Bryston VS Musical Fidelity

Lrsky, the Bryston amps and Lexicon amps are two different animals despite Lexicon being a Bryston OEM product. A quick look at the specs shows the Bryston amps to have better Signal to Noise ratios, double the damping factor, lower THD, and the list goes on. I would argue that based on the published specs, hearing a Lexicon home theater amplifier may not equate with a Bryston 3 or 2 channel amplifier.

I might point out that Bryston, in an effort to justify their pricing and quality differences, other than the obvious warranty differences, would intentionally show much better spec's than their OEM Lexicon counterparts.
I would bet that the spec's are identical on both pieces, and that the difference is one of marketing. Smart, and meaninginless in terms of differences.
I. E. Why buy a Bryston, other than the 20 year warranty unless the spec's are different?
I know you like the Bryston, and well you should. It has been a staple in the industry for years, and only a 'taste' difference, in terms of 'sound' would lead one to a different product. I prefer it overwhelmingly to Krell's high frequency 'hash' for example. My preferences lean to tubes and their delcate presentation relative to solid state. The distortions of tubes are pleasant versus, unpleasant in solid state, with odd order harmonics.
Think about your system, and how the Bryston sounds better in some ways. That has to do with the speakers, capacitance etc, as much as anything.

Lrsky, are you implying that Bryston is publishing fraudulent specs either on their own website or on the Lexicon website? If so, I'm stunned. Honestly, stunned that you would level this accusation.

I'm not posting here because I am a standard bearer for Bryston. The man asked opinions about Bryston and Musical Fidelity amps with some pricing constraints...specifically a $2000 price point. I know that Bryston offers a good product that is within reach...certainly better than Rotel, IMO.

Let's move beyond the Bryston debate. What alternatives would you offer Gregg_lett at a $2000 price point?

Musical Fidelity is overrated but more musical to me than the Bryston.
Yet there are many tube amplifiers that have more musicality than either. So I guess I am a tube groupie, in that regard. Tubes sound more like music to me than solid state, and further, hybrid combo's of tubes and solid state, with tubes as pre's and solid state as the amplifiers sound most life like.
For example, in the past an Adcom amp, with a conrad johnson amp had a more palpable sound with regard to sonic realism to me, than many other combinations.
There is a reason why amps use mosfet designs, and it has to do with the sense of tube like sound.

The question is, what do I recommend. VAC is a good place to start. Oftentimes Kevin Hayes of VAC has used pieces for sale on his website. Or just call and talk to him. You will learn more about tube gear from him in minutes than I could write in hours.