The Monkey Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 I missed this. Appears to be on sale at Audio Advisor now for $1295. 3-pin and 4-pin balanced out seems cool. Haven't read the specs yet. I assume it has that Canadian sound. BHA1_BROCHURE.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 They did choose male xlr outs for headphones, instead of female. So they're going their own path completely (and following the standard the non-headphone community has always followed). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted February 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 I read someplace that they have an option for female. No sure if that's true, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 They did choose male xlr outs for headphones, instead of female. So they're going their own path completely (and following the standard the non-headphone community has always followed). They're jumping on the recable bandwagon? "Bryston will also provide modifications to some headphone models to make them compatible with a balanced output configuration, along with an adapter cable assuring backwards compatibility to all traditional (unbalanced) headphone outputs." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 I assume it has that Canadian sound. As an ex-Canuck I am afraid of this thing now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aura Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 They're jumping on the recable bandwagon? "Bryston will also provide modifications to some headphone models to make them compatible with a balanced output configuration, along with an adapter cable assuring backwards compatibility to all traditional (unbalanced) headphone outputs." Complimentary business lines? How shrewd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) I'm unfamiliar with the Canadian sound. What are their traits? How does it differ from Mexican? Edited February 24, 2012 by blessingx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 compare "strange brew" with "cheech & chong's nice dreams" for an example of the differences between canadian and mexican "house sounds" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefy Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 I like the gain options. Super high, and Stupidly super high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) Seems they go both ways. More info here http://www.audioafic...dphone-amp.html Topless! Edited February 24, 2012 by Grahame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Seems they go both ways. More info here http://www.audioafic...dphone-amp.html Yeah, what's up with all the dual dynamic-electrostatic comments? Am I missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted February 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Definitely a dynamic amp. That thread linked by Grahame is interesting. The design process of this thing seems odd. They are prepared to release, pull it to change design, then apparently pull again to tweak circuit. All good if they get it right, but still. Then Bryston acknowledges that they are aware most balanced HPs are male XLR, which is the main reason for the retermination service. WTF? Why not just go with female? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Definitely a dynamic amp. That thread linked by Grahame is interesting. The design process of this thing seems odd. They are prepared to release, pull it to change design, then apparently pull again to tweak circuit. All good if they get it right, but still. Then Bryston acknowledges that they are aware most balanced HPs are male XLR, which is the main reason for the retermination service. WTF? Why not just go with female? My guess is they are targeting the speaker crowd familiar with the Bryston brand and are new to headphones. So they buy the headphones and amp at the same time and send their phones off to Bryston who make some money off the recable. I gotta agree with Beefy that gain is insane. Even crazier if you have a 4v balanced source. Unless they are using some non-standard attenuation curve pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 The Bryston guy says in the thread that they're thinking of doing a recable for free with purchase of the amp. Customer just pays shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pars Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 How about just put the right jacks on it? They should make the female jacks standard. I'm not real familiar with balanced jack conventions, but the initial pic looked wrong to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefy Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 How about just put the right jacks on it? They should make the female jacks standard. I'm not real familiar with balanced jack conventions, but the initial pic looked wrong to me... At the very least, safety first. You should not be able to touch 'high' voltage, high current pins, which you can do with male panel connectors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 How about just put the right jacks on it? They should make the female jacks standard. I'm not real familiar with balanced jack conventions, but the initial pic artist rendering looked wrong to me... FTFY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 I don't think headphone outs qualify as high voltage high current pins tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) At Audio Advisor you can order it with either male or female XLRs. Edited February 24, 2012 by morphsci Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted February 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Ah, missed that. Good catch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pars Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Still don't think any output should use male pins, too much chance of shorting them. But I guess if this is industry (commercial sound) standard for XLRs it is kind of hard to change at this point. At least they didn't go with some goofy video camera connector or other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 Seems they go both ways. Did they keep or lose the balance knob? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadtonowhere08 Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 Last I checked the balance knob is still there. I would never have a use for such a thing (software can do it more precisely), and it is one more thing that is in the signal path. Looks really nice though. I wonder about the topology though, because the mW into a high impedance is higher (667mW @ 600ohm) than into a lower one (500mW @ 32ohm). I have never seen such a figure. I always thought it was the other way around for pretty much any amp. http://bryston.com/PDF/brochures/BHA1_BROCHURE.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emelius Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 anyone else see BHA1 & think SHA-1?... missing my Melos, missing my Grados... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 (edited) Last I checked the balance knob is still there. I would never have a use for such a thing (software can do it more precisely), and it is one more thing that is in the signal path. Looks really nice though. True, though relying on software knocks out a lot of source options (or you're back to adding more hardware in the path). Edited February 26, 2012 by blessingx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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