Does anyone have any experience with Bryston amps

hmm.. so Paradigm sounds its best with Anthem or Bryston ?

Another way to say it is that Anthem and Paradigm are made in Canada by sister companies and are probably "voiced" to compliment one another nicely. The amplifier/preamplifier/speaker combinations that yield different "sound" are legion. You are probably going to be very happy with your choice. FWIW I own a five channel Anthem amplifier and I like it a lot.  

Simple, Canadians don't build junk .

Not sure what kind of system don_c55 has to say Bryston is sterile or that Magnepan is using it for demos because they are cheap.  Bryston engineering is very good and their equipment is very well made.

My first go with Bryston was a 4b-st and Maggie MGIII's, it was a great match, best amp I had on those speakers.  I upgraded to 3.7s and a Mc 452 and it was OK but proved to be thin sounding, weak in the base.  I discovered this when I demoed a Sanders Magtech.  Replaced the 3.7s with 20.7s and lived with the Magtech for a while till I tried a Bryston 4b3 which was A LOT better than the Magtech.  They were equal on base & mid-base but the 4b3 was much fuller on the upper mids & highs.  Recently I replaced the 4b3 with a 14b3 and bingo, thats what the 20.7s needed to really push & control them.  

So, if you have a chance, demo a Cubed Bryston, they are amazing and no one can touch the 20 year warranty.  

As for Pass Labs, they do sound good but I don't want the Class A heat not to mention the power consumption of Class A.

Brett

The Bryston 4B-ST is still a very good power amp. I have also spent time w/ the 4B-SST power amp w/ an ARC tubed pre-amp, very nice combo.
I have not heard any of the cubed versions.
Happy Listening!