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I agree that a CSP2+ or 3 before the Brytson will not sound like a Decware amp, but it might really help the Bryston be more complete and inviting, while adding an interesting piece to any system choices. Especially a CSP3 with beeswax caps, being a little the more refined-to-date, would give tube goodness, but also is OTL, no small thing to me. Especially with a truly revealing front end, there is something about that OTL tube lucidity and dynamics that takes "normal" high quality tube implementation to a potential that I find seductive.
I have been tuning, my now a little older CSP3 (one the first of the version), with more transparent connectors, volume, and bypass caps, and it is incredible, taking Steve's signature potential deeper into itself. But, though these are really good improvements, with the right tubes and setup before (vibration, cables, etc), it was really, really good.
It is what it is now though and this is what I know. If I had to give it up or my also tuned up Zbit (which I love too), though known for clean transparency, I would give up the Zbit. The CSP's potentially powerful effect from OTL tube spaciousness and lucidity, and associated, pretty impressive gain riding, you can tune the CSP signature with your amp signature to easily balance and coax more beauty from your recordings.
And of course, if you love tubes, with three tube positions, each with powerful effect for tuning the others....and with separate volume adjustments on the input and output tubes before the master volume...you can tune the CSP3 to many, many variations of its sound...
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