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BAT VK75 vs. BAT VK75SE - which is more euphonic?

I'm thinking about getting a BAT VK75SE. But I like a tuby sound. At the same time, I like a very, very clean sound in the top...as little distortion as possible. So I'm debating--might I like a straight, non-SE version better? Might it be a bit warmer, a bit softer on the highs (good things in my book, given that most things seem a bit too bright for me). Or would the non-SE version be a bit muddy, and not so clean in the top? I'm coming at this from an ARC VT100 mkiii that I use on Harbeth M30's, always in the 4 ohm tap, because the 8 ohm tap is just too bright for me. (I guess that the VK75 has 4 and 8 ohm taps also?)

Who has compared these two closely and can give me some advice?
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eweedhome OP
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Thanks for everyones' comments.

Nolitan, do you recall if you were listening to the VK75SE or the VK75 with the M30's. Do you own the M30's? If so, what do you like?

At this point in my listening life, for whatever reason, what seems "too warm" for most people seems about right for me.

Tom, your comments are well detailed, and I appreciate that. I wouldn't have expected the VK75 (non-SE) to be "forward" and that concerns me, because sometimes that means "fatiguing". And, indeed, that seems to be your concern about the non-SE version.
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