Levi,
I'm not sure what apples you're comparing when you say "the SP2 will simply smoke the Modwright in HT mode". The Modwright in HT mode is a passthru, using no real tube stage, no volume control, nothing....straight wire, no gain On the other hand, in 2 channel mode (which is what I'm assuming Jim was referencing in his comparison question, since he asked about the BP26) that 10% I spoke about is the last 10%, the most important 10%. My Sason's are ultra-transparent, and the dead quiet nature of the SP2 still did not overcome the alive quality, the extra texture and body that the Modwright throws out there. It's subtle, but not to my Sason's.
The Bryston Sp2 is the most musical ss pre/pro I've ever heard, though. I'm listening to the Beatles Love in 5.1 and it is marvelous, a revelation, the Sistine Chapel ceiling cleaned up, restored, then somehow animated with just the right amount of frivolity, and still respecting all that came before it. (Can't wait for my all-Sason 5.1 setup). Even digital sources llike 5.1 movies (processed in 7.1 in my theater) sound wonderfully real and quite fleshed out. A Lexicon steers sound slightly better, but the SP2 growls and sings way beyond what a Lex could hope for.
The only nitpick on the Bryston is that it feels like a computer (and of course that's precisely what it is, as much as what it isn't). The remote IR sensor only works half the time (although a reboot fixes it everytime), the initialization typically cycles through error codes before booting up correctly, and the manual is disastrously sparce almost feels like a language conversion project, for what should be a statement product. That aside, a kick-ass analog sounding piece of home theater equipment.
