Things of late have been going rather well up in the Great White North; the economy is stronger than most around the globe, the NHL season finally started, and Rush was selected for the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame. Canadian audio manufacturers such as Paradigm, PSB, SimAudio, and Bryston, have been chugging along with strong sales, new products, and better penetration into markets outside of North America. Bryston, in particular, stands out because of its outstanding 20-year warranty on their products.
Bryston Ltd. has been designing and manufacturing state of the art specialty electronics to both the consumer and professional audio marketplaces for over 35 years. Their power amplifiers are not only sonically excellent, but built to withstand the end of the world. The build quality on their products is second to none and while not inexpensive, they offer great value considering the engineering, sonics, and longevity.
So when Bryston announced that they were going to launch a loudspeaker line-up to complement their outstanding electronics, we were most interested. Most people expected Bryston to get into the market gradually with only a few products, but things didn't pan out that way because the Peterborough-based manufacturer (Go Petes!) announced eight models today.
Bryston has announced the introduction of a complete line of high performance loudspeakers engineered for both music and home theater applications. The line will consist of eight models including the floorstanding Model T, Middle T and mini t along with a powered subwoofer called the T sub, two center channel offerings, an in-wall and an on-wall loudspeaker. Bryston's James Tanner has led the design initiative for the loudspeaker project, developing proprietary drivers, crossovers and enclosures while spearheading a rigorous testing regimen.
The first model to reach completion, the Bryston Model T, was subjected to over 200 separate anechoic measurements during the design phase to ensure the highest level of accuracy and refinement. Bryston loudspeakers have also been engineered to reproduce the most difficult dynamic transients-to play very loud passages of music or movie soundtrack information without the distortion common to competitive products. "I think we met with a degree of skepticism when we first announced the loudspeaker project-and rightfully so. There are a lot of speaker companies already in the marketplace," reported Bryston's James Tanner. "But we set out to create an affordable reference quality loudspeaker and went to great lengths to achieve an end result that separates us from the competition-we are confident that these products will be quite well received," Tanner concluded.
The entire line-up includes the following models:
