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Tannoy Westminster amp matching question.

Hello again everyone. Its been a while but I'd like your advice if possible.

I'm waiting for a pair of Tannoy Westminster royal SE's to arrive ( end of dec ). And I'm wondering what to amps to match them with. I have very limited funds at the moment(budget of 3k or so), having lashed out on the speakers, and I'm thinking I'd like to go SET power amps again. So looking at second hand bargains. At the moment I'm thinking Sophia Electric 300b or Art Audio symphony II. Alternative suggestions please !!!!

To give you an idea of my tastes. The system I've put together, that I enjoyed the most, was Avantgarde Duo's and Yamamoto A08s. Loved it. I listen to all sorts of music: Rock, choral, opera, jazz. Love well done female vocals :-)

Thanks for your time.
borg7x9

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hddg
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Dear borg7x9,
I am a very recent owner of the Westminster GR, and was looking out for amplifier matching from experimented owners.
Don't know if you are still active on this forum, but if so, would like to hear from you, what have you come up with, and which amps have given the best results.
Thanks.
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hddg
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I have the Westminster GR version, and played high power 211 tube amps on them with great satisfaction - small SET amps wont do on these - they are big dynamic speakers and you want to hear that!!! Now I have opted for big, powerful classA amps, they surpass the tubes by quite a bit. In your budget, I would get a second hand Pass (XA60.8 or similar), or a Sugden could be just excellent on these..
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