Speaker wires should be as short as practical. Use quality wire, and if runs are more than 3 meters use at least 12 gauge wire. The speaker binding posts will accept wire up to 3 gauge in size. Bryston can custom build cables for your applica- tion.
9BSST THX FIVE CHANNEL POWER AMPLIFIER Rear Panel Input / Output Connections 1. Input Select Switch. Each 9BSST channel gives the user the option of switching between PUSH either balanced input or single ended input. 2. Balanced Input connector. ( Imp. 20k ) This input connector accepts standard ‘XLR’...
2. Spade lugs provide high contact area and secure fastening. Lugs should be gold plated. See diagram for details. Post diameter is 5/16’ ( 8mm ),lug width 5/8” (16 mm). Gold plated spade lugs are available from Bryston. 3. Stripped bare wire up to 3 gauge can be inserted through the hole in the binding post and held in place by tightening the post knob.
9BSST THX FIVE CHANNEL POWER AMPLIFIER Front Panel 1. 'SST POWER' switch The front panel label 'ST POWER', is a touch sensitive membrane switch used to apply or remove A/C line power to the 9BSST circuitry. Push firmly the center of the switch until the power-up sequence begins. Push again and the 9BSST will power-down.
9BSST THX FIVE CHANNEL POWER AMPLIFIER Power Control Panel . Master circuit - breaker. The 9BSST uses a magnetic-trip circuit breaker (1) to protect the amplifier. This switch should be ‘OFF’ when installing the 9BSST. When switched ‘OFF’ all A/C power is removed from the amplifier, including standby power. The circuit breaker is not the day to day power switch and should be switched and left ‘ON’...
9BSST THX FIVE CHANNEL POWER AMPLIFIER Rack Mounting Instructions The 9BSST 19” version may be rack mounted with or without the ability to remove the channels. If removal of the chan- nels is desired then the shipping screws securing the channels need to be removed. REMOVE 3 REMOVE 4 3-32 SCREWS...
FIVE CHANNEL POWER AMPLIFIER Typical 5.1 Home Theatre Setup Powered Subwoofer RIGHT CENTER LEFT UNBALANCED OUTPUTS RIGHT LEFT CENTER RSURR LSURR BRYSTON DATE RSURR LSURR LTD / LTEE PETERBOROUGH, ONT. BALANCED OUTPUTS MADE IN CANADA FABRIQUE AU PUSH PUSH PUSH...
9BSST THX FIVE CHANNEL POWER AMPLIFIER CHANNEL MUTE +/-33Vdc CHANNEL 1 SENSITIVTY AND GAIN SWITCH +/-65Vdc SINGLE ENDED INPUT INPUT REGULATED INPUT DEDICATED HIGH INPUT BUFFER POWER SELECT POLARITY OUTPUT CURRENT POWER AND GAIN AMPLIFIER VOLTAGE SWITCH SUPPLY XLR AND SWITCH STAGE SUPPLY...
9BSST THX FIVE CHANNEL POWER AMPLIFIER Typical Band-pass Noise Power supply artifacts are all below -95 dBu balanced input with 23dB gain shown dBu: dB relative to a reference of 0.7746 Volts Typical THD+N Harmonic Content The harmonic content of the 9BSST is all even order.
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9BSST THX FIVE CHANNEL POWER AMPLIFIER Typical Frequency Response 8 ohm 120w<.01dB 20Khz. 4 ohm 200w<.1dB 20Khz. Typical Phase Response 4 ohm 200w 8 ohm 120w...
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9BSST THX FIVE CHANNEL POWER AMPLIFIER Typical THD+N Sweep Graph shows that distortion is essentially unaffected by load. 4v balanced input shown. 4 ohm 200w 8 ohm 120w Typical IMD Sweep 4 ohm 200w 8 ohm 120w...
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9BSST THX FIVE CHANNEL POWER AMPLIFIER Damping Factor 8 ohm reference Typical Crosstalk channel 2 reading with channels 1 & 3 driven to 120w into 8 ohms channel 2 reading with channels 1 & 3 driven to 400w into 4 ohms...
9BSST THX FIVE CHANNEL POWER AMPLIFIER Technical Specifications Power Output 120 watts per channel into 8 ohms 200 watts per channel into 4 ohms Gain Select and Sensitivity 29dB - 1.1Vin = 120W @ 8 Ohms - (1V Position) 23dB - 2.2Vin = 120W @ 8 Ohms - (2V Position) 17dB - 4.4Vin = 120W @ 8 Ohms - (4V Position) Input Impedance 50 Kohms single ended...
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Bryston. In the event of a defect or malfunction, Bryston will remedy the problem by repair or replacement, as we deem necessary, to restore the product to full performance.