gentlemen,
i tried tubes within the BAT vk55 monoblocks 110w pc and all tube vk32 and found that the sound got muggy and dark when playing classical and orchestral pieces. vocals are as usual nice.
i then tried various solid state combos, then vocals sound cold and edgy but complicated classical and orchestral pieces sound nice.
my conclusion - then no single set up for all music generes.
i owned (still owining) - besides the tannoy westminister se also : vandersteen quattro + harbeth m30 + tannoy autograph mini all quite different in their type of music style / presentation.
for the westminister se, the best combi i have till date are: LFD mistral with a Musical Fidelity tube buffer front end + anti-cables IC. Speaker cables, i gave up on the anti cables (which would otherwise have been an excellent choice) becos of its difficult hadling ...
Any one tried the quad mono blocks with westminister ... all true british synergy...
rgds
i tried tubes within the BAT vk55 monoblocks 110w pc and all tube vk32 and found that the sound got muggy and dark when playing classical and orchestral pieces. vocals are as usual nice.
i then tried various solid state combos, then vocals sound cold and edgy but complicated classical and orchestral pieces sound nice.
my conclusion - then no single set up for all music generes.
i owned (still owining) - besides the tannoy westminister se also : vandersteen quattro + harbeth m30 + tannoy autograph mini all quite different in their type of music style / presentation.
for the westminister se, the best combi i have till date are: LFD mistral with a Musical Fidelity tube buffer front end + anti-cables IC. Speaker cables, i gave up on the anti cables (which would otherwise have been an excellent choice) becos of its difficult hadling ...
Any one tried the quad mono blocks with westminister ... all true british synergy...
rgds