These are hands down one of the best modern bookshelf speakers I've heard in long time. It's not easy to "wow" me, and these have. Being Canadian, I have a very soft spots for all things Canadian, especially if they're made in Canada. There are a lot of economic benefits to buy Canadian made. The short story for the creation of the Bryston's speaker line is quite simple. James Tanner approached Ian Colquhoun of Axiom Audio to build him a reference pair of speakers. With that experience, James Tanner decided to create his own line up. Yes, currently Axiom and Bryston are in partnership with one another. Two great Canadian manufacturers. And yes, while there is a lot of shared information from the two companies. The Bryston speaker line up uses different drivers over the Axiom line up. From the Axiom forum, you can find various information regarding this. For example, Bryston uses 3 different kind of 8" mid/bass woofers depending on which model one chooses.
Ah, one of the budget level Fluoroscan receiver from Pioneer, only a step up from the SX-3400. The SX-3500 just has more "fluoroscan" components over the SX-3400. Basic testing shows the fluoroscan are still pretty bright. DC offset are good, controls are being cleaned, FM sounds okay and power meter works! Still need to put it through it paces, I haven't heard one for a very, very long time. More to come!