My first really expensive hifi purchase, 10 years ago, was a Lectron JH-30 tube integrated amp and ProAc Response 2's. Since then I've spent 10's and 10's of thousands of dollars trying all sorts of tubes, solid state, and speaker after speaker: Meridian, Audio Physic, QUAD, Audiostatic, Red Rose, JMlab, Revel, my current Wilson's (which are for sale). The irony is that in my new apartment I will be back to where I started: JH-30 and a pair of ProAc 1SC's. They really make a great sound. For bass, add a REL Storm subwoofer.
best monitor for tubes?
The contenders are Reference DeCapo, Tyler tylos, and anything else you 'Goners with far more knowledge and experience can provide. I have a tube source and tubed integrated, but am open to experimentation (aren't we all!). Bass extension preferred, too, but I know I can't have it all. Thanks!