Personally, my experience with the Brystons is that ALL of the amp lines you mentioned, for the most part, make better overall amps, sonically, than the Bryston. I don't think those Brystons are that refined really. The Pass Aleph and X series are another level of refinement over the likes of ANY Bryston amp really. Even some Krell amps, and Levinson amps would preduce better results.
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