Bryston or Pass Labs

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...

It all depends on your preferences.  Try to listen to both, ideally in your own system and see what YOU like better. All the advice is worthless. One may like Bryston ,  the other Pass and nobody will be right or wrong. Just different tastes ,  different preferences. Important is what you like.