System needs more watts??

Hi Broken

You have some very, very good electronics. The Cary, Audible Illusions and the BAT are all excellent pieces. I do not know the Dali, but read the specs.

It is a 4ohm speaker with 89db efficiency...and you are running 75 watts tubed. My guess is you could probably use a much more powerful amp and your speaker would probably respond well to it. Just a hunch...nothing more.

If you like your sound...but perhaps just need more fullness, dynamics, try a bigger BAT or you could try a big SS amp like a Pass amp. I think you might be very pleasantly surprised about how your speakers respond.

If you are looking for a serious ugprade which your system is capable of showing off...i would go for amp over power cords which are important but important as a 'finishing off' the system...they are not going to add something the equivalent of having 100-200 watts of more power.

Can BAT75SE be monoblocked? you might ask...if so, try monoblocking them. depending on how the BATs respond to impedance, you could end up with 150-300 watts of power into your speakers. Some amps are designed for his, or are easily switched by a good audio tech...something to consider.

Broken,

Jfrech is one experienced guy, and sounds like he has actually done what i was suggesting with your amps. FWIW, i also have spoken to a former BBC engineer about my old CJ MV60s (55 watts/channel) when i was thinking of how to get more juice, and his description of what would happen exactly matches what Jfrech just described above...way, way better in all ways...more power, more control, superbly better bass damping, fuller soundstage, better macro and micro dynamics...

one to consider given that it sounds reasonably straight forward to do.

Agree with Frogman...certainly worth a try first. some amps dont mono well...but most often those are the ones that are not designed to be used as such. sounds like the BATs might be designed for this, given that supposedly it is an quick internal switch/setup.

in any event, you should get some benefit from Frogman's approach...though if the BATs are designed for true mono...you should find that is even a step up (i am told...not actually compared myself on BAT).