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In Reply to: Re: need 5 channel amp recomendations posted by Eric J on February 16, 2000 at 20:16:02:
Hammer is right--about $3800 list, but you'd be a fool to pay that much. I got mine 10 months old from a guy in Canada for $2600! I'd check out Audiogon.com, Ebay, etc. to see if you can pick up a used one first (but don't hold your breath--these amps are incredible and I don't expect you'll find them too often on the used market). The transferrable warranty protects you 100%. Bryston does indeed stand behind their products 100%.
Each amp is thoroughly inspected and burned-in 300 hours before it ships. Each comes with a "birth sheet" which specifies specs as tested. Mine is approximately 155 watts/ch with around .003% THD+N. Mind you that those 155 watts are clean, clean, clean from 1-155. The amp acts like it has more like 250 or 300 watts IMO.
Definitely check it out and feel free to ask me more questions if you wish--I think that you'll be hard pressed to find a better amp in it's price class.
Power is a real big concern for me, my Platinum Ref 1's are very innefficient about 84db and they are 6 ohm nominal. With that said, you said your amp is rated at 155 per channel, is that from the birth sheet and what is the power at 6 ohms VS. 8 ohms? I have been using a B&K that is 135 x 5 and I can drive it to clipping with DD or DTS sources. I need enough power to prevent clipping over the long run. I'm sure the amp sounds great, never talked to anyone who did not love the Bryston amps. Thanks!
Eric, I'll have to crawl up in the attic and pull it out of the box, but the 155 is into 8 ohms, so you're going to get more into 6. How big is your listening room? Do you watch your movies at calibrated levels? With the power reserves that the 9BST has, you'd have to have a huge room and drive your system to insane levels to clip the amp. Let me know the size of your room and your volume preference and I'll pull the sheet for you in the meantime.
Room size is 24 x 19 with 9ft ceiling. I like it pretty loud on movie nights, the B&K I think is overated as far as sheer power goes, plus its THD is more like .1 at 135 in 8ohms. I think the Bryston might do it, Im gonna go give it a lsiten, I appreciate your help!
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