I have heard from my dealer who sells, both VTL and BAT that they are not perfect mates. However, BAT does match up good with other stuff. I've used Wadia CD players both w/ and w/o bat preamps, with a VK200 and vk60. Currently running a muse 9 sig cd/dvd into a bat vk50se/vk60.
just my take...
just my take...