Sound shaping recommendation with Bryston 4BSST

If you have any silver in your interconnects or speaker cable try something else... Cardas or anything else before changing the hardware. Also put you Preamp on some sorbothane footers or vibrapods. Do the same for you CD player.

Bryston can be percieved as bright to certain ears. I've been through a few tube preamps and the best one by far for my Bryston gear, or any other amp for that matter is, Copland CTA 301 MKII with NOS Telefunken CCA tubes, blew away my Bryston BP25. Can be had on the used market for $1200us, its exactly what you are looking for. Coplands new CTA 305 is supposed to be even better, and can be had for $2300 new, but I havnt heard it yet. The Audible Illusions 3a preamp is pretty good also, but the Copland more transparent and refined. Do a discussion search on Copland
dudeaudio

I wouldn't say the Bryston is bright, maybe overly neurtal. ;-)
That does not mean that with certain speakers and rooms the treble won't be like shards of glass.

I warmed up my system with a pair of Harmonic technology truth link cables between cd and preamp.

You have lots of things to try before you give up and go for new equipment.

Point the speakers straight ahead (no toe in)
Change IC between cd and pre and pre to amp (warm cable)
Change tubes in the T200
Cloth wall hangings w/acoustic foam behind can tame the room.
For the short term, tape two sheets of tolit paper in front of the tweeters.

Don't give up.

Hey, that TP idea is great. We could start a whole new thread...single or two ply, quilted or flat. Seriously though, I'm going to try it. Thanks.

I'm running an older 4B(NRB) soon to be upgraded. I found the same thing with digital. Running a PD-65 Elite via a BP-20. Started playing with cables recently and they do help. One last not, DON'T use silver cable with the Bryston...At least not between power and pre. A good friend of mine who is a dealer for Bryston told me this. Good luck!

Jarrod