Referrence 3A's a good match with Lavardin?

Should be excellent. Get 2 sets of Clear Day solid core speaker cables- silver shotgun. If you can't afford to biwire now, he will make up matching jumpers. Search here for Clear Day

RIZ1, I have the original De Capo's...I personally don't believe that they are easy to place, so be careful, they do like a little breathing room from side walls. I have talked to somebody who used a Lavardin with the De Capos's and liked it very much. FWIW, the other SS amp I hear is good is the Redwine stuff, very happy customers there. Also, YBA is highly regarded with Reference 3A. I run an integrated tube and am getting a little sick of waiting for it to warm up just to listen, I may be going with the Redwine Sig 30.2 with a tube pre. It is hard to beat a good tube amp with Reference 3A. Good luck!

Thanks everyone for your input, I appreciate it. I'm leaning towards the Veena in the Reference 3A line, mainly for aesthetic (WAF) reasons. The room will look a lot better with furniture-like speakers (i.e. floorstanders) vs. bookshelf speakers and stands.

I'v got it down to the Veena's and Spendor S8e's. I did a lot more research on the match since my post and I don't think I can go wrong with either. Sean34 -- if you were to compare the Lavardin the Redwine and YBA gear would be a fair comparison sonic-wise.

Sorry, I can't compare all three as I have only heard the Redwine signature 30(not even the latest edition). The Lavardin and YBA are both pretty darned acclaimed pieces. I believe there is a thread on here that compares the Lavardin and the Redwine, try a search with both names.

I love Ref 3A speakers but you must hear the IT with Harbeth speakers. Probably the best midband reproduction in the audio world regardless of cost IMO.