I am currently running a Sonic Frontiers Pro-3 DAC, ARC Ref-1, and VT-200 into Hales Trancendence 8 speakers. The Hales are great, but miss the bottom octave.
I bought a REL Stadium III. The REL takes its input signal from your tube amp, thereby passing the sonic signature of your tubes into the bottom octave. It's surprising that 200 W of power through a 10" speaker can deliver so much bass.
One caveat: If your tube amp is under powered, the REL will receive a distorted signal at high volumes and pass it on. I learned this the hard way. That's why I now have a VT-200 and sold my VT-100.
I bought a REL Stadium III. The REL takes its input signal from your tube amp, thereby passing the sonic signature of your tubes into the bottom octave. It's surprising that 200 W of power through a 10" speaker can deliver so much bass.
One caveat: If your tube amp is under powered, the REL will receive a distorted signal at high volumes and pass it on. I learned this the hard way. That's why I now have a VT-200 and sold my VT-100.