I heard the Vandersteen 5's with Ayre K1, Ayre V1 and Wadia 860. Found the bass to be a little reticent and the dynamics of the system to not be A-1, BUT STILL I would say that is the best overall sound I have heard from a system. The cables were Nordost SPM, which I hadn't heard before, but my experience with Nordost cables leads me to believe that they were the cause of the problem with the bass. I haven't heard speakers like the Pipe Dreams or Soundlab Millennium A1, but Vandersteen 5 is the best I have heard so far.
