Bryston - Stereo or Monoblock

I agree, monoblocks, IF

easy/remote power on/off?

remote balance control somewhere

not only locate close to speakers, there is an advantage lifting/moving/placing them individually if heavy, and, if tubes, separates the heat hither and thither.

My question is directed to Kingbarbuda. When you say you were listening to Jeff  Beck loud could you be more specific? 90db, 100db? I was trying to get a feel as to how loud I listen to my rig.

Thanks

Terry

Generally speaking, most monoblocs have more capacitors, and therefore more ability to carry demanding speakers, ie maggies., when under heavier loads. 

I am running the Magnepan LRS with a Bryston 4BSST and it runs HOT with those speakers, I mean not that it can't take it, but still.  Anyway I also have the 7BSST2 and would highly recommend those amps.  If you have bigger $$ there are a pair of 1 year old 7B3 on here for mid 6k.  Anyway as to which of those two sound better supposedly the cubed is a little warmer than the squared.  As for monoblocks and subwoofers, I would say absolutely.  I have REL T5s that have used with the LRS and they add a lot and the monoblock hookup with REL is a big plus.  The mags were developed on monoblocks.  Bryston recommends shorter speaker wires than interconnects which of course pretty much demands monoblocks.  The 7BSST2 sounds better than the 4BSST as one would expect and they drive my Infinity Kappa 8s with ease.  Haven't hooked them up to the LRS though.  Sound good with the 4B the bass is actually pretty good on that amp but yeah get the 7B3 probably if you have the $$ and want that long warranty.

Hi @wegenert. The Jeff Beck album was one of his latest albums and I was streaming it. I didn’t have a device to measure the sound pressure. But it was LOUD. Like if I had a neighbor in and adjoining room they would have complained. If my wife was there she would have complained and left. If I had opened the window you could have heard it down the street. Not way down the street. But it was loud. Now I hardly listen to music that loud. But I expect that my amps will never go into thermoprotection. It also demonstrated to me the lack of headroom and therefore the lack of power for transient dynamics that the Vidar had for MY system. Since switching to Bryston I have had zero issues. I agree that you don’t need the 28B3 monoblocks I have. But I happened onto them and got so good a deal, I couldn’t pass them up. They are end game for me IMO. Most folks will be pleased with a 4B3 run in stereo. But the great thing about the 4B3 is that they can easily be run in bridge mode and run as “monoblocks”. You can get one and try it. If you want and find another at a good price you can get a second. That is what I did after the Vidars. I hope that helped.