Bryston BP 1.5 Phonostage

Jeff Dorgay has posted a review of the Bryston BP 1.5 phono stage ($4890 with power supply) at TONEAudio. His conclusions:

“The Bryston BP 1.5 phono stage is a top performer and makes no missteps, but understand its honest presentation will not favor cartridges and/or systems that are already biased towards the forward and analytical. Both the Sumiko Blackbird and Lyra Titan-i proved way too revealing for my taste. I suspect a more neutral or even slightly warm cartridge is going to be your slice of analog heaven.

Build quality is superb and Bryston’s reputation is well deserved. Perhaps the only question, with the BP1.5 tipping the scale at just over $5,000 is whether a single input is enough and having to open the case every time loading needs to be changed is a deal breaker. Those more firmly planted in the “set it, forget it, and spin records camp” will love the steadfast consistency of the BP1.5. The more fiddly ones in the audience may end up preferring something easier to adjust.

All other considerations aside, judging the Bryston BP1.5 solely on it’s sonic performance, it delivers the goods and compared to other phonostages we’ve auditioned in the $4,000 – $6,000 range, is well worth the price asked.”

you can read the full review here.