Bass leaves after amp warms up?

Fishing716 mentioned also on another thread that switching sources can bring back the bass. Same happens when he "adjusts" speaker cables. It would imply bad connection somewhere. It is not amp because he tried two, not source since he switched them, not speaker cables because he had this with spades, bananas and direct wiring. I also believe he tried different speakers? It is not line voltage since he stated it is 120V. It is not outlet because he tried few.

Is it related to equipment or room/building? It might be bad connection somewhere in the building (defective breaker, loose screw in the panel etc.) I would set-up the system with small speakers and just CDP to verify that it is still happening and then would get it to my another house.

I considered defective jumper from pre-out to power-in but Bryston has switch.

Good call. Bad connections happen and could easily produce the effects observed.

If the problem occurs at lower volumes as well as high, that would better indicate that temperature inside amp over time when driving speaker load is not a factor as well.

I said "to my another house" - it should say "to friend's house".

I hope it is the house, as hard as it is to change, because the only alternative is Fishing716 himself (common factor) - musician, 60's, LSD. If that's the case he has to be brought up at completely different forum of "experts".

I'm making jokes but I feel your pain Fishing716 and read your other threads on the subject. You'll find it eventually, I'm sure.

I don't know as much as many posting here, but the amplifier/speaker match always comes up sooner or later when we know speakers aren't playing up to their potential especially in the bass. I've always seen in the forums that proper matching of the amp/speaker is crucial to proper performance. Sounds like a bad match between the Synchrony 1's and the Musical Fidelity amp. You may want to try a high current amplifier that "doubles down." (the power of the amplifier doubles as the impedance of the speaker is halved). By the way, Bryston and Musical Fidelity amps do not do this.

Interesting question I think Ralph may have hit on. I have lots of amps and they all exhibit the same behavior potentially. But I don't think it's limited to mosfets. I have both mosfet and bi-polar types and the same thing applies to both. This phenomenon is more prevalent when an amp is listened to "cold" and as it warms up, performance seems to fall off a bit. Not as noticeable with an amp left on 24/7. Mine are on 24/7 and sound better and better as they warm up. Why? Because quiescent current is higher when it's cold or cooler than when it's 'cookin'. So my solution is to set quiescent current to optimum when it's good and hot. The op has good ears. Not many people care about that even if they notice. It has to do with manufacturers' warranty issues. The cooler they run, the longer they last.