Albert,
I like Tom's idea of using the AR Complete with the Vandys, and perhaps adding a tubed CD player? One of the more inexpensive tubed CDP's I used for a while is the Dynaco CDV-2. Not a bad unit and you can roll tubes to dial in the sound (uses 6922's). This would bring the system to:
Vandy's $400
AR Complete $600
Dynaco CDP $300
Leaves a few bucks for interconnect and wires
I like Tom's idea of using the AR Complete with the Vandys, and perhaps adding a tubed CD player? One of the more inexpensive tubed CDP's I used for a while is the Dynaco CDV-2. Not a bad unit and you can roll tubes to dial in the sound (uses 6922's). This would bring the system to:
Vandy's $400
AR Complete $600
Dynaco CDP $300
Leaves a few bucks for interconnect and wires