vandersteen 3a sig ss vs. tube


hello everyone,

seems like all the dealers i talk to reccomend tube amps with the 3a's, and mention that richard vandersteen uses tubes, even when i express more interest in their ss amps. but it seems to me that most people here including myself, and many reviewers prefer solid state amps with their 3a's. what's your take on this?
atagi

Showing 1 response by agaffer

I used both tubes and ss amps when I had my 3A sigs. I lived with the ARC 100, Jeff Rowland amps, and Theta. I would say that if you really want the most out of your speakers it isn't so much tube v.s. SS as it is, bi-wire v.s. vertical bi-amping.
When I went from a HT to a strictly 2 channel system I had the extra amps (5 channel Theta) channels so, I tried vertically bi-wiring the speakers. It was like buying new speakers.