Bryston?

@cleeds 

<<The challenge is finding a tech qualified and equipped to align these tuners.>>

 No kidding. Got an 85lb powered sub, no one local can install new amp board. Friend inherited a nice TEAC R2R that needed attention -- no luck. In my childhood we had three independent radio repair shops. Long gone. Radio Shack had the last gearhead, young kid; they closed 10 years ago. Canada was a bastion of FM connoisseurship for obvious reasons. Now it may be Eastern Europe. 

Some of the details behind the 2021 ownership changes after Brian Russell died in March 2021 — https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/bryston-ceo-james-tanner-talks-with-alan-taffel-about-the-companys-ownership-change/

I just purchased the following Bryston products:

1.Bryston 4B3 cubed power amplifier which puts out 300 watts per channel at 8 ohms and 500 per channel into 4 ohms. I've had this amp for 4 months and am enjoying it very much. I am driving the Martin Logan 11A Impressions. The sound is powerful and clean.

2. Bryston BP-19-preamplifier. The preamp is very clean sounding and does not add any unwanted sound to my set up. The preamp is dead silent. I've had this for two months and am happy with my purchase.

I've owned a Bryston amp (still going after 25+ years, recapped), preamp, DAC, and digital player. I've always found the company to be remarkably responsive. James Tanner is quick to answer questions on the audiocircle forum. My only reservation is that they seem to have struggled a bit with the software on their digital players--though it didn't bother me since I use Roon. I have the sense that they may be phasing out of digital players, though that's just a hunch.