Hi Steve,
I pulled up the above iar article and it didn't address the SE just the super so I doubt that was much help to your question. I haven't heard the SE (I have a regular Avatar) but I talked to Kevin at VAC and he basically told me what you outlined in your post. So my thoughts are it would probably be worth the upgrade but at $700 I haven't run out to do it. I run the amp exclusively in Triode mode, and after she warms up abit the mid-range is quite exquisite! What kind of speakers are you running? I have a pair of the Europas.
I pulled up the above iar article and it didn't address the SE just the super so I doubt that was much help to your question. I haven't heard the SE (I have a regular Avatar) but I talked to Kevin at VAC and he basically told me what you outlined in your post. So my thoughts are it would probably be worth the upgrade but at $700 I haven't run out to do it. I run the amp exclusively in Triode mode, and after she warms up abit the mid-range is quite exquisite! What kind of speakers are you running? I have a pair of the Europas.