Bryston or Pass Labs

I have a CJ ET-3 SE hooked up to a Bryston 2.5 SST2 and it makes an excellent combo. Plenty of detail and no harshness.

linnlingo- the CJ ET-3SE is a very fine pre-amp, especially, at its price-point in the used/demo marketplace.
Happy Listening!

I've owned the Pass Labs X350.5 and Bryston 7BSST2's and now Bryston 28BSST2's.

I prefer Bryston overall

I’ve owned both a Bryston amp and a Pass Labs amp and prefer Pass Labs, I visited the Bryston room at RMAF 2017 and it confirmed my change to Pass Labs XA 30.8. 

Although there is a house sound, in the pass world there's a substantial difference between the x.5, xa.5, x.8, and xa.5 lines. I've only compared the first two, but preferred the xa.5 by a substantial margin. As others have started, the same is true of the different bryston generations. I think you'll simply have to audition. As everyone always states, renohifi makes that easy for the pass products...