I just received the Bryston 3BST and hooked it up ASAP to my 805S. The amp is obviously broke in being it's used. The sound is amazing pushing the 805's with the proper recordings. With bad recordings it will show it to you right away.
My question is the 3BST (rated 120wpc, tested at 157 L&R) has clipping LED's that go from green to red when clipping starts. Now when i turn the volume up to about 72 it starts in with the red LED's, starting to show. Do you think that that's a little low to start clipping on the 805S. I do not want to damage my speakers so i don't go passed this point. At 70 my speakers are clear as a bell with no signs of distortion what's so ever, however the 805S when driven in 2channel with my rotel rsx1056 i can go to 85+ and they are as clear as a bell with no signs of distortion.
Can anyone with experience with bryston or just thoughts from audio heads give me some clear input as to what i can do or is there something wrong with the amp. (if this matters, i'm using cheap interconnects right now, waiting for the new ones from doug)
My system consists of:
Rotel
rsx1056 (5.1 and pro duties)
rcd1072
bryston 3Bst (2channel listening)
B&W
805S fronts
HTM4 center
601s3 surrounds
Paradigm pw2100
Thx,
Peter
My question is the 3BST (rated 120wpc, tested at 157 L&R) has clipping LED's that go from green to red when clipping starts. Now when i turn the volume up to about 72 it starts in with the red LED's, starting to show. Do you think that that's a little low to start clipping on the 805S. I do not want to damage my speakers so i don't go passed this point. At 70 my speakers are clear as a bell with no signs of distortion what's so ever, however the 805S when driven in 2channel with my rotel rsx1056 i can go to 85+ and they are as clear as a bell with no signs of distortion.
Can anyone with experience with bryston or just thoughts from audio heads give me some clear input as to what i can do or is there something wrong with the amp. (if this matters, i'm using cheap interconnects right now, waiting for the new ones from doug)
My system consists of:
Rotel
rsx1056 (5.1 and pro duties)
rcd1072
bryston 3Bst (2channel listening)
B&W
805S fronts
HTM4 center
601s3 surrounds
Paradigm pw2100
Thx,
Peter
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