CES 2016

Bryston had sent me emails announcing a new amplifier series but gave little detail. Arriving at the exhibit in the Venetian Towers, I was greeted by ever-upbeat James Tanner, Bryston's Director of Marketing. He pointed to the new Bryston 7B³ monoblock amplifier ($11,000/pair), and explained that the "cubed" name arose as naturally following the previous Bryston amplifier SST² series.

The "SST" title had referred to Stewart Taylor, the designer of the earlier line of amplifiers. A brand-new, patented input circuit, designed by Dr. Alexandru Salomie, results in improved distortion and signal/noise ratio: the cubed series are said to have one-tenth of the distortion and be 3dB quieter than the SST² amplifiers. Power output is rated at 600W into 8 ohms and 900W into 4 ohms.