Bryston 28 sst's vs Spectron Musician 3 SE ?

thanks everyone for their responses and ideas...it seems that this indeed makes for an interesting 'shoot out'; and there are people on both camps on this topic; which is good...my dealer is still breaking in his Bryston 28 sst monos; I'm hoping to borrow them for an audition in two weeks; then to hear the Spectrons...I'll post back after I get this done...
at least no one is recommending that I spend even more on the bigger MBL's; or more expensive solid state amps yet..this I think is doable for me in my system...
I'd like to hear thoughts on power cords and cable synergies as well...
Thanks again to everyone who responded...

I disagree with specific auditioning methods, comparing listening at a dealers location and then in your own home, just doesn't add up for me.

It seems that I was addressed regarding Spectron and a new model, firstly I was not "scared" that Spectron will introduce a new bla! bla! You are being very naive if you think this is the last amp and all you have to do is take a look at their past history, need I say more.

If you are going to listen to Bryston 28 SQ mono blocks I would recomend you have them plugged into Torus RM20 conditioners at least, one for each amp if you really want to hear what these can do.

In the end just make sure what ever it is that you are demoing make sure they are well broken-in, compared in your own set-up and enjoy.

just to clarify, i was under the impression that all spectral amps are to be used with MIT cabling ONLY.

anyone doing otherwise? be a darn shame to have to change your speaker cables to accomodate an amp.

Rhyno, they are talking about Bryston and Spectron, not Spectral.

Hello Dev,

I did not say that I auditioned Bryston at LOCAL(!) dealer and on this basis I decided to compare them with Spectron. Its rather arrogant assumption and degrading statement.

Moreover, I was surprised with your bad mouthing Spectron:

"You are being very naive if you think this is the last amp and all you have to do is take a look at their past history, need I say more"

So, I looked. Firstly, a minute ago, I called Simon Thacher - yes, he can be called 7 days a week and I like it in the hi-fi cothe company can be called 7 days per week. According to him:

1 Musician III was introduced in late Summer of 2004
2 Musician III Signature was introduced in December of 2006
3 Musician III Mk2 was introduced in Spring of 2008

Secondly, each subsequent generation of Musician was done not to rectify some gross error but to improve sound and he suggested to see reviews comparing old and new versions.

Thirdly, each owner could continue to enjoy his amplifier or upgrade it to the latest. According to their web site, upgrade from Signature to Mk2 is $600+ For substantial sound improvement - reasonable, on my opinion

Fourthly, as per their web site even owners of old Musician II (10 years old???) can upgrade their $3k amp to about 85% of Musician III Mk2 performance for about $1.3k.

This constant upgradeability - for me at least, shows that Spectron is taken care of my financial investment in their product - it will not be obsolete even 10 years down the road and I LOVE this idea.

Mike