February 24, 201214 yr 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
February 24, 201214 yr 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).
February 24, 201214 yr Author I read someplace that they have an option for female. No sure if that's true, though.
February 24, 201214 yr 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."
February 24, 201214 yr I assume it has that Canadian sound. As an ex-Canuck I am afraid of this thing now
February 24, 201214 yr 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.
February 24, 201214 yr I'm unfamiliar with the Canadian sound. What are their traits? How does it differ from Mexican? Edited February 24, 201214 yr by blessingx
February 24, 201214 yr compare "strange brew" with "cheech & chong's nice dreams" for an example of the differences between canadian and mexican "house sounds"
February 24, 201214 yr Seems they go both ways. More info here http://www.audioafic...dphone-amp.html Topless! Edited February 24, 201214 yr by Grahame
February 24, 201214 yr 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?
February 24, 201214 yr Author 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?
February 24, 201214 yr 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.
February 24, 201214 yr 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.
February 24, 201214 yr 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...
February 24, 201214 yr 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.
February 24, 201214 yr 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
February 24, 201214 yr At Audio Advisor you can order it with either male or female XLRs. Edited February 24, 201214 yr by morphsci
February 24, 201214 yr 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.
February 26, 201214 yr 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
February 26, 201214 yr 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
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