If you like the speakers with VTL you should try a Jadis amp. I did a side by side comparison of the 450s and my JA 30s with EL 34s not the more beafy 6550 once at a VTL dealer in the Chicago area a few years. Even the salesman thought the Jadis was better. He told they they should be better because they cost more. I think the price differance was about 2000.00. The Jadis was more musical and appeared to have have more power and control than the VTL in either triode or tetrode. I can't remember the speakers we were listening to anymore. I didn't buy the VTLs.
