I'm running M30.1's in an acoustically treated room 14'x10'x8' with 18wpc.Triode Strapped KT88 tube amp & have NEVER had more realistic sound in my home..IMO you just don't need big power unless you listen LOUD most of the time you listen...I listen to pretty heavy classic rock(Rush,Who,Zepp,Bad Co etc..),switching my amp to PP at 40wpc.& never feel slighted for power(sure my neighbors will say it's too much hahahaha)...
IMO there is NOTHING out there at the price of the Vena II that compares.I demo'd it against the Audiolab M-One & Simaudio 240i & have owned the ifi Audio Stereo 50 all in 1 & the Quad VA-One(tube)and felt with the Harbeth speakers the SimAudio was superb at VERY low listening levels but as the volume/pace of the music increased the Quad seemed to maintain it's wonderful tone & staging where the SimAudio seemed to lose a bit of it's magic,becoming slightly compressed...None of the SS amps provided the overall satisfaction of the tube amps though..
IMO there is NOTHING out there at the price of the Vena II that compares.I demo'd it against the Audiolab M-One & Simaudio 240i & have owned the ifi Audio Stereo 50 all in 1 & the Quad VA-One(tube)and felt with the Harbeth speakers the SimAudio was superb at VERY low listening levels but as the volume/pace of the music increased the Quad seemed to maintain it's wonderful tone & staging where the SimAudio seemed to lose a bit of it's magic,becoming slightly compressed...None of the SS amps provided the overall satisfaction of the tube amps though..