what arent the snells doing? i have never heard them but just from your comments....i might look at your front end. a better source would give more detail; body; etc. the difference will be shocking. (you are limiting the granite and snells with the nad) i moved from an nad player to a cal 15 on my first series of upgrades....night and day.
you might audition a cal;wadia;resolution audio (just a few of the ones that have gain out that i know of) and try them first and see if you are getting closer to your desired sound. also try replacing your tubes with nos (tunsol 6550 for the kt88). you will see a big difference there. doing a few of these things might save you some money and make you happier. the best speaker in the world fed with an ok source will just sound ok. (been there and done that)
my musical listen tastes are somewhat different now a days but i heard some vandy 5s really rock from kt88 rouge monos.
lots of slam. (i have merlin vsm-m's and love them...not enough slam for rock...top notch on everything esle)
good luck
you might audition a cal;wadia;resolution audio (just a few of the ones that have gain out that i know of) and try them first and see if you are getting closer to your desired sound. also try replacing your tubes with nos (tunsol 6550 for the kt88). you will see a big difference there. doing a few of these things might save you some money and make you happier. the best speaker in the world fed with an ok source will just sound ok. (been there and done that)
my musical listen tastes are somewhat different now a days but i heard some vandy 5s really rock from kt88 rouge monos.
lots of slam. (i have merlin vsm-m's and love them...not enough slam for rock...top notch on everything esle)
good luck