I am presently very happy with the YBA2 preamp, but the primary purpose of the Bryston SP3 is to incorporate HT while maintaining a high end 2 channel system. Therefore, the HT performance is a strong consideration in my purchasing decision. In short, I want the best of both world, HT and 2 channel stereo.
Its good to hear that Bryston will probably keep the SP3 a current product for some time, since upgrade/update path is important for future of the product. Although the SP3 has all of the latest features, I would hate to find out 2 years later that I bought into older technology without an update/upgrade path.
I have not looked at equipment in a long time and I do not have access to auditioning equipment where I live. So can you think of alternate equipment that I should also take into consideration.
I need the Pre/Pro to have:
1) both RCA and balanced outputs to amplfiers
2) Two RCA and balanced outputs of Left/Right front speakers since the Genesis Technologies need a output for the subwoofer servo-amp and a second output for the mid/high speakers.
3) HDMI ports
4) USB ports since I am going to incorporate a Innuos Zenith MK III music server into my system.
thank you for getting back to me and your comments are welcome.