Bryston

Bryston

Bryston amplifiers enjoy universal acclaim from both audio professionals and music enthusiasts unlike any other brand in the world. As a result of relentless passion for superb performance and unparalleled build quality, Bryston engineers have continued to innovate since their groundbreaking premier in 1973. The Cubed Series amplifiers continue this tradition of excellence highlighted by lower distortion, increased bandwidth and reduced noise, presenting listeners with a crystal clear window into their most cherished recordings. Bryston Cubed Series Amplifiers, featuring patented circuitry developed in conjunction with Dr. Salomie, Ph.D., move the listener ever closer to the music with such visceral realism, the experience is most comparable to live performance. This is the Bryston Cubed Series.

Reproducing exactly what is captured in a recording without exception and without added distortion is Bryston’s benchmark. Each Bryston Cubed Series product is designed without compromise in pursuit of this lofty goal. True enjoyment of your music is possible without the audio system getting in the way!

Much like sports cars, amplifiers have a power band inwhich they perform best. Though an amplifier may berated for 100 watts, it must be played loudly enough toovercome its own noise floor but will start exhibitingincreasing signs of distortion at well below that figure.An additional sourceof distortion may alsobe proportionateto frequency.Bryston’s firstto-last wattphilosophy demandsextraordinaryperformance frompower barely aboveidle all the way through full power output. Their power band is the full rated power of the amplifier!With this in mind, you don’t have to sacrificeperformance on occasions of loud listening to enjoya power amp that you usually only run at a few wattsor vice versa. Even powerful mono amplifiers like our600 watt 7B³ and 1000 watt 28B³ render nuances withlifelike palpability at 1 watt of output power! Whichamplifier is for you? With models ranging from 135to 1000 watts perchannel, we havea match for yourlistening preferenceshowever diversethey may be.Dynamics swingboth ways fromsubtle shadings ofbrushes on a snaredrum to the incredible power of a full orchestracrescendo. Bryston Cubed Series amplifiers playboth just as they are meant to be experienced—with superb clarity from first to last watt.

Cubed Series amplifiers employ design innovation to achieve superior performance, yet so much has remained constant through years of evolution. Each product is manufactured in their state-of-the-art facility located in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada utilizing many locally sourced components. Many members of the Bryston team have been with the company for decades and all take great pride in their highly specialized craft. All Bryston products are proven on our test bench for one hundred hours of burn in before shipping. Amplifiers cycle between full power and idle in thirty minute intervals to uncover any problems that could manifest by thermal stress. Many Bryston owners report that they have enjoyed their equipment without fail for decades. Bryston’s reputation for reliability is without peer.

Not only do our amplifiers undergo pass/fail testing, but each must achieve excellence in performance benchmarks as well. With each Cubed Series model, the customer will receive a comprehensive performance certificate detailing the exact specifications of their equipment.

To demonstrate their commitment to excellence and performance, every Bryston analog component is protected by an industry leading fully transferable twenty year warranty … and that’s amazing!

Naim

Every Naim product is conceived, designed, and engineered entirely with sound performance in mind, revealing a pure experience of music that is as close as possible to its original live source.

Naim believes that the exploration of sound is an adventure that rewards you with a clarity and connection that becomes more powerful the deeper you travel within it.  This is why every element within Naim systems is crafted to create a silence around the sound, reducing any interference between you and the intention of the artist.  They achieve this through tireless attention to four fundamentals in engineering:

• Space. Naim give each of the critical components their own environment, omitting outside or “toxic” interference, which means no compromise on the purity of sound.
• Circuitry. Naim minimizes any interplay between the internal levels, so that you can simultaneously enjoy both the quiet and the loud, as originally intended.
• Purposeful materiality. Naim use materials that excel in performance, not just appearance.
• Technology. Naim constantly strives for new and innovative ways to achieve their goals, integrating sophisticated electronic design and software development, with mechanical engineering and acoustics to deliver a truly advanced sonic experience.

By managing the relationship between these four pillars of engineering, Naim enables listeners to hear every single note in equal measure and transcend from audio sound to musical performance. Naim calls this unique and emotive transmission the “Voice of Naim;” it’s their signature, their calling card.
This “voice” has been carefully engineered across their product portfolio and crafted to take you the listener deeper through this journey into music, from the excellent entry-level Mu-so wireless range, through to the ultimate listening investment in our “Marque” separates—Classic, 500, and Statement, their flagship amplification system. 

Let the voice of Naim take you inside the music… Go Deeper.

Here are a few reasons why Naim enables you to Go Deeper …

Nowhere is Naim’s determination to dance to the beat of their own drum more apparent than in their understanding of and enthusiasm for better quality power supplies. Improving the power supply has a clear and tangible effect on sound quality. It’s why Naim products carry large transformers with isolated windings. The philosophy is exemplified in their range of separate power supplies that have the sole purpose of providing smooth, stable and low-noise power for audio electronics to shine.

Matching the characteristics of sound critical components for each channel (left and right speaker) of an amplifier can greatly improve sound quality. Batches of resistors typically come matched to within a 5% margin of error. Through listening tests, Naim found that if the resistance of the left and right channels are matched to closer than 0.5% music becomes dramatically more communicative and engaging. Following this discovery, a specific production procedure was conceived to help match resistors by hand.

Ever since the early days, Naim ignored trends and trusted their own sense of what matters most in music playback.

No matter how vanishingly low Naim managed to make distortion and jitter or how well they controlled power supply noise and interference, Naim will always make final judgement on a product in the listening room. Every component has to earn its place. They listen; not just for technical competencies. It’s about being able to forget that you’re listening to hi-fi at all and becoming immersed in a complete experience, feeling all the emotion that the artist intended when they first created the music.

Unlike most other consumer electronics, Naim Audio products are not designed to be replaced in three to four years. Buying a Naim Audio product is an investment in many years of incredible musical experiences. It’s a choice to make music a central part of your life.

Once you’ve chosen Naim Audio, you may find that you crave for even more of the musical performance that Naim products deliver. The good news is that there is usually an upgrade path which will allow you to attain the next level of performance without having to purchase a completely new system. That could be as simple as upgrading to a Power-Line mains cable, opting for an additional power supply, or even making the move to separate pre and power amplifiers.