Price Paid:  $1100.00 from audiogon

Summary:
I bought it two years ago thinking that it would be my audiophile 'nirvana'. I had read all the wonderful reviews and even auditioned the amp. Finally found a used piece with remote and phono so i bought it and mated it with a B&W CDM1, rega planar 3, and rega planet.

Unfortunately, this combo never worked for me. The sound was always smooth with strong bass and clean highs but I missed the warm tubey sound of the Musical Fidelity A220 that I sold to buy the Bryston. Music also seemed lifeless. I changed my speakers to the Epos ELS 3 and got more detail but now everything sounded irritatingly bright.

I finally gave up and sold the Bryston and B&W's earlier this year and replaced them with a primaluna prologue 1 and NHT Classic 3. I'm a lot happier now.

Overall, I'm not saying that the B60 is a bad product. It just didn't work in the system that I had.

Strengths:
Great build quality.
Looks Cool if you're into the industrial/minimalist look (I liked it).
Transferrable warranty.

Weaknesses:
top end may sound dull if paired with the wrong speakers. I would suggest brighter speakers with a strong bottom end.

Similar Products Used:
musical fidelity a220
primaluna prologue one
nad 302

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Pockits

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 2.00 votes

Price Paid:  $1200.00 from Friends Store. Proac

Summary:
I have test this bryston among all the other brothers for a long time. Right now is in my living room with Cambridge Audio 640 C V2, Kimber cables, and two set up of speakers. M12 (revel) and the cheap and nice Monitor 30 from Polk.
Among the sweet part of this High End- Hi FI marriage, is the sweet sound from the real deal Polk. Yes. you might think that bryston make all the work but, trust me, this speakers are one of the best in the market in a big range of money.
Use them with Bi-wiring and you will be in heaven.. Yet... they are Hard to move, and a little plain and out of focus, but in small spaces with furniture they will work very good.
In the other hand... The revel's are.. well... Very nice for the money again, but I think in that case, the cd player should be more.... Sensible and... Warm.. And cambridge is not as warm as I like... Despite of the very good price.. I think revels deserves something like a rega, Revox or some other source. If you plug the Mark Levinson, you will be in even.
bryston baby get's HOT... but woeks as fine as any other, and the sweet sweet REAL SOUND.... is the best part.
Please try this bryston with ANY PAIR OF SPEAKER and trust me, the will be a different speaker for your ears, pockets and friends.

Strengths:
ALL OF THEM

Weaknesses:
GETS REALLY HOT

Similar Products Used:
nONE

IrekJ

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
3.50 of 5, 2.00 votes

Price Paid:  $1400.00 from London Audio

Summary:
This intergrated amp is pure and extremely well build. If you value quality in design and manufacturing than audition it with good speakers and you will know right from the start. I give it a 5 star for value due to a Class A preamp and a very good high current capable Class AB output stage. Some reviewers on this site mentioned a warm delicate sound, comparable to what some call 'tube sound'. This statement is absolutely false as the B60 is free from all of it, with no harmonic distortion. Many can verify this by looking at the supplied final checkout sheet, thus clearly stating harmonic distortion, intermodulation distortion, output power at clipping, and noise. So if you're looking for a intergrated amp that can cleanly drive loads down to 4 ohms at roughly 100 watts/ch and last you more than 20 years the B60 is the key.

Strengths:
Absolutely zero distortion and huge current reserve output stage. Headphone lovers, a Class A headphone amp is included! 100 hours of burn in and a final checkout performed before shipped to customer. Quality parts and 20 year warranty to back it all up.

Weaknesses:
NONE. Quality costs money!

Similar Products Used:
Naim (excellent intergrated amps) Arcam NAD

hedonisticbikerboy

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1.00 votes

Price Paid:  $1200.00 from Audio Visions

Summary:
This integrated amplifier replaced a Rotel RA 971. Although no more powerful than the Rotel, the Bryston projects a solid sound image, seems to respond to drastic alterations in dynamics with much more speed and accuracy, and can amplify music at very high volume levels without distortion. The variation sound quality between the Rotel and the Bryston are sometimes subtle, sometimes more apparent highly dependent upon the demands of the recorded music. The Bryston really shines in the reproduction of human voice where its ability to amplify the signal without coloration and complete clarity is stunning. One downside to this integrated is that it runs very hot after two or three hours of use at high volume levels. The unit actually cuts out until given opportunity to cool. I intend to contact Bryston to determine if this is normal or if I may be harming the amplifier by driving it as hard as I do. The exterior of the unit is very solidly built. The metal case is heavy guage and the controls are heavy duty. I suspect the twelve years or so remaining on the Bryston 20 warranty will go without any need to return the product for repairs.

Strengths:
No sound coloration, plenty of power for a small room application, solidly built, 20 year warranty.

Weaknesses:
Runs hot and cuts out when running hot.

Similar Products Used:
Rotel RA971, Creek 5430, NAD?

94cdnm3

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
1.50 of 5, 2.00 votes

Price Paid:  $700.00 from private purchase

Summary:
The Bryston B60 is a very flexible and excellent sounding "integrated" amplifier. Since owning it, I have tweaked it to obtain superb results. Initially, the B60 sounded very good especially in comparison with my Arcam Delta 60 integrated. There was more dimensionality and transparency which allowed me to listen into the performance. The bass became more defined and tight with added impact. Tonality of instruments improved substantially as well such that musical textures came through with clarity. Even with this substantial improvement, I wanted to see if the B60 was tweakable. As such, I started with changing the power cable. I ended up using a DIY cable design by Robert Crump which increased the clarity and transparency of the amp. The B60 is actually a pre-amp and amp combination housed in one box. The stock jumpers were just 2 pieces of U-shaped nickel gold plating. I eventually ended up with Kimber Silver Streaks (0.5M) as the pre-amp to amp connectors. On the whole, I think these tweaks increased the performance of the B60 by approximately 20%! For those who initially purchase the B60 allow a good burn-in and play around with tweaks before judging it. This is a product which I highly recommend to anyone looking for distinctive quality and performance.

Strengths:
Musicality, transparency, dimensionality and superb build quality.

Weaknesses:
Would have been nice to have balanced inputs to further improve its excellent performance.

Similar Products Used:
Rotel 840bx, Arcam Delta 60 (previously owned). YBA Integre DT, Adcom, Linn Majik, Linn Intek (equipment owned by my friends and family members)