I would avoid the Bryston 7B3 amps in your situation. They are very nice amps, but they are just going to be too fast and thin sounding when compared to your preferred "Simaudio" sound. Definitely a bad pairing for the Wilson's as well (which can be bright/harsh with the wrong electronics).
The SimAudio is definitely good stuff. I think it has a sort of visceral grunt in the lower mids and midbass as well as a good depth of sound (ethereal you could say). The closest amp that I remember hearing to this sonic signature are the Boulder amps. You might like the new Krell and Levinson but they are much smoother and liquidy sounding in comparison to the dryer sounding SimAudio.
The PS Audio BHK is a very smooth amp, but it is slightly laid back. I would say that it's very close to the ARC sound.
The JC1 amps are also very nice and very refined, but they are soft in the high frequencies. I would say they are more natural sounding than the SimAudio, but they do not have that "midbass visceral grunt" or the high frequency extension that the SimAudio provides.
Dedicated mono amps may or may not sound better than bridged-mono amps. But one thing is for certain. Bridged-mono amps will not be able to support lower impedance speakers as well. The Benchmark indicates that it will support a 6 ohm load when bridge (which is really good), but many speakers will have impedances that drop down below 4 ohm in certain frequency areas. It's never a good idea to buy a stereo amp "just to bridge it".
So, in the end, there are many good amps out there and there is no "best" amp. It all depends on your "taste of sound", lol.
The SimAudio is definitely good stuff. I think it has a sort of visceral grunt in the lower mids and midbass as well as a good depth of sound (ethereal you could say). The closest amp that I remember hearing to this sonic signature are the Boulder amps. You might like the new Krell and Levinson but they are much smoother and liquidy sounding in comparison to the dryer sounding SimAudio.
The PS Audio BHK is a very smooth amp, but it is slightly laid back. I would say that it's very close to the ARC sound.
The JC1 amps are also very nice and very refined, but they are soft in the high frequencies. I would say they are more natural sounding than the SimAudio, but they do not have that "midbass visceral grunt" or the high frequency extension that the SimAudio provides.
Somehow I think that amps designed to be mono would sound better than amps that are bridged to be mono.
Dedicated mono amps may or may not sound better than bridged-mono amps. But one thing is for certain. Bridged-mono amps will not be able to support lower impedance speakers as well. The Benchmark indicates that it will support a 6 ohm load when bridge (which is really good), but many speakers will have impedances that drop down below 4 ohm in certain frequency areas. It's never a good idea to buy a stereo amp "just to bridge it".
So, in the end, there are many good amps out there and there is no "best" amp. It all depends on your "taste of sound", lol.