Bryston Bi200 Integrated Amplifier with MM/MC (20dB) Phono - 17 Inch - Black

Two Bryston Classics, One Chassis

The Bryston Bi-200 is two of the company's own designs in one box. The BP-19 preamp and the 3B power amp share a single chassis and a single mains inlet. You save the cost of a pair of interconnects, and you save a shelf.

The signal path stays balanced from input to output. The amp section is dual mono, so the left and right channels run apart the whole way. Power is 200 watts per channel into 8 ohms, and 300 watts into 4 ohms. That drives most speakers you would put in front of it.

This version adds Bryston's phono board with the 20dB moving-coil step-up transformer fitted. The moving magnet stage gives 41dB at 1kHz, and the transformer sits ahead of it. Six analog sources fit in total: four on RCA, two on XLR.

Built in Canada, and Measured There Too

Bryston builds and tests every Bi-200 at its own plant in Ontario. The case is machined aluminum, and cooling is by convection alone, so no fan hum reaches the music. A soft-start circuit brings it up gently, without tripping a breaker. It weighs 37 pounds.

The bench numbers back up the quiet. Distortion plus noise stays under 0.005% at full power into 8 ohms, and signal-to-noise sits below -108dBr. Frequency response holds within a tenth of a decibel from 20Hz to 20kHz. Damping factor is over 500.

Volume is an analog circuit under digital control, so the music itself is never converted. A BR-4 remote comes in the box. RS232, Ethernet and USB let a control system read the amp and set it. Bryston covers the Bi-200 for ten years.

What Reviewers Are Saying

Philip Beaudette reviewed the Bi-200 for SoundStage! Hi-Fi in May 2025. With its "vanishingly low distortion and impossibly low noise floor," he wrote, the amplifier "presented recordings in their true colors."

Ed Selley, writing for The Ear, found the same restraint. The Bi-200 will "expose the energy in the recording rather than add its own," he wrote, and the longer he used it, "the more utterly confidence inspiring it becomes."

Who Is This Integrated Amplifier Best For?

• You want two respected Bryston designs in one box — the BP-19 preamp and the 3B power amp, so you buy one chassis instead of two and skip a pair of interconnects.
• You play a moving-coil cartridge — the 20dB step-up transformer is fitted inside, so a low-output cartridge needs no outboard head amp and no extra cable in the path.
• You listen late through headphones — the front jack drives models that other amps leave sounding thin, so one amplifier covers both speakers and cans.
• You want gear that gets repaired, not replaced — hand-built in Ontario and covered for ten years, so a fault means a phone call rather than a write-off.
• The Bi-200 is an analog amplifier and stops there — it has no digital inputs, so a streamer, computer or CD transport needs a converter ahead of it. Pick one from our DACs.

How Does It Connect to Your System?

Speakers go to the binding posts and your turntable to the phono input. Five more analog sources fill the remaining RCA and XLR inputs, and headphones plug into the front panel. A pair of preamp outputs, on RCA and XLR, can run fixed or variable if you ever add a subwoofer or a second amplifier.

Set the volume once, and let 200 watts per channel do the rest.

Pairs Well With

Building around the Bi-200? Here are some great companions:

• Turntable: Put the built-in phono stage to work — see our Turntables.
• Speakers: 200 watts per channel drives a serious pair — see our Floorstanding Speakers.
• Cables: Quality speaker cable carries all that power — see our Speaker Cables.
• Audio Rack: Give this 37-pound Canadian a sturdy home — see our Audio Racks.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much power does it deliver?

200 watts per channel into 8 ohms, and 300 watts per channel into 4 ohms, from a dual-mono amplifier section.

Which cartridges does the phono stage suit?

This one has the 20dB moving-coil step-up transformer fitted ahead of the 41dB moving magnet stage. Bryston suggests the 26dB version for cartridges from 0.1 to 0.2mV, and the 20dB version from 0.4mV upward. Either suits 0.3mV.

How many sources can I connect?

Six in total: four pairs of RCA inputs and two pairs of balanced XLR inputs. Preamp outputs are provided on both RCA and XLR.

What widths and finishes are available?

17-inch or 19-inch chassis widths, in silver or black, with grooved or smooth faceplates. Custom colors are available on request.

Where is it made?

Hand-built and tested at Bryston's own factory in Ontario, Canada.

What warranty does it carry?

Bryston warrants its analog products for ten years from the date of purchase from an authorized dealer. The coverage is limited to the first buyer.

See It in Action

Gregers walks through why he rates the Bi-200 among the best integrated amplifiers around:

And Wifi Hifi opens one up on the day it was released:

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