Bryston Launches BP-17³ Cubed Preamplifier

[Stefan_DR3]

How sensitive are your speakers? I found my 17 Cubed to be noisier than expected, especially for a solid state preamp, but only when no music is playing. Given the big deal that was made about the new circuits I was disappointed and began wondering if I should have gone for the 26.

Having said that the sound quality of the music it makes is certainly not inferior to any preamp I’ve ever heard. The features are also very useful, it’s relatively compact and the price was reasonable.

However if you have high sensitivity speakers and you are the type of person that is going to obsess over minor annoyances, like noises that do not affect playback of actual music, you may be disappointed.