Tube Amps with Vandersteen 2Ci's ???

I've got a set of 2Ce's and I'm using a Sonic Frontier Power 2, and sometimes a Cary CAD 2A3 for low listening levels believe ot or not. The Power 2 has way more bottom end than my previous Hafler 9270, and just a tad more than the Cary, but the midrange and speed of the Cary's is unreal. When I bought the Hafler over the Adcom a few years back, it was because the Hafler had better bottom end than the Adcom, so this should give you and idea of where I'm at. Pink Floyd's "Welcome to the Machine" has a whole new sound. My current preamps using Quicksilver full function or Adcom GFP565, the Quicsilver has a little more detail than the Adcom but the Adcom is good unit especially for the price and works well with both Amps. [email protected]

Why not having the best from the both worlds? You have excellent pre-amp(tube)You need excellent solid state amp. Remember, Vandersteen 2ce are already "warm" speakers, and with probably the best bass ( at that price range).Why would you want to "tame" that? I suggest:Mccormack/ PD DNA-0.5/120Wpc Good Luck!

I have seen Richard Vandersteen demo his speakers twice, the 2C and Mod. 5, and each time he had Audio Research tube amps on them. The bass was full, vibrant and well defined. A dealer I used to frequent consistantly played the speakers (2c) with Audio Research tubes or B&K solid state. I don't recall RV saying he specifically endorsed AR, but it was a match that he really liked.

I have seen Richard Vandersteen demo his speakers twice, the 2C and Mod. 5, and each time he had Audio Research tube amps on them. The bass was full, vibrant and well defined. A dealer I used to frequent consistantly played the speakers (2c) with Audio Research tubes or B&K solid state. I don't recall RV saying he specifically endorsed AR, but it was a match that he really liked.

I actually think a solid state amp is a better match for the vandersteens. The tube amp will cut out quite a bit of the bass. I assume you like bass if you bought vandersteens. If you need to trim some of the bass boom, tube amps are a good way to go. Vandersteens are relatively insensitive to their amplifiers. I think the mccormack amp is a great match for them.