at another shop. I noticed the same thing with the AHB2 when I compered it to the ML 585 and Magico A3 (same room same gear).

I spoke to Gary Dayton of Bryston and he said that the BP 17 is the best sounding preamp in the lineup now and that the BP-26 will get cubed soon.