Snell B-Minors: What works best?

I did experience the same issue with my B-Minors when I was driving them with Levinson amps (27 and 333). I also tried the Thiel 3.6's and the bass was much tighter, though at the expense of too much glare at the top end, at volume.
You can check out my current system. I'm using VTL pre and monos, and a CEC transport with AL DAC. I tried the newer VTL MB-450 Signature monos and the bass was amazingly tight, but I found the sound stage a bit focused for my taste. The older Deluxe 500 monos give a larger sound stage with slightly less tightness in the bass, though recently upgrading the driver tubes in the amps and the tubes in the pre-amp seems to have improved it significantly.
It was hard to decide between the Thiels and the Snells and I kept them both for awhile. I ultimately chose the Snells because the do better with more types of music. The Thiels were great with small jazz combos, folk, and other small group acoustic music, but I couldn't listen for long with big orchestral stuff and loud rock. For those, the Snells really shine and they do a real good job with everything else. Ultimately, I would have liked to keep both sets of speakers, but I'm trying to maintain a glimmer of sanity and not have my house look like a retail audio showroom.
Hope this helps.
--Neil

I agree with Ncarv, a very good friend has the Snell B's powered by a Levinson 27.5, nice combo.

Kenny: I think that Neil was saying that Levinson was NOT a good match for Snell B's i.e. just the opposite of what you think you're agreeing with.

Bundy ( or anyone else that knows ): Are the Snell's vented or sealed? If vented, are they ported, passive radiator's, etc.. ???

While i don't really like to use speaker cabling as a band-aid, doing so can be a lot cheaper and easier than replacing other parts of your system. The use of something along the lines of Nordost might provide you with bass that is more to your liking. Whether or not you like the rest of the presentation that comes with Nordost speaker cabling is a personal matter.

Out of curiosity, what type of equipment ( including cabling ) are you currently using with the Snell's ? The more info that we have, the more informed of an opinion we can share with you. Sean
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Sean, you are right, I must correct myself and say I disagree with Neil,Snell's work well with Levinson gear to my ear. FWIW I don't particularly like Theil, so we obviously have somewhat different tastes in sound..... guess that comes back to the old adage of try it out for yourself and see what YOU like!

It's not that the Levinsons didn't work well with the Snells, I just didn't get the tight bass that Bundy is asking about. This is interesting, as I would expect tighter bass with good solid state equipment, rather than tube.
I will say that the 27 is a real sweet amp and a lot more musical than the 333 (also interesting considering the power difference (100w vs. 300w), but neither matches the VTL stuff.
--Neil

I have a pair of Snell C/V driven by a Classe 15. Bass is punchy and tight.