vandersteen 2ce signatures


i own a pair and i am using cary cd, preamp, amp. and love the mids and highs since i listen to jazz, both traditional and fusion. they remind me of the old quads in that they don't add anything, although i believe they are a bit dry...but rather have that than extra with certain freq. hot, so in saying that...i was dissapointed because with the tubes i wasn't getting the bottom end strength that i know is needed. so i added a sub q and i like it because it does give more of the power amp to the mids and highs, but i was thinking about changing to a real good solid state amp..say bryston,etc. but scared i will loose the liquid mids and highs from the tubed amp...any suggestions? thanks
dwhitt
i used an aronov intergrated 65w per with my old 2ci and when i upgraded to 3asig they worked just fine--solid bass and you already know the mid/highs i am no using aronov mono chanel 110watts/per channel on the 3asig and it plays as loud as i want it and killer bass extended highs
Check out a hybrid amp that has tubes on the input stage and solid state on the output stage. I use a Blue Circle BC28 which is a hybird tube/mosfet amp and the 2ce sigs love it. I have also used a Kora tube/mosfet integrated which was an excellent match. The Vandies will sound fine with a good solid state amp (McCormack as suggested) but I do think you will lose a little of the liquid mids and highs you talked about. IMHO Bryston may be a little too "analytical" if you are used to tubes in the signal path.