Been out of town, so I'm a little late.

For me, tops are the Schmidt-Bender, Swarovski, and any Zeiss with the T* coatings. It does seem to me that some of the older Habicht Swarovski units seem brighter than some of the newer scopes.

I have a Leupold VX6HD that is very close, just have not been able to compare side by side yet.