February 24, 201214 yr comment_499660 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 Report
February 24, 201214 yr comment_499661 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). Report
February 24, 201214 yr Author comment_499662 I read someplace that they have an option for female. No sure if that's true, though. Report
February 24, 201214 yr comment_499664 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." Report
February 24, 201214 yr comment_499665 I assume it has that Canadian sound. As an ex-Canuck I am afraid of this thing now Report
February 24, 201214 yr comment_499669 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. Report
February 24, 201214 yr comment_499670 I'm unfamiliar with the Canadian sound. What are their traits? How does it differ from Mexican? Edited February 24, 201214 yr by blessingx Report
February 24, 201214 yr comment_499671 compare "strange brew" with "cheech & chong's nice dreams" for an example of the differences between canadian and mexican "house sounds" Report
February 24, 201214 yr comment_499672 I like the gain options. Super high, and Stupidly super high. Report
February 24, 201214 yr comment_499673 Seems they go both ways. More info here http://www.audioafic...dphone-amp.html Topless! Edited February 24, 201214 yr by Grahame Report
February 24, 201214 yr comment_499676 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? Report
February 24, 201214 yr Author comment_499685 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? Report
February 24, 201214 yr comment_499688 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. Report
February 24, 201214 yr comment_499698 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. Report
February 24, 201214 yr comment_499702 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... Report
February 24, 201214 yr comment_499707 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. Report
February 24, 201214 yr comment_499714 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 Report
February 24, 201214 yr comment_499723 I don't think headphone outs qualify as high voltage high current pins tho. Report
February 24, 201214 yr comment_499729 At Audio Advisor you can order it with either male or female XLRs. Edited February 24, 201214 yr by morphsci Report
February 24, 201214 yr comment_499739 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. Report
February 26, 201214 yr comment_500020 Seems they go both ways. Did they keep or lose the balance knob? Report
February 26, 201214 yr comment_500049 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 Report
February 26, 201214 yr comment_500054 anyone else see BHA1 & think SHA-1?... missing my Melos, missing my Grados... Report
February 26, 201214 yr comment_500069 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, 201214 yr by blessingx Report
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